North Korea fired a ballistic missile of intermediate range or longer, South Korea and Japan said, prompting an alert for residents in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido to take cover. Japanese authorities later retracted the alert
Japanese authorities later retracted the warning, saying the country's J-Alert emergency warning system had made an erroneous prediction the missile would fall near the island.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan said his government would hold a National Security Council meeting on the launch. Japan's coast guard said the projectile had fallen in the sea to the east of North Korea. Hamada said he could not confirm whether the missile flew over Japan's exclusive economic zone.In October, an evacuation warning was issued when a missile overflew Japan but it came so late most people were not aware of it until the projectile had fallen into the Pacific.On Thursday, a student told Japanese broadcaster NHK that the alert caused momentary alarm at a train station in Hokkaido.
The launch came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country's war deterrence in a "more practical and offensive" manner to counter Pyongyang called moves of aggression by the United States.The South Korean military said it was on high alert and coordinating closely with the United States.
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