i'm ross mihara. >>> the u.n.ity council has opened an emergency meeting to discuss north korea's latest missile launch. the north fired what appeared to be a submarine launched ballistic missile on wednesday. the closed door session began in the wake of the launch at the request of japan, the united states, and south korea. the three nations are seeking to have the council issue a statement condemning pyongyang. the missile flew about 500 kilometers. that is believed to have come down in japan's air defense identification zone in the sea of japan. the council held a sim

i'm ross mihara. >>> the u.n. security council has opened an emergency meeting to discuss north korea's latest missile launch. the north fired what appeared to be a submarine launched ballistic missile on wednesday. the closed door session began in the wake of the launch at the request of japan, the united states, and south korea. the three nations are seeking to have the council issue a statement condemning pyongyang. the missile flew about 500 kilometers. that is believed to have come down in japan's air defense identification zone in the sea of japan. the council held a similar meeting earlier this month, after north korea launched two of what are believed to be nodong medium range ballistic missiles. some countries, including china, insisted the council should avoid provoking the north. south korean government sources say the missile could have traveled more than 1,000 kilometers if it had been launched at a regular angle. the sources believe that pyongyang adjusted the flight distance by launching it at a ste

i'm ross mihara in tokyo. >>> foreign ministers from japan, chib and south korea will meet in tokyo wednesday. japan's foreign minister says he hopes for separate direct talks with china so he can protest recent incursions by chinese ships into japanese waters. japanese foreign ministry officials are working to set up a one on one meeting between fumio kishida and wang yi. they're also trying to arrange separate talks for kishida and south korean foreign minister yun byung-se. chinese vessels have entered japanese waters in the senkaku islands. japan controls the islands, the government maintains they're an inherent part of chinese territory. china and taiwan claim them. kishida is expected to launch a long protest with wang who is first chinese foreign minister to visit japan in five years. >> translator: i want to handle pending bilateral issues in direct bilateral talks with china's foreign minister. i want to clearly and directly convey japan's position to the chinese side. >> but a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson downplayed the significance of the proposed one on one meeting. >> tr

i'm ross mihara in tokyo. >>> foreign ministers from japan, chib and south korea will meet in tokyo wednesdayapan's foreign minister says he hopes for separate direct talks with china so he can protest recent incursions by chinese ships into japanese waters. japanese foreign ministry officials are working to set up a one on one meeting between fumio kishida and wang yi. they're also trying to arrange separate talks for kishida and south korean foreign minister yun byung-se. chinese vessels have entered japanese waters in the senku