Japan defends cancelled missile alert sent to millions of residents FMTNews FMTWorld
A TV shows J-Alert or National Early Warning System to Japanese residents after North Korea launched missiles today.
Officials switched the alarm off at 8.16am after getting updated information about the missile’s trajectory, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a media briefing. Japan’s coast guard said the missile had landed by 8.19 am. J-Alert has drawn scrutiny after authorities triggered a warning in November across a swathe of central and northern Japan that a North Korean missile was on course to fly over the Japanese islands. The projectile dropped into the sea long before reaching the archipelago.
“The MOD looked at the missile’s flight path to analyse where it was heading and supplied us with that information; we are not privy to the details of that,” Ishida said. “We updated the alert after the MOD told us the missile was not heading for Hokkaido.”
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