North Korea on Friday morning fired a ballistic missile over Japan, dropping into the Pacific Ocean.  The launch caused emergency alerts over most of northern Japan.  It's believed that the timing was intended to vex the CareerSpot Global News guy because he had already filed the morning news only moments before the launch.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency says this missile was launched from somewhere close to the North's capital Pyongyang.  The Japanese military says it did not attempt to shoot it down; but the government did issue a warning to citizens to take shelter, and warned people not to touch anything that looks like missile debris.

Tokyo says the missile entered Japanese air space at 7:02 AM local time, passed over the northernmost main island of Hokkaido at 7:06 AM, and ten minutes later went into the Pacific Ocean as far as 2,000 kilometers off Hokkaido.  Japan's NHK says the total flight was 3,700 kilometers.

The last time that North Korea sent a missile over Japan was 29 August, which was followed by its first Hydrogen Bomb test a few days later.

This latest launch comes after the United Nations Security Council earlier this week approved new economic sanctions against North Korea, which included banning textile and labor exports, and stopping fuel imports.

Both Japan and South Korea called urgent meetings of their respective national security councils - separately - to discuss the launch.