Sirens and announcements were heard around on Friday morning (September 15) in parts of northern Japan after North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan into the Pacific Ocean. A lot of residents got mobile phone alerts or saw warnings on TV telling them to seek refuge.<br /><br />People at a crowded train station in Sapporo, Hokkaido’s prefectural capital city, had mixed reactions about the missile launch, with some still in disbelief.<br /><br />“It’s the second time now, so I was surprised, but thought it will just pass us by up in the sky, so I did not evacuate,” said one woman.<br /><br />“I strongly feel this a threat to our daily way of life and puts our lives in danger,” said commuter Nobuhiko Tsusuda. “I really would like them to stop this.”<br /><br />One of Japan’s leading newspapers, the Yomiuri Shimbun, issued a special edition on Friday with reports on the latest missile launch by North Korea.<br /><br />North Korea’s missile:<br />-flew 2,000km, over Hokkaido<br />-2nd to threaten Japan since Aug. 29<br />-UN council to convenehttps://t.co/p3Nr1ViYRY pic.twitter.com/n3OcBM4mu1— Bloomberg (@business) September 15, 2017<br />
