# North Korea fires missile toward Japan

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-fires-missile-toward-japan/794962 "2017-08-28T21:41:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-fires-missile-toward-japan/794962/1 "2017-08-28T21:41:41Z")

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[Breaking news](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/28/japanese-government-warns-north-korea-missile-headed-toward-northern-japan-report-says.html) at the time of this posting.

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> [ul][li]North Korea fired a missile over Japan, according to local media.[/li][li]The projectile passed over the Tohoku region at the northern end of Japan.[/li][li]Local government urged people living in the area to take refuge in solid buildings or underground shelters, NHK reported.[/ul][/li]The Japanese government has warned that a North Korean missile is headed toward the Tohoku region at the northern end of the country, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.
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> NHK also reported that Japan took no action to shoot down the projectile.

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**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-fires-missile-toward-japan/794962/2 "2017-08-30T05:03:35Z")

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Or as we call it here, “Same shit, different day.”