Launch is the first time the North has apparently sent a missile over Japanese territory since 2017
North Korea has reportedly launched a ballistic missile over northern Japan, prompting the government to urge people to shelter from falling debris, in an apparent escalation of recent missile tests by Kim Jong-un’s regime.
Japan’s Kyodo news agency said the government issued the alert on Tuesday morning to residents in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido and the country’s north-eastern Aomori prefecture shortly before 8am.
