Japanese authorities issued an emergency evacuation warning to residents of the northern island of Hokkaido following a North Korean missile launch on Thursday (April 13) morning. <br /><br />Japanese authorities later retracted the alert for Hokkaido island when they determined that the missile would not fall nearby.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline