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Japan: Emergency Alert Issued For Okinawa After North Korea Launches Military Satellite

The Japanese government issued a 'J-Alert,' an emergency warning, for Okinawa Prefecture, at about 10:46 p.m. on Monday, May 27, due to a possible threat of a North Korean missile. Pyongyang announced plans to launch a rocket carrying a 'satellite' sometime before or on June 3rd

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N. Korea's attempt to launch military satellite

A screen in Tokyo shows Japan's J-Alert system warning of an apparent ballistic missile launch by North Korea on May 27, 2024. The North's state media later said the country launched a military reconnaissance satellite but failed to put it into orbit due to engine problems.

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N. Korea's attempt to launch military satellite

A screen in Tokyo shows Japan's J-Alert system warning of an apparent ballistic missile launch by North Korea on May 27, 2024. The North's state media later said the country launched a military reconnaissance satellite but failed to put it into orbit due to engine problems.

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N. Korea fires missile

A computer screen in Tokyo shows Japan's J-Alert system warning of a North Korean rocket launch on Nov. 21, 2023.

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N. Korea fires missile

A television screen in Osaka shows Japan's J-Alert system warning of a North Korean rocket launch on Nov. 21, 2023.

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Missile evacuation drill

People huddle and cover their heads during an evacuation drill conducted at a subway station in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 6, 2023, under the scenario that a J-Alert warning has been issued by the Japanese government in response to the firing of a ballistic missile by a foreign nation.

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Missile evacuation drill

A citizen's group stages a protest in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 6, 2023, against an evacuation drill at a subway station under the scenario that a J-Alert warning has been issued by the Japanese government in response to a ballistic missile being fired by a foreign nation.

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Missile evacuation drill

People evacuate to a subway station in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 6, 2023, during a disaster drill under the scenario that a J-Alert warning has been issued by the Japanese government in response to a ballistic missile being fired by a foreign nation.

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North Korea fails to launch military satellite

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2023, in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Yonaguni, southern Japan, shows a smartphone screen displaying a J-Alert warning message issued by the Japanese government urging residents to remain indoors as North Korea has fired "a suspected ballistic missile." North Korea made an unsuccessful second attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite, with Tokyo condemning Pyongyang for the suspected use of ballistic missile technology.

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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

Photo taken in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on the morning of May 31, 2023, shows a smartphone screen showing a J-Alert warning message regarding a suspected ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

A screen in Tokyo shows on the morning of May 31, 2023, a J-Alert warning message regarding a suspected ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile

A screen (R, bottom) in the western Japan city of Osaka shows on the morning of April 13, 2023, a J-Alert message regarding a ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile

A screen in Tokyo shows on the morning of April 13, 2023, a J-Alert message regarding a ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile

A screen in Tokyo shows on the morning of April 13, 2023, a J-Alert message regarding a ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier in the day.

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N. Korea launches rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama (L back) and Self-Defense Forces members look at the monitor of the central government's J-Alert missile warning system in the city hall on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea launched a rocket, part of which flew over the island prefecture in southwestern Japan. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Missile launches by N. Korea

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2022, shows TV screens displaying a J-Alert message issued by the Japanese government regarding ballistic missiles fired by North Korea.

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Missile launches by N. Korea

Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2022, shows a TV screen displaying a J-Alert message issued by the Japanese government regarding ballistic missiles fired by North Korea.

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Missile launches by N. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (C) meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2022, after North Korea fired ballistic missiles earlier in the day. The Japanese government had initially issued a J-Alert warning that the first missile launched by North Korea would fly over the main island of Honshu, but Hamada corrected the announcement, saying the projectile had disappeared from radar over the Sea of Japan.

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Missile launches by N. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2022, after North Korea fired ballistic missiles earlier in the day. The Japanese government had initially issued a J-Alert warning that the first missile launched by North Korea would fly over the main island of Honshu, but Hamada corrected the announcement, saying the projectile had disappeared from radar over the Sea of Japan.

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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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N. Korea fires missile

Screenshot shows 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 inside buildings.

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N. Korea fires missile over Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2017, shows the Japanese government's satellite-based J-Alert system notifying citizens of a ballistic missile launch by North Korea. The missile passed over the Japanese archipelago before falling into the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido, heightening tensions between the United States and North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill conducted to prepare for N. Korea missile launch

A city official of Matsue checks an emergency alert system, known as the satellite-based J-Alert, on Aug. 18, 2017, during an emergency drill conducted in western Japan. The area is beneath the likely flight path of a ballistic missile North Korea has recently threatened to launch toward Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill conducted to prepare for N. Korea missile launch

A city official of Hiroshima checks an emergency alert system, known as the satellite-based J-Alert, on Aug. 18, 2017, during an emergency drill conducted in western Japan. The area is beneath the likely flight path of a ballistic missile North Korea has recently threatened to launch toward Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill conducted to prepare for N. Korea missile launch

A city official of Matsuyama checks an emergency alert system, known as the satellite-based J-Alert, on Aug. 18, 2017, during an emergency drill conducted in western Japan. The area is beneath the likely flight path of a ballistic missile North Korea has recently threatened to launch toward Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill conducted to prepare for N. Korea missile launch

A city official of Matsuyama checks an emergency alert system, known as the satellite-based J-Alert, on Aug. 18, 2017, during an emergency drill conducted in western Japan. The area is beneath the likely flight path of a ballistic missile North Korea has recently threatened to launch toward Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill conducted to prepare for N. Korea missile launch

A city official of Konan checks an emergency alert system, known as the satellite-based J-Alert, on Aug. 18, 2017, during an emergency drill conducted in western Japan. The area is beneath the likely flight path of a ballistic missile North Korea has recently threatened to launch toward Guam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan railways to halt trains upon alert over N. Korean missile

Photo taken Feb. 7, 2016 shows a computer screen showing a message alerting the Japanese public of an apparent missile launch by North Korea, issued by the Japanese government's satellite-based J-Alert system. Roughly 90 percent of Japan's major train operators are prepared to halt services upon receiving a government alert over an imminent threat from a ballistic missile from North Korea, a Kyodo News tally showed May 9, 2017. This means such an alert could freeze the country's public transportation systems in an instant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo