government Japan ordered the evacuation of residents on the island of Hokkaido this Thursdayin the north of the archipelago, North Korean ballistic missile launch. The Japanese Coast Guard reported that a ballistic missile may have landed from Pyongyang around 8:15 am (local time), citing the Ministry of Defense.
The ballistic missile launched from North Korea appears to have landed outside of Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a government official reported. Authorities later confirmed this. “No chance of falling into Hokkaido and surroundings” fixes an initial warning.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered that maximum efforts be made to analyze the situation and provide adequate information, as well as to guarantee the safety of Japanese aircraft and ships. “We will take all possible precautionary measures, including emergency preparedness,” his office said in a statement.
Japanese authorities, warning the people of Hokkaido prefecture about the missile launch and urging them to seek refuge, confirmed the attack. temporary suspension of transportation He asked the high-speed train and the planes in the airspace near the island to be careful. They also asked the public not to travel by road as a precaution.
This is the seventh time Tokyo has issued instant alerts nationwide, the last time when a ballistic missile passed over Aomori Prefecture on October 4, 2022 and was believed to have landed in the Pacific Ocean, outside the Japanese EEZ with a flight range. The longest among North Korean ballistic missiles is about 5,000 kilometers.