N. Korea fires missile

N. Korea fires missile

Television screens in Tokyo show a J-alert the Japanese government issued on the morning of Oct. 4, 2022, after North Korea fired a ballistic missile which appears to have flown over Japan. The government urged residents in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido and the country's northeastern prefecture of Aomori to stay indoors.

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