Govt Issues Emergency Warning Following N. Korea’s Missile Launch (Update 1)
The Yomiuri Shimbun
23:16 JST, November 21, 2023
The government issued an emergency warning at about 10:46 p.m. via the J-Alert nationwide early warning system to Okinawa Prefecture, saying that a missile was believed to have been launched from North Korea.
The government has called on people in Okinawa Prefecture to evacuate to buildings or underground.
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