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Tokyo : The Japanese state broadcaster NHK apologized for mistakenly issuing a news alert claiming that North Korea had launched a missile and citizens should seek refuge, only a few days after a similar incident in Hawaii. NHK sent the message around 7 p.m. on Tuesday citing "J-Alert", a centralized satellite system used by the government to issue warnings to its citizens about emergencies such as missile launches or earthquakes, although the broadcaster corrected itself five minutes later. The broadcaster apologized for issuing a false alert in a written statement which...