Authorities called on citizens to take shelter after learning of the incident.
Japan alerted during the afternoon of this Monday that North Korea would have launched a ballistic missile.
Through a brief report on social networks, the Official Residence of the Prime Minister noted that “it is believed” that a missile was launched from North Korea, so the inhabitants were called to protect themselves.
AFP – Erika Hilton of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL)
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Similarly, it was called if citizens find something “suspicious” do not approach and contact the police or firefighters.
The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo argued that there was a possibility that the ballistic missile headed for Japan and the Government was urging everyone in the country to monitor the media.
Minutes later, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office said on Twitter on Tuesday that “a projectile that appears to be a North Korean ballistic missile has probably flown over Japan.
The apparent shooting from Pyongyang prompted a rare alert from the Japanese government asking its citizens to take shelter “inside buildings or underground.”