Reuters. Japanese authorities issued an emergency evacuation warning to residents of the northern island of Hokkaido following a North Korean missile launch on Thursday (April 13) morning.
Video obtained by Reuters showed what looked like the backyard of a compound with the sound of a siren ringing out, followed by an announcement.
Japanese authorities later retracted the alert for the island when they determined that the missile would not fall nearby.
The missile flew about 1,000 km (620 miles), South Korea's military said. The missile was fired at 7:23 a.m. (2223 GMT on Wednesday) from near Pyongyang, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, meaning it could have been launched from an international airport close to the capital, a major site for test-firing large missiles since 2017.
