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It is the first time in five years that a missile fired by North Korea has passed over Japan.

So Japan was once ordered to evacuate.

From now on, we will connect Japanese and American correspondents to examine the local reaction, and then we will comprehensively summarize with a reporter specializing in North Korea.

First, let's connect Tokyo, Japan.



Correspondent Park Sang-jin, I think the atmosphere there must have been quite serious this morning (the 4th), but let me tell you about the situation at that time.



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Yes, when a North Korean missile flew over the Japanese archipelago, Japan was in a state of emergency.



Japanese broadcasting stopped all regular broadcasting from the morning and delivered the news of North Korea's missile launch, and it was distributed outside the country in Hokkaido and other places.



The Japanese government has even issued a J Alert, which is used when a North Korean missile is likely to land or pass through Japanese territory or territorial waters, and ordered residents of Hokkaido and Aomori Prefecture to evacuate inside buildings or underground.



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Of course, the Japanese government strongly opposed it, right?



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Yes, Prime Minister Kishida strongly condemned North Korea's missile launch at a press conference immediately after the missile launch.



[Kishida/Prime Minister of Japan: I strongly criticize the violence following the recent repeated ballistic missile launches.]



The Japanese government said that it had strongly protested against North Korea through the Japanese embassy in China.



The Japanese government said the North Korean missile passed over Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost point of the main island, and fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, with a total distance of 4,600 km, the longest in history.



It is the first time in five years since September 2017 that a North Korean missile passed through the Japanese archipelago.



Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi said that he had a phone call with US Secretary of State Blincoln and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and confirmed that South Korea, the US and Japan would work closely together.



(Video coverage: Cheol-min Han, Hyun-jin Moon, video editing: Seung-jin Lee)



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