 The situation on the Korean Peninsula is getting tense again. China is calling on the U.S. to take concrete steps to prevent an escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing. The spiral of tensions on the Korean Peninsula has its reasons. The U.S. has recently launched large-scale military exercises around the peninsula deploying its strategic weapons there. We hope that all sides will maintain restraint and refrain from pressures and confrontation. In particular, the United States should take concrete steps to respond to the North Korea's legitimate concerns and create conditions for easing tensions and resuming the dialogue Wang said. Earlier, the Japanese government urged the residents of the northern Hokkaido Prefecture to rush to hide in buildings, underground subway stations and other shelters due to what it said was a threat of the fall of a missile launched by North Korea. The warning has now been cancelled and the alert in the Hokkaido area lifted. The Japanese authorities also said that a North Korean missile fell outside Japan's territorial waters and exclusive economic zone causing no damage. Japan's Defense Ministry said that the missile launched by Pyongyang was intercontinental. It should be noted, North Korea has launched what could be a new type of ballistic missile that landed in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on April the 12th. The missile suspected to be intermediate range or longer flew for about 1,000 km in the direction of the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan before falling into the sea. The North Korea's missile launch was a 12th this year.