One of Tokyo’s major subways systems says it shut down all lines for 10 minutes after receiving warning of a North Korean missile launch.
Tokyo Metro official Hiroshi Takizawa says the temporary suspension affected 13,000 passengers this morning.
Service was halted on all nine lines at 6:07 am and was resumed at 6:17 am after it was clear there was no threat to Japan.
Takizawa said it was the first time service had been stopped in response to a missile launch.
Train services are generally suspended in Japan immediately after large earthquakes.
The transport shutdown came after a North Korean missile test failed this morning.
The ballistic missile was fired to the northeast around 5:30 a.m. from the Pukchang area, north of Pyongyang, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
He said firing a missile would be ‘a clear violation of U.N. security council resolutions.’
He added that Japan ‘cannot accept repeated provocation by North Korea’ and had ‘lodged a strong protest against North Korea.’
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the missile flew for several minutes and reached a maximum height of 44 miles before it failed.
South Korea says it’s still analyzing what type of missile the North fired.
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