Japan issues false NKorea missile alarm
3 days after Hawaii
A Japanese broadcaster has issued a false North Korea ballistic missile alarm just days after a phone alert warning of a possible strike caused panic across Hawaii. Pictured: A Japanese defence system on the outskirts of Tokyo. Photo: AP
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.
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