1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Paul, the Japanese government, saying the missile appears to have 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: splashed down in waters east of Japan. Let's bring in Bloomberg, 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: Sophie Jackman, who is our Tokyo Bureau chief. Sophie, what 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 1: do we know at this point? I know it's kind 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: of still unfolding, and I'm being told that Japan's National 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: Security Council is a meeting at this hour, right, That's right, 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: they are meeting. A typical response following a missile like this, 8 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: but this was pretty unusual this morning. We had seen 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: a major ramping up of North Korean missile launches in 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: recent months, and particularly in the last week or two, 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: coinciding with Vice President Harris's visit to this region and 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: even to the demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea. 13 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: But today's missile crossing over the Japanese mainland and into 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: the ocean was the first time in five years. As 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: you said, the Japanese government here issued the Jai Alert, 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: which is a civil defense warning system that tells people 17 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: to hunker down in heavy concrete buildings are underground, and 18 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: that warning only applied to the north of the country, 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: where sirens were also heard going off, but here in 20 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: Tokyo to all our TVs went black and displayed this warning. 21 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: Pretty scary. There are United Nations Security Council resolutions banning 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: North Korea from launching any of these ballistic missiles, but 23 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: whether there will be any kind of penalty for this 24 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: escalation is a bit hard to say. Earlier this year, 25 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: China and Russia did veto a new SECTIONS resolution against 26 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: North Korea for its escalating missile launches, and the world 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: is very much looking to Ukraine rather than this part 28 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: of the world. So it will be interesting to see 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: whether the Japanese government, of course not a Security Council member, 30 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: pushes for any more severe treatment after this scare today. Well, 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: you mentioned the visitor by US Vice President Kamala Harris 32 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: to the region. North Korea typically has a habit of 33 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: timing these weapons test to political events. No reason to 34 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: suspect that this is not one of those cases, correct, 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: That's right. In addition to that visit by the Vice President, 36 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: we also had the arrival of the U S. S. 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Ronald Reagan, the aircraft carrier and it's group to South 38 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Korea for joint trills there, and this is something North 39 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: Korea is not a fan of US South Korean military exercises, 40 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: but this is certainly a bit of an escalation. We 41 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: had seen a bit of buzz warning that the next 42 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: escalation might even be a nuclear test, be that underground 43 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 1: or or even in the atmosphere, which would be huge. 44 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 1: That would be the first time in many years, and 45 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: you'd think that that would possibly prompt a bigger reaction 46 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: from the international community as well. This year, in two 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: Kim Jong Ian has launched more ballistic missiles than in 48 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: any other year in his in his decade long stint 49 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: and power there in North Korea, so it is definitely 50 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: ramping up. We feel that very acutely here. Sophia. Thank 51 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: you so much for being with us in sharing your perspective, 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: and we'll keep tracking the Bloomberg terminal to see whether 53 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: or not there is any any statement made after the 54 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: meeting of the Japanese National Security Council, which is underway 55 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: at this hour.