The missiles flew over Japan at around 07:48 (22:48 in Lisbon on Wednesday), the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office explained via the social network Twitter, as quoted by the Associated Press (AP).
Television stations broadcast special messages asking people in some parts of the country to shelter in place or stay at home.
Japan’s Prime Minister’s Office’s announcement came shortly after South Korea’s military detected at least one ballistic missile fired toward its East Sea.
Tokyo reported that more than one missile had been fired, although it did not specify how many, but said they flew over its territory and fell into the Pacific Ocean.
Japanese authorities issued warnings to people in the northern regions of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata, urging them to take shelter or stay at home to avoid any damage or injuries.
Joint chiefs in Seoul did not immediately confirm what type of missile it detected or how far it had traveled.
The missiles came a day after North Korea launched more than 20 missiles, the most in a single day.
One of those missiles flew toward a populated South Korean island and landed near the rivals’ tense maritime border, triggering air raid sirens and forcing residents of Ulleung Island to seek shelter.
South Korea retaliated by launching its own missiles at the same border.
Wednesday’s launches came hours after North Korea threatened to use nuclear weapons to make the US and South Korea “pay the most brutal price in history” in protest against North and South Korean military exercises. Possible invasion.
Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan in October, describing the exercise as a test of a new intermediate-range ballistic missile that experts say could hit Guam, a key US military base in the Pacific.
The launch forced the Japanese government to issue evacuation warnings and halt train traffic in some regions.
North Korea has been increasing its weapons demonstrations at a record pace this year, having already launched dozens of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstration since 2017, as it capitalizes on the distraction created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .
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