The Japanese public broadcaster NHK mistakenly sent out a message Tuesday warning of a likely North Korean missile launch. The false alarm for a missile attack was the second in the Pacific area since the U.S. state of Hawaii gave a mistaken warning on Saturday. NHK sent the message out on its website and through its mobile telephone app at 9:55 UTC. The message said, “North Korea likely to have launched a missile.” The warning urged people to take shelter in buildings or underground. About 10 minutes later, NHK sent out another message calling the alert a mistake. NHK blamed human error for the alert. There were no immediate reports of widespread panic as a result of the false warning. The event in Japan was somewhat like one that took place earlier in Hawaii over the weekend.
Title: Japan Gets False Missile Warning, After Hawaii Incident
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on Saturday.</span> <span data-start-time='28104' data-end-time='40792'>NHK sent the message out on its website and through its mobile telephone app at 9:55 UTC.</span> <span data-start-time='40792' data-end-time='47521'>The message said, “North Korea likely to have launched a missile.”</span> <span data-start-time='47521' data-end-time='55146'>The warning urged people to take shelter in buildings or underground.</span> <span data-start-time='55146' data-end-time='64083'>About 10 minutes later, NHK sent out another message calling the alert a mistake.</span> <span data-start-time='64083' data-end-time='68917'>NHK blamed human error for the alert.</span> <span data-start-time='68917' data-end-time='77833'>There were no immediate reports of widespread panic as a result of the false warning.</span> <span data-start-time='77833' data-end-time='87417'>The event in Japan was somewhat like one that took place earlier in Hawaii over the weekend.</span> </p></div><div 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