Alarms blare in Japan after N. Korea missile tests

North Korea on Thursday fired at least three missiles including an intercontinental ballistic missile that forced the Japanese government to issue evacuation alerts and temporarily halt trains. The Japanese government initially feared that the ICBM would fly over its northern territory, but later revised its assessment, saying there were no overflies.

The office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida broadcast alerts through television, radio, mobile phones and public loudspeakers to residents in the northern prefectures to go inside firm buildings or underground. Bullet train services in those regions were temporarily suspended following the missile alert. Kishida condemned the North's launches.