Now Japanese TV issues false alarm about a missile launch

Published Tue, Jan 16 20185:55 AM ESTUpdated Tue, Jan 16 20186:56 AM EST

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Japanese broadcaster NHK apologies for sending North Korean missile alert

Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm about a North Korean missile launch on Tuesday, but it corrected the error within minutes, messages on the NHK website showed.

It was not immediately clear what caused the false alarm which followed a false missile alert that caused panic across Hawaii at the weekend.