https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/jiji-english-news-%E6%99%82%E4%BA%8B%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/id1438716380 ja-JP ℗ & © 2026 時事通信社 時事通信社 時事通信社が配信する速報性・信頼性が高いニュースを英語でお伝えします。 リスニング力を伸ばす教材としてもお使い頂けます。 時事通信社が配信する速報性・信頼性が高いニュースを英語でお伝えします。 リスニング力を伸ばす教材としてもお使い頂けます。 episodic 英語ニュース nakagawa-y@jiji.co.jp no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with Okinawa Governor Genta Koja in Tokyo on Wednesday and expressed her willingness to talk with the United States following the arrest of a U.S. Marine for allegedly murdering a woman in the southern Japan prefecture on Saturday. 80b16075ad153243c95e01b21512d3d3e019235d305c25e4efb05f23b8136c2c Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:47:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Japan Exchange Group Inc. said Wednesday that it will add 35 companies, including 100-yen store operator Seria Co., to the Tokyo Stock Exchange's TOPIX index as part of a component reshuffle starting at the end of this month. aef525911cc608d638e687821f16ce4ee114e832ea21af4b99f30ae8287e0660 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:13:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government is considering including in its three key security-related documents, slated to be revised by the end of this year, a plan to study whether the country should possess nuclear-powered submarines, government sources said Wednesday. 33867a2441339f48da21ccdd1d8c2c89ab781a866a2b7a68ed37a3a78a78fe1e Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:37:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 South Korea's Korean Sports & Olympic Committee said Wednesday that it has received an apology letter from the Japanese organizing committee of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games over operational problems involving the South Korean delegation during the event, which concluded on Sunday. 94771c3888f7a5ce76f5597faf12080b24f1acf8a9193556f5cb5f30ff7ab07c Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government is considering compiling a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 to cover about 300 billion yen in additional personnel costs and prepare for an increase in spending on recovery efforts following recent major natural disasters, government sources said Wednesday. 614ef2477cba1a2e23d00752b42763803e98a6383ad59921eab3e482160a41fa Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:34:00 +0900 00:17 full no 時事通信社 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, and Henri Kagan, who is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in France. 46430823a95e6b7ea76e70f6809801baceddbba5a352af5e96e35a01507585a9 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:01:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 IDC Frontier Inc., a Tokyo-based subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., announced Wednesday that a glitch occurred in its IDCF Cloud service for local governments and companies on the day, due to unauthorized access from a third party. a800cab0580c323cf46f0e43809dc2a7f6ad765cbe43aa8f56fc404a21503987 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:29:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi touted her plan to cut the consumption tax on food and pay support payments to workers at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Wednesday. 417d4b7d8582f25bf27e0b92f217a559d4e58b242f8ff175ca565c265e4733de Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:55:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators fell 1.9 points from the previous month in August, marking its first decline in six months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. 3f10fe20e289de181569145b07f5abd479c570f91ddd04a6a58d159c4f8f4443 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:25:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Public prosecutors sought a 12-year prison term Wednesday for a man accused of attempted murder for allegedly attacking Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group criticizing NHK, also known as Japan Broadcasting Corp., in March last year. 2541adb865bb214ce3d71a2dad9a578d125d5ee72c993f5b48241cd9f1fd1bd0 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:37:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva expressed concern over soaring long-term interest rates in Japan and the United States in a speech in Singapore on Wednesday. 4470f1a501e97d493f50cc8753cfac5d2dd852d63a1dd3c7acdab33a227f46fa Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Nippan Group Holdings Inc., a Japanese book wholesaler, has confirmed that it had sold books to U.S. artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. 8c87279407a8877b119c6147178a2c29a354812f506df703a8dc60eab4b0a1cc Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:56:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 The U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture has said that all U.S. troops stationed in the southernmost Japan prefecture will observe a 48-hour operational pause from noon Wednesday, following the alleged murder of a local woman by a Marine, who was arrested Sunday. be3537da31f6b256e8df749210d3f1cc7af0b040c364745fffea0dae59d099bb Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:35:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Renowned Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita has been indicted without being arrested for an alleged speeding violation, it was learned Tuesday. 7479861eb6a3af762ad3be1e93c6c06a81a4dc3754ed12ef63a0061729ff6dab Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:33:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Road-related budgets for two municipalities in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, whose mayors did not back agriculture minister Kazuo Yana in the House of Representatives election in February, have been slashed by as much as around 54pctfrom the previous fiscal year, it was learned Tuesday. 