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Members of Japan Self-Defense Force work following a report of a North Korea's missile launch, at a meeting room of Hokkaido Government office in Sapporo, northern Japan Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. North Korea on Tuesday fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuation notices and suspend trains, as the North escalates tests of weapons designed to strike regional U.S. allies. (Kyodo News via AP)