Days After Hawaii Alert Gaffe, Japan Issues False Alarm About a Missile Launch

Days After Hawaii Alert Gaffe, Japan Issues False Alarm About a Missile Launch
Japan's public broadcaster NHK's false alarm about a North Korean missile launch which was received on a smart phone is pictured in Tokyo, Japan Jan. 16, 2018. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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TOKYO—Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm about a North Korean missile launch on Tuesday, just days after a similar gaffe caused panic in Hawaii, but it managed to correct the error within minutes.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the mistake.