The missile set a distance of 4,500 km (2,800 miles) before falling into the Pacific - if it took another speed, it is enough to target the American island of Guam. This is the first missile fired by North on Japan since 2017. Japan issued alerts to some citizens to take cover.
In response, the United States, Japan and South Korea conducted their own military exercises.
South Korea and US aircraft targeted a fake target on an uninhabited island of Yellow, while the United States and Japan also jointly conducted exercises on the Japan Sea.
The United Nations has barred North Korea from ballistic and nuclear weapons experiments. Flying missiles on or on other countries without any warning or consultation is also a violation of international principles.
Most countries refrain from doing it completely because it can be easily considered an attack. However, it is not as big as the nuclear experience - which may be next - it can be termed as extremely provocative.
People in the north of Japan, including the Hokkaido Island and the city of Omori, allegedly awakened the sound of sirens and text alerts that wrote: "It seems that North Korea has launched the missile. Please be vacated by buildings or underground. “
As the missiles flew over the head, they were warned to see the falling debris. Many people remained calm, however, with a video, Tokyo's passengers are usually shown walking when the loudspeaker warned.
But others were shaken. "If a missile was hit, I was afraid that it would be a major problem not only here but across the country," said Kazuko Abina, a resident of Aumori.
Authorities later said that a mid -range ballistic missile fell far from Japan in the Pacific, and no casualties were reported.
It had set the longest distance through North Korean missiles, and reached a height of about 1000 km, which was higher than the International Space Station.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida described the launch as a "violent attitude", while Defense Minister Yasukazo Humada said Japan would not reject any option, including "counter -attack capabilities" to strengthen its defense.
A White House statement said that US President Joe Biden reinforced Washington's "widespread commitment" to defend Japan during a phone call with Mr Kishida, while the two leaders jointly tested the missile test. Condemned.
He confirmed that he would work with South Korea and the international community to integrate the immediate and long -term response to North Korea's threat.
Last week, the three countries conducted naval exercises for the first time since 2017. Such exercises have long opposed Kim Jong Un, the leader of Pyongyang, who considers them proof that their enemies are preparing for war.
After joint exercises in 2017, North Korea fired two missiles at Japan in response. A week later, he experienced a nuclear test.
Recent intelligence has suggested that North Korea is getting ready to experience another nuclear weapon.
North Korea is expected to wait as long as China - its main ally - will hold its Communist Party's Congress later this month.
But some experts are now asking if this can come more sooner than expected - they believe that Tuesday's launch shows that North Korea is preparing land for nuclear experience.
This is the fifth missile launch from Pyongyang in a week. On Saturday, two rockets fell into water outside Japan's special economic zone.
Many North Korea's missiles are carried out on a high -ranking route - avoiding flights to their neighbors to height.
Analyst Ankit Panda told news agency Reuters that firing above or behind Japan allows North Korean scientists to experience missiles in situations "who are more representative of the circumstances they are the real world. Will be able to use. "
These initiatives have played a vital role in the sustainable tension between North Korea and Japan, which has its roots in Japan's colonialism on Korea from 1910 to 1945 and the North's kidnapping by Japanese citizens in the past.
Earlier this month, North Korea passed a law, calling itself a nuclear weapons state, whose leader Kim Jong Un rejected the possibility of negotiating nuclear reduction.
Pyongyang conducted six nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017, which were largely restricted.
The East Asian state regularly denies the ban on nuclear and missile tests, saying it needs to strengthen its defense.
