The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.

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N. Korean missile flies over Japan for 1st time in 5 years

TOKYO - North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over northeast Japan, the first it has sent across the Japanese archipelago in nearly five years, just days after launching missiles toward the Sea of Japan despite an international outcry.

Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters that the missile flew 4,600 kilometers, the longest distance ever for an intermediate-range or longer one fired by North Korea, reaching an altitude of 1,000 km.

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Energy costs, weak yen push Tokyo inflation at fastest pace in 30 yrs

TOKYO - Energy prices and a weak yen sent core consumer prices in Tokyo 2.8 percent higher in September from a year earlier, the fastest pace of increase in over three decades when excluding the effects of tax hikes, government data showed Tuesday.

The core consumer price index for Tokyo excluding volatile fresh food items rose for the 13th straight month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, in fresh evidence households are increasingly feeling the pinch of the rising cost of living.

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Baseball: Murakami celebrates youngest Triple Crown with 56th homer

TOKYO - Yakult Swallows third baseman Munetaka Murakami became Nippon Professional Baseball's youngest Triple Crown winner at 22 on Monday, topping the Central League with a .318 batting average, 56 home runs and 134 RBIs.

Murakami, who was the runaway leader in home runs and RBIs, went 2-for-4, including his 56th homer in the regular-season finale, during an 8-2 win over the DeNA BayStars at Jingu Stadium, holding off a late-season challenge by Chunichi Dragons outfielder Yohei Oshima, who hit .314.

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Publisher Kadokawa's chairman indicted over Olympics bribery

TOKYO - The chairman of major publisher Kadokawa Corp. was indicted by prosecutors on Tuesday for allegedly bribing a then-Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive in a move that will further deepen the scandal surrounding the Summer Games last year.

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, 79, is suspected of giving 69 million yen ($477,000) in bribes to the former executive, Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, in return for the company being selected as a sponsor of the games. Kadokawa has consistently denied the allegation since his arrest on Sept. 14, according to the prosecutors.

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U.S. raps N. Korea for "reckless" missile launch, warns of response

WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday criticized North Korea for its "reckless" move to launch a ballistic missile over Japan while warning it will make a resolute response to increasing threats posed by Pyongyang's continuing weapons development.

"The United States strongly condemns the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's dangerous and reckless decision," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement, noting that Washington is assessing the missile was a "long-range" type.

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Japan's PM Kishida to face tough Diet debate 1 year on in office

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading into a tough parliamentary debate at an extraordinary session amid falling approval ratings, with Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the launch of his administration.

The Diet session began Monday as Kishida has faced a series of setbacks, such as suspicious relations between his ruling party and the notorious Unification Church, a controversial state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, as well as rising prices.

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U.N. to call for additional $650 mil. aid for flood-hit Pakistan

GENEVA - The United Nations said Monday that it will call on its member states for an additional $656 million in aid to Pakistan on top of a $160 million aid package revealed a month ago to bolster support for survivors of massive floods that inundated one-third of the country.

The scaled-up nine-month aid package is focused on life-saving measures for 9.5 million people who have been hit hardest by the natural disaster, U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan Julien Harneis told reporters in Geneva.

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IOC chief Bach's visit to Tokyo Olympics 1-yr anniv. event canceled

TOKYO - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach's visit to the Tokyo Olympics' one-year anniversary event on Oct. 16 at the National Stadium has been canceled due to a scheduling issue, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Monday.

Bach was in Tokyo on Tuesday for the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot during an election campaign speech on July 8 in the western city of Nara.

==Kyodo

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