SEOUL—North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Wednesday that landed unusually close to Japan, drawing a strong protest from Tokyo a day after it warned of Pyongyang’s advancing missile threat. The latest missile splashed down around 150 miles west of Akita Prefecture in northern Japan,... North Korea frequently tests ballistic missiles in defiance of a United Nations ban, but they rarely pose an immediate threat to other countries.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 03, 2016 02:46 UTC