Tokyo, Ramadan 05, 1438, May 31, 2017, SPA -- The Japanese and US navies are scheduled to conduct a joint exercise in the Sea of Japan following the repeated firing of ballistic missiles by North Korea, Kyodo News agency reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed Japanese government sources, according to dpa. The Japanese navy is set to carry out a drill with the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, which has been deployed to the area from its home port of Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, in the face of a nuclear missile threat from Pyongyang. The Japanese navy is also seeking to hold a joint drill with the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, Kyodo said. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its eastern coast on Monday, which landed in Japan's maritime economic zone, Tokyo said. --SPA 11:42 LOCAL TIME 08:42 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w418083