83203d4f26b8733887850ad1b4741198fc5c6b469837cefd8346bc2f2fc040e0 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:13:00 +0900 00:18 full no 時事通信社 Okinawa Governor Genta Koja will visit Tokyo on Wednesday for the first time since his election last month to meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. d9f24b0776f7284fe58f7635127e11b16601b6277be2dc0ce2afbdc4ab9bd3b2 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:37:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Suzuki Motor Corp. said Tuesday that it will release its first mini electric vehicle on Nov. 16, with the minimum price set at 2.12 million yen, the lowest for a mini EV in Japan. fda95a844208c916119c9d4f7cd84fa8c9bfd538326298d18390b88c038e9036 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:06:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese police have captured a Russian national believed to be a key member of the "Qilin" international hacker group and extradited him to Germany, investigative sources said Tuesday. 6e896bf594494df4c37e0c896e5f43269f80e979fbe999618bc1bd02e7061169 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:16:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japan will provide a total of 10 million dollars in emergency grant aid to Yemen and nearby Djibouti amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation there, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. df809657c158d743ee9c5ac130da86079527f89d83978fa84cd1d5b492b75d92 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:57:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 India is expected to overtake Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in nominal terms by the end of next March, V. Anantha Nageswaran, chief economic adviser to the Indian government, has said. 239f4d3268f2b7eaa9cb48bc9ab3a84cf3ab0dc5dfc59bce6efa89bd502ea145 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting last month to encourage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to accept a summit with Japan if a U.S.-North Korea summit is realized, it was learned Tuesday. 6f3740a76280d0eabea338511668c3a0b173398bf6cdec45e31c50d35e2aad77 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:08:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 U.S. television network CBS has reported that a U.S. Marine's alleged murder in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa has "sparked public outrage" in the Asian country. 3f033416dc25d62977d8b4eaed1a1649369ca316e52076af4e0e9357194429bc Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:43:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Tokyo District Court on Tuesday fined television personality Dewi Sukarno, known in Japan as Madame Dewi, 200,000 yen for assaulting two women in Tokyo. 18481bb7228666ffe6f8bb5df6de534dba5ec483233fb71814f60f024eac5eb1 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:39:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Nintendo Co. will launch on Nov. 12 a package comprising its Nintendo Switch 2 video game console and one selectable game title at a lower price than buying them separately, the Japanese company said Tuesday. 95a3c5ea0382d572612d4b0578759642a50ffed389bf2a2ad0ea830fa33628dc Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:34:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 A team of researchers has found that a cognitive decline from a continued habit of eating high-calorie food is due to abnormalities in the synapses, junctions between nerve cells. d7c489a85a6a35f5954968b9ed2327eede116e9b4df85319d2c2b6a2fe9d65f8 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:48:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japan's transport ministry on Tuesday released guidelines related to the installation of remote-controlled barriers at underpasses at high risk of flooding to restrict access during heavy rain. 534e189059679997492cc9efed6657588c68b7e17bb9ae81a6f611329e40227d Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:26:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Hifumi Abe won the World Judo Championships in the men's 66-kilogram category Monday, earning the world title for the fifth time to strike a record for a male Japanese judo athlete. 39501e807ce12ade2a86f05befb1d5056440f8c3a60896805e9164bc02d8d821 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:03:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Defense Ministry plans to enhance research and development for the introduction of Self-Defense Forces transport ships equipped with artificial intelligence and automatic navigation technology, informed sources have said. 95463f29c483c9faafa9a995f3bf5dc37f6b0b504fba0988e34dfdc91b7fdde1 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:42:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday that he will meet with Okinawa Governor Genta Koja on Wednesday, following the arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbery and murder in the southern Japan prefecture. 80d6f93503e3ecc15e3f354669ce5ecd7516d2ed7846410bb7c56780e81e6066 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:39:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 The Finance Ministry on Tuesday set the coupon rate for the October issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds at 3.1 pct, the highest level in 30 years and two months, up from 2.7pctfor the September issue. 11350c3119a85428a07e98acb51ef127a87065ed4dcb1859dc759dc1a86b9f54 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Major Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. has said that it will acquire U.S. biopharmaceutical company IntraBio Inc. for 2 billion dollars as part of efforts to strengthen its rare disease drug business. bd62f62eb088c0dba1a789fc7090982b7aa4478b34eca72af971f7dcbbf94de2 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:31:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Osaka Metropolitan University has said that data on at least 130,000 students and teachers may have leaked from the institution due to a system failure caused by a cyberattack. 