Emergency alarms are activated in Japan due to missile launch from North Korea

This afternoon Japan’s emergency alarms went off, after it was confirmed that a ballistic missile was launched from North Korea.

The authorities issued a preventive evacuation alert in Hokkaido, however this did not materialize.

International media reported that the Japanese government confirmed that the unidentified ballistic missile launched today by North Korea into the Sea of ​​Japan fell outside its territory and the waters of its exclusive economic space.