North Korea fires missiles toward Sea of Japan, no damage reported

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles Thursday that are believed to have fallen outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan, with no damage to aircraft or vessels reported, the Japanese government said.The Defense Ministry said North Korea fired the missiles northeastward from its west coast from around 7:10 to 7:14 a.m., with at least two believed to have flown over 350 kilometers at a maximum altitude of about 100 km before falling off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.Tokyo lodged a stern protest with Pyongyang over the ballistic missile launches, the f…READ FULL ARTICLE