9284682c99d00efeaaf8f785961d2cabed9d604384c2be877a922d8fd5b10467 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:20:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Japan's fresh sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are "ill-considered," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said, warning that Moscow will take "proportionate countermeasures" primarily in areas of interest to Tokyo. b81369c06524b5ed0e95547a1773fbe25a377d231cffe7a61f81cff77032be51 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:03:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has given an explanation on X, formerly Twitter, about her absence from an online summit of the Group of Seven advanced countries held Friday night Japan time. 82097e8d65e72316da223b27c61dac36c18c3eff8ea65e0c2ac6f204a7eedb0c Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:25:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Concerns about Japan's fiscal deterioration remain after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi vowed in a parliamentary policy address Monday to win market trust. 500351d29bee7aba5d7044d4871848a5c8efa917212960c53a5c51a777eb014c Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:43:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Honda Motor Co. said Monday that it has developed jointly with general contractor Taisei Corp. a road-embedded wireless system to charge electric vehicles while driving. f458a8ad1bb52e50970c2d019d6e12a75412df068726be032f079992b82b4839 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:34:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and her Australian counterpart, Jim Chalmers, met in Tokyo on Monday and signed a memorandum to set up a ministerial finance dialogue framework to strengthen economic security cooperation and promote investment. 4672d410b61b4d4df122e0ef72221821a6368835c3825675bec4d9fa848191c4 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:18:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 A former Japanese female prosecutor who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her male boss in 2018 said Monday that she has launched a group to seek recognition of posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, caused by sexual violence as an injury under criminal law. 9c578af3675520e8cd3ead175f45dad6a13f720d42857aaf29e76dccef09c917 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:51:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana on Monday retracted and apologized for his recent controversial remarks on road development budgets for municipalities in his constituency in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. a5c96086f37fe9151d54ebd000f3926b0a781136378d5528758b26213266c890 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:04:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 The town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture will see the evacuation order lifted in December in some areas in its so-called difficult-to-return zone, where entry is restricted due to high levels of radiation following the 2011 nuclear accident. 82362f41bc25874c14f67da9c11be75be5ed15c5bc3b8e7339a76cebe9c9e306 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:49:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 A woman found dead in a hotel room in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, had marks on her neck suggesting she was strangled with a cord-like object, people familiar with the investigation said Monday. f8e9c73444e79c3bd9e320bd7e4d5f8e98eaa1551e478dff23e376af8a28ba31 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:42:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 The first Summer Asian Games held in Japan in over three decades left behind questions of its legacy. ee7c6f2f3e5118d8111c9a60eed3efe4dc3ae9d0489f585fdb1a262a0b29adcc Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:53:00 +0900 00:06 full no 時事通信社 The operator of Narita International Airport plans to apply to the transport minister as early as this year for approval under the land expropriation law to expand the airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, it was learned Monday. c63c28650e949fe9c33463078df08dce368deb05aad5c0ffbd9a199a378a3c94 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:27:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Rapidus Corp. said Monday it will collaborate with 17 semiconductor design-related companies in and outside the country to strengthen support ranging from advanced-chip designing to manufacturing. 5303cfb1c448ba3409bdde029a8ad138671f131476dabbc97a486e4efcb2c04e Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:13:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called achieving economic growth her top priority in her policy address before parliament Monday, vowing efforts under her cabinet's slogan of "decision, challenge and action." f4e0be69f4cbe0e33d9043d2c186f1538d599ee80f496183db702de168fc1f46 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:42:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that her government has strongly protested to the U.S. side over the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on suspicion of murder and robbery. 7c39e51adcae8216d9e163d9223a5ad9fc725c6574b9fdabbcdfdf2714f592cb Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:28:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant began its sixth release of treated water for fiscal 2026 on Monday, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said. 00aba2b9aecb760d05bc05d0bc371b6fa3d7a30ebb7ed6231b9e7ef3ee9d7cf8 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:57:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 An extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, convened on Monday, setting the stage for the first parliamentary debate since the cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last month. c651368f4deb7c3359ad86513884052ac4a3137e8d8908aff2b48ced0a398f96 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:36:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Okinawa Governor Genta Koja said Monday he will travel to Tokyo this week to directly lodge a protest to the Japanese government following the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa on suspicion of murder and robbery. 339a665019cbb78cb035f2d971db65df96d5f7a387b72be5eaf24ea2c7a7d280 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:31:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yana stressed his resolve to promote restoration in disaster-hit Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures during his visits to afflicted areas over the weekend. 02bb64feda2396a54db6597cdcafccebc309b65c23eb48fcea005187c82ff28a Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:54:00 +0900 00:13 full no