Officials switched the alarm off about 15 minutes later after getting updates about the North Korean missile’s trajectory. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Japan on Thursday stood by a North Korean missile launch warning that led millions of residents to take cover from debris that most likely fell into the sea hundreds of miles away, saying “safety is our top priority”.
Public broadcaster NHK, the coast guard and Fire and Disaster Management Agency described the cancelled alert as a “correction”, a characterisation Mr Matsuno disputed. Mr Wataru Ishida, an official at the secretariat, said that their decision depends on radar data and analysis supplied by the Ministry of Defence .
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