Japan plans to bolster security and monitoring measures against North Korea. It also plans to work with the United States and other countries. This comes after the North fired a missile over Japan on Tuesday.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and US President Joe Biden spoke by telephone later in the day. They confirmed that they will strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of their bilateral alliance.

Japan's Defense Ministry says its Air Self-Defense Force and the US Marine Corps conducted joint fighter jet drills on Tuesday over the East China Sea, following North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile.

The ministry says the drills involved a total of 12 jets. It also said the drills confirmed the readiness of Japan and the United States to respond to any threats, and further strengthened the deterrence of the US-Japan alliance amid increasingly difficult security challenges.

Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says the government ordered a Russian diplomat to leave the country by October 10 to protest the expulsion of a Japanese consul in Russia.

Hayashi told reporters that Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo on Tuesday summoned Russia's ambassador to Japan, Mikhail Galuzin. Mori declared the consul at the Russian Consulate General in Sapporo a persona non grata.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command have agreed to continue efforts to strengthen the deterrence and response of the Japan-US alliance.

Kishida met Admiral John Aquilino at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss a North Korean ballistic missile launch that took place on the morning of the same day.

Consumer prices in Tokyo's 23 wards rose at the fastest rate in September since 2014. The consumer price index for the capital climbed to 2.8 percent.

The internal affairs ministry said on Tuesday that the index touched the highest level since 1992 if inflation readings caused by consumption tax hikes are excluded.

The chairman of major Japanese publisher Kadokawa was indicted on Tuesday for bribing a former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee.

After the indictment, Kadokawa Tsuguhiko released a statement announcing his intention to resign as chairman. He also denied his involvement in the bribery case, and said he hopes to make his innocence clear in the trial.

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu has revealed the government is considering whether and how evacuation shelters should be set up in Japan for missile threats amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait and other places.

China conducted massive military drills in the Taiwan Strait in August. Some of the ballistic missiles that were launched landed inside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Japan's top government spokesperson says the country's Self-Defense Forces did not take measures to destroy the missile launched by North Korea on Tuesday morning.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu says the SDF detected and tracked the missile from launch to landing.

The Japanese government says a North Korean missile appears to have flown over Japan and fallen into the ocean.

Officials believe the missile was launched from a location in North Korea at about 7:22 a.m. Japan time.

Japanese nuclear regulators say operators of nuclear power plants in the Tohoku region and Hokkaido have reported no abnormalities following North Korea's missile launch.

The facilities are the Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido, the Higashidori plant in Aomori Prefecture and Fukushima Daiichi plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

Japan's top government spokesperson says the Japanese Self-Defense Forces did not activate steps against the North Korean missile that flew over the country on Tuesday morning.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu spoke to reporters after attending a meeting of the government's National Security Council.

The Japanese government says a North Korean missile has flown over Japan and fallen into the ocean.

Officials believe the ballistic missile flew over the country's northeast before falling outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has given government officials a series of instructions after a North Korean missile flew over Japan on Tuesday morning. The prime minister said the launch is an act that could gravely impact people's lives and property.

Kishida instructed officials to quickly check whether the missile has caused any damage due to falling objects, focusing on areas where the missile flew over.

The Japanese government says a North Korean missile appears to have flown over Japan and fallen into the ocean.

Officials believe the missile was launched from a location in North Korea at about 7:22am Japan time.