North Korea Launches Repeated Ballistic Missiles, Japanese Citizens Advised to Stay Indoors

North Korea: The latest in a record-breaking year of missile tests by the nuclear-armed North Korea, several ballistic missiles were fired on Thursday, including one that prompted an alarm to inhabitants in regions of central and northern Japan to seek shelter.

North Korea fired a record-breaking 23 missiles

A day prior to the launch, North Korea fired a record-breaking 23 missiles, including one that for the first time touched down off the coast of South Korea.
The J-Alert Emergency Broadcasting System advised people in the central Japanese prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagata, and Niigata to take cover inside.

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A missile had passed over and past Japan, according to the warning. Later, the Japan Ministry of Defense said that the missile had not flown over Japanese soil.

The missile had fallen, according to Japan's Coast Guard, around 25 minutes after the launch was originally reported. Broadcaster FNN stated that it touched down in the Pacific Ocean, 1,100 kilometres (680 miles) east of Japan.
According to the Yonhap news agency, the first missile underwent stage separation, raising the possibility that it is a long-range weapon like an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

The military of South Korea and the Japanese coast guard reported a second launch from North Korea around an hour after the first one. Then, the Japanese coast guard reported a third launch as possible.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol referred to the launches as "territorial encroachment" and Washington condemned them as "reckless" after North Korea launched at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, one of which landed less than 60 kilometres (40 miles) off the coast of South Korea.

After the onslaught on Wednesday, South Korea issued unusual air raid warnings and fired its own missiles in retaliation.

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The launches followed Pyongyang's demand that South Korea and the United States cease their extensive military drills, claiming that such "military rashness and aggression can no longer be accepted."

With hundreds of South Korean and American jets, including F-35 fighters, executing round-the-clock simulated sorties, the allies have been conducting one of the largest air exercises ever.

For the first time in five years, North Korea flew a ballistic missile over Japan on October 4, prompting a warning for locals to seek shelter. It was the farthest a missile had ever been shot from North Korea.

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