Japan activates civil warning system Considering the possible impact rocket around the northern island of Hokkaido after the discovery of a projectile launch from North Korea.

J-Alert civil protection alert activated at 8:02 local time on Thursday (23:02 GMT on Wednesday) causes immediate evacuation of the population inside buildings or in underground shelters.

He also points out that Missile could land near Hokkaido from that hour.

North Korea fires ballistic missile over northern Japan

North Korea has launched an “unidentified ballistic missile” into the Sea of ​​Japan (called the East Sea in two Koreas), the South Korean army has said.

The projectile was registered after being launched by Japanese radar systems, and the Japanese Ministry of Defense reported that Pyongyang had launched “what appeared to be a ballistic missile.” This is a long or medium range weapon.

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It would be fifteenth armaments rehearsal implemented this year by the North Korean regime, which responded with several of them to the maneuvers that Seoul and Washington are conducting these days in the south of the peninsula.

North Korea had already launched the Hwaseong-17 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the longest potential range in its arsenal, on March 16 into the Sea of ​​Japan and, like the Hwaseong-15 (second longest range), which also fired a projectile on February 18 landed in the waters southwest of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.