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Reports: North Korea may have fired missile toward Sea of Japan

TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. military informed Japan that North Korea may have fired a short-range missile toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday morning, Kyodo News service and national broadcaster NHK reported.

The reports quoted unidentified government sources as saying that the U.S. military informed Japan's Defense Agency of the possible missile launch. The government was attempting to confirm the information, they said.

U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said it never comments on intelligence matters, and an official at the Japanese Defense Agency said he could not confirm the report.

NHK said the missile is believed to have flown 100 kilometers (65 miles) into the Sea of Japan.