Japanese citizens were told to take shelter following Pyongyang’s latest test launch
North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile over Japanese airspace for the first time since 2017, officials in Tokyo said, carrying out yet another weapon test following a flurry of similar launches in recent months.
Japanese and South Korean officials announced the launch on Tuesday morning, saying the projectile was fired from North Korea’s Chagang Province and sailed over a portion of Aomori Prefecture far in Japan’s north.
“A short while ago, North Korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan and is believed to have landed in the Pacific Ocean,” Prime Minister Fumio Kashida’s office said in a statement, adding “This is an outrageous act following the recent repeated ballistic missile launches, and I strongly condemn it.”
The PM’s office later confirmed that the missile landed in the sea, outside of Japan’s Exclusive…
