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In Escalation, North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Over Japan North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile over Japan, in an escalation not seen in years, prompting Tokyo to evacuate some residents in the northern prefectures of Hokkaido and Aomori on Tuesday morning. Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan’s chief Cabinet secretary, told reporters the missile was launched at 7:22 a.m., before splashing 22 minutes later into the Pacific Ocean outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) called the projectile an intermediate-ra nge ballistic missile (IRBM), launched from North Korea's northern Jagang area, flying a distance of 4,500 kilometers with a flight altitude of 970 kilometers. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who marks his one-year anniversary as head of state on Tuesday, strongly condemned the missile launch, calling it an “outrageous” act. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada later added the missile flew over Japan for about one minute, s...