North Korea has fired what it claims to be a spy satellite, South Korea says, hours after Japan said it was warned of a possible launch.
The office for the Japanese prime minister said North Korea had fired a "suspected ballistic missile".
Residents on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa were told to take cover.
The order was lifted soon after, when the missile passed into the Pacific Ocean, local media reported.
Japan's Prime minister Fumio Kishida condemned the launch "in the strongest terms" and said a complaint had been lodged with North Korea.
Source: www.bbc.com
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