NORTH Korea has fired yet another ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military. Japan has issued a J-Alert instructing residents in Miyagi, Yamagata, and Niigata prefectures to take shelter. AFPA man watches a North Korean rocket test in November[/caption] The missile is said to have flown over and past Japanese territory, according to the Japanese government’s emergency broadcasting system. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately confirm what type of missile was fired Thursday or how far the weapon flew. The launch came a day after North Korea fired more than 20 missiles, the most it has fired in a single day ever. One of those missile flew in the direction of a populated South Korean island and landed near the rivals’ tense sea border, triggering air raid sirens and forcing residents in Ulleung island to evacuate. South Korea quickly responded by launching its own missiles in the same border area. Wednesday’s launches came hours after North Korea threatened to use nuclear weapons to get the US and South Korea to pay the most horrible price in history in protest of ongoing South Korean-US military drills that it views as a rehearsal for a potential invasion. Most read in News SINISTER ATTACK Boy, 12, set on fire by 2 lads who asked if he wanted to see a magic trick BLANK LOOK Mum who 'can't get a job due to her tattoos' shares throwback pic before inkings COP OFF Female cop in uniform filmed sex video while on duty at police station NUKE THREAT Russia generals plotting ‘when & how’ to use nukes in Ukraine, US spies reveal HOLIDAY HELL Dubai guards boasted about 'beating s**t' out of Brit, 39, who died in cell MANE ATTRACTION Five lions break free from zoo enclosure sparking emergency lockdown