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North Korean missile prompts transient evacuation order in Japan

The Japanese authorities has reassured residents on its second largest island, Hokkaido, {that a} missile from North Korea is now not prone to land on or round its territory, lifting a beforehand issued evacuation order.

The Japanese Coast Guard later issued a press release to make clear that the missile had already fallen and that no misery alerts had been obtained from ships close to the northern Japanese island.

The message comes shortly after the federal government warned residents to take cowl or evacuate on Thursday morning, following experiences that North Korea might have fired a ballistic missile in its path.

“Evacuate immediately. Evacuate immediately,” the federal government indicated in its warning, encouraging residents to in any other case go inside or underground for shelter.

A doable strike was projected for round 8 a.m. native time (23:00 GMT), based on the federal government. The missile was believed to be launched round 7:25 a.m. (22:25 GMT), based on native media, with the satellite-based J-Alert warning system broadcasting about 20 minutes later.
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