Missiles · incident

Japan cancels warnings 0440/26 and 0441/26 about a possible ballistic missile launched from North Korea over the Japan Sea, East China Sea and North Pacific.

Japan Sea, East China Sea and North Pacific, Japan · NAVAREA XI 442/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates
Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · Japan Coast Guard (JHOD). Issued 2026-10-03 12:00Z. First collected 2026-10-03 12:06Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-03 12:06Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Japan Sea, East China Sea and North Pacific, Japan. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
issued
2026-10-03 12:00Z
status
Listed in force
authority
Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI
issued by
JAPAN COAST GUARD
source
Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · first seen 2026-10-03 12:06Z

Original warning text

JAPAN SEA, EAST CHINA SEA AND NORTH
PACIFIC, JAPAN.
CANCEL INFORMATION OF OBJECT POTENTIALLY
BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED FROM NORTH
KOREA.
CANCEL 0440/26, 0441/26 AND THIS MSG.

Reading this warning

Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.

All warning terms →

Type

One-off missile event (not a scheduled exercise or launch).

missile warnings, NAVAREA11
18 in the last 30 days · 28 in 12 months
of which one-offs
9 in 12 months
previous one-off here
NAVAREA11-440/2026 · 2026-10-02

Counts from the seahazards.com archive, same sea, all issuers; this message excluded.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No parsed position is available for this comparison.

Worldwide in the collected sources

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:12Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.