TOKYO, Apr 13 for the risk of a North Korean missile falling near the island of Hokkaido, a corresponding signal was received on the correspondent's phone.
“Urgent evacuation. Hokkaido (in the north of the country. — Approx. ed.). Urgently evacuate!» the announcement says.
Later, a clarification came that this only applies to Hokkaido. At the same time, they warn on television about the need to move away from the windows and call for shelter in a room without them.
As a result, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the rocket fell outside the country's territorial waters.
In connection with the incident, an emergency headquarters was set up at the office of the head of government.
This is the ninth ballistic missile test in North Korea this year. North Korea conducted 37 ballistic missile launches last year.