North Korea has fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years as it escalates tests of weapons designed to strike regional U.S. allies.
FILE - People walk past a public television screen in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2022, displaying file footage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a broadcast about an early morning North Korean missile launch which prompted an evacuation alert over norNorth Korea on Tuesday fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains, as the North escalates tests of weapons designed to strike regional U.
Japanese authorities alerted residents in northeastern regions to evacuate to shelters, in the first "J-alert" alert since 2017 when North Korea fired a Hwasong-12 missile over Japan in its previous provocative run of weapons tests. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said no damage was immediately reported from the missile that flew 22 minutes and landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said the missile's range is 4,000 kilometers , which places Guam within striking distance.
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