North Korea fires missile with Japan residents urgently warned to take cover

"North Korea has fired a missile with Japanese residents told to take cover and evacuate buildings after an emergency warning was issued.

Japan has told Okinawa residents to evacuate following a missile coming from North Korea in the direction of Okinawa. A civil protection service shared an alert on Twitter, saying: "Missile launch. Missile launch. It appears that the missile was launched from North Korea. Please evacuate inside the building or underground. [Target area] Okinawa Prefecture." MS