[ti:Japan Gets False Missile Warning, After Hawaii Incident] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.40]The Japanese public broadcaster NHK [00:04.76]mistakenly sent out a message Tuesday [00:08.60]warning of a likely North Korean missile launch. [00:14.32]The false alarm for a missile attack was the second in the Pacific area [00:21.04]since the U.S. state of Hawaii gave a mistaken warning on Saturday. [00:28.84]NHK sent the message out on its website [00:33.40]and through its mobile telephone app at 9:55 UTC. [00:40.82]The message said, "North Korea likely to have launched a missile." [00:47.44]The warning urged people to take shelter in buildings or underground. [00:55.68]About 10 minutes later, NHK sent out another message [01:01.16]calling the alert a mistake. [01:03.72]NHK blamed human error for the alert. [01:09.11]There were no immediate reports of widespread panic [01:14.20]as a result of the false warning. [01:18.60]The event in Japan was somewhat like one [01:22.24]that took place earlier in Hawaii over the weekend. [01:28.00]However, in the U.S. Pacific island state, [01:32.44]the Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency released the alert. [01:38.00]It warned of a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII." [01:44.81]The alert urged people to immediately seek shelter [01:50.24]saying the message was not a test. [01:54.90]Hotel workers sent guests into basements and people fled and struggled [02:02.06]to find places to take shelter as a result of the wrong message. [02:08.24]The mistaken alert was discovered within 20 minutes. [02:13.96]But it took about 38 minutes for officials to send a correction. [02:21.04]The state's governor David Ige said the false alarm was sent out [02:28.44]during an employee shift change. [02:31.81]He added that there was no automated process [02:36.60]to let people know that the warning was false. [02:41.00]The governor apologized and said officials were taking steps [02:47.64]to ensure that such a false alarm does not happen again. [02:54.12]Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard criticized officials [03:00.76]for the long delay in correcting the mistake. [03:04.84]She said the delay "is something that has to be fixed, [03:09.72]corrected with people held accountable." [03:13.76]In November, North Korea tested a ballistic missile that, [03:19.84]officials say, could reach all of the U.S. mainland. [03:24.96]It was the latest in a series of long distance missile launches by the North. [03:32.56]Hawaii is home to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Command and its Pacific Fleet. [03:40.66]In December, the state restarted its monthly tests [03:46.28]of a warning siren system to warn residents of any coming nuclear attack. [03:54.92]I'm Mario Ritter. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM