North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan for first time in five years as Tokyo urges residents to EVACUATE amid growing regional tensions following US and South Korean military drills

Daily Mail News UK

By CHRIS PLEASANCE  and NATASHA ANDERSON FOR MAILONLINE 

PUBLISHED: 19:01 EDT, 3 October 2022 | UPDATED: 06:09 EDT, 4 October 2022

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, a hugely provocative move that ramps up simmering tensions in the eastern Pacific.

The missile was launched around 7.20am Tuesday from North Korea’s Mupyong-ri test site, near the border with China, and passed over Japan’s Tohoku region around five minutes later. Warning sirens sounded and civilians were told to take cover.

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