North Korea fires ICBM-class missile, warning alert withdrawn in Japan

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, the Japanese and South Korean governments said, prompting a Japanese emergency alert system to warn it may land near Hokkaido.The government later withdrew the warning, however, as it was determined the intercontinental ballistic missile would not land near Japan's northern main island.Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters the missile, fired eastward from North Korea at a steep angle, did not fall within Japan's territory or exclusive economic zone.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that an intermedia…READ FULL ARTICLE