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.