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Two days after the US State of Hawaii faced the ultimate humiliation after erroneously sending a missile alert to all its citizens, Japanese state broadcaster NHK did the same, this time correcting it’s mistake immediately, however.

NHK at first sent a news update to its subscribers that read: “North Korea appears to have launched a missile. The government urges people to take shelter inside buildings or underground.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Japan's national broadcaster NHK just sent a text alert reporting that North Korea launched another missile … and then corrected itself <a href="https://t.co/5Cyreba8rg">pic.twitter.com/5Cyreba8rg</a></p>— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/953207749046882304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote>

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As stated, the Japanese broadcaster made sure not to repeat the mistake of the Hawaiian authorities and within 5 minutes, sent another text to correct the erroneous alert, sending people into a panic. NHK said it was a false alarm and apologizing for the error.

"Patterns of North Korean missile launch is erroneous," the second message stated.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Japan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Japan</a> issues <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FalseAlarm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FalseAlarm</a> about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/missile?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#missile</a> launch<br>#<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FalseMissileAlert?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FalseMissileAlert</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NorthKorea?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NorthKorea</a> <a href="https://t.co/6kQM0so9FB">https://t.co/6kQM0so9FB</a> <a href="https://t.co/2GAq2MdaQC">pic.twitter.com/2GAq2MdaQC</a></p>— Gulf-Times (@GulfTimes_QATAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/GulfTimes_QATAR/status/953233000099180544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The cause of the false alarm was not made immediately clear with the state broadcaster reporting that all procedures will be investigated.

As we’ve reported, Hawaii faced a similar error two days ago, which caused a lot of worry <a href=" https://thegoldwater.com/news/16026-Incompetent-Hawaii-Sends-Out-Mistaken-Incoming-Ballistic-Missile-Alert">since the follow-up reassuring people it was sent in error only came 38 minutes later</a>.

The employee responsible for sending the wrong Hawaii message has been reassigned signs, with authorities fearing the incident will be the cause of a drop in tourism revenue.

Source:

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/Japan-NHK-Broadcaster-Apologizes-Incorrectly-Warning-North-Korean-Missile-Launch-469507763.html