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 photojournalist Bunyo Ishikawa died of malignant lymphoma at a hospital in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday. He was 88. 839f9f735f446b96563ea9ffafbecd22ecc25530b18a93be9e10a922ac2d994f Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:48:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 A memorial gathering was held in Tokyo on Sunday for those who died in detention in Siberia and elsewhere after being captured by the former Soviet Union following World War II. 0432e61c8205997b8378ef296a6f8047603d3be017d4b1653d2e521ae87ebb46 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:31:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government has drawn up draft guidelines outlining 150 measures that should be taken to enhance cybersecurity for businesses managing critical infrastructure. f83167593fb0411b9ca437618bb07ba93293f3ace889fa0acc6bae52131063e4 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:11:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japanese police Sunday searched a group company of Tobu Railway Co. over Thursday's train accident in Tochigi Prefecture that resulted in the deaths of four workers. b1890ee9dde9edb6c41eb981452114a5046ec8b40de55d977ccc8abd5620565e Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 A local painter is supporting reconstruction efforts in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, hit by a powerful earthquake last month, through collaborative works with the popular manga series "Kinnikuman." 12707787933e08ce3a5faae098c5a8a24ad15ab948eeeade5e0a051bc665f64c Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:34:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese skating duo Riku Miura, 24, and Ryuichi Kihara, 34, who won gold in the figure skating pairs event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, announced their engagement on social media Sunday. 05fc2243fe079cddb2dd3058016c601e68c1ab0e8924689fe15693053508ca05 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:17:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 A major earthquake occurred in Ibaraki Prefecture early Sunday morning, rocking eastern Japan areas including Tokyo. a59be526a4999397e1dc180d5a9dd194e7a19d688291fd848af87edb58e245c2 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:02:00 +0900 00:07 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is ready to devote its maximum resources to win the Sept. 13 gubernatorial election in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. c622130c349348b4c20c34afe64606a94c74cd5a89ae402e76e0325577d5a6e8 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:18:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japan and India have held the first joint event between their governments focusing on recycling of key minerals at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi. e55f9afd2ab4eb036d88b2b89ccd91ec5e49edde8c004d9ff188d29d9ff820bf Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:39:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 The torch relay for the Asian Games, which are scheduled to open on Sept. 19, began Saturday at Nagoya Castle's Ni-no-maru Square in Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. c26c00b7c9dc028c2d878595924931255d5421220279a7c8af518dd1c58ff432 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:02:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Democratic Party for the People lawmakers Yuichiro Tamaki and Mikihiko Hashimoto attended a debate session in Tokyo ahead of the opposition party's Sept. 6 leadership election, whose campaign period started on Saturday. 02e934adae6d318651b0cf028f0078087dec3e4d311b5f9499b35129f8f9a588 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government will take measures to support tourism in the Kyushu southwestern region including Kumamoto Prefecture, hit hard by last month's massive earthquake, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Saturday. 376128a09aedff3cd675e1ba3065fe0107ae42a00eb09c46314b04becdd8869f Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:14:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 A Japanese civic group leads efforts to collect the remains of those who died in the 1942 flooding accident at the Chosei undersea coal mine in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. 8e03ebb007b9a85474303d0c25f3ec0e42871b7e2b2fab664fcdeeab4ebc4c5f Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:20:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Visiting Japanese Crown Prince Akishino on Friday expressed his sincere respect for the Japanese community in Paraguay. 29ea2c0919d78ddde46803da9fc6b765ffb2b9b0e91a4c7fe3eae0f936df1cc2 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:36:00 +0900 00:07 full no 時事通信社 A memorial event was held Saturday to remember more than 1,400 victims of the sinking of the Tsushima Maru, a Japanese ship torpedoed by a U.S. submarine while evacuating schoolchildren 82 years ago during World War II. 3dfa23813f76c726608a5599dbdebfa2a0238e78b780ebe28e8beeb1f225d346 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:56:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane from Japan has said that support from her country will be crucial following a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on her. 4dc5685ffd513eb93aad5ddb1852105ad3c5199927de9ead7376ceb4161549e6 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:18:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is under fire for what critics say are weak responses to U.S. sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan and to Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to a disputed island. 2ba0e52562b5729a86435cec456cbeb5f815419300fbb98c1d36b8e3eeb01174 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Finance Ministry is considering setting the assumed interest rate on long-term Japanese government bonds at 3.8pctin its fiscal 2027 budget request, informed sources said Friday. e70261de14fc91b2e177a0ab960233375ae6bb116f4e1d7fc1116c4264a423ed Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:47:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Princess Aiko on Friday interacted with people at a medical and welfare facility in the city of Maibara in the western prefecture of Shiga. a028b34495bcf0e083438e870875f631c6888767200d6ff3bffdeacb583a13ca Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki vowed Friday to make his party the biggest opposition force in the House of Councillors after the 2028 election for Japan's upper chamber of parliament. ecb0c27972ebc06dc8bd68c7b130e0bc431e7a08c9d040aeb453d893c0108177 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:18:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to reshuffle her cabinet and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's executive lineup in mid- or late September, informed sources said Friday. 068b847d598dcff02d491d1d0361d12c527379a27a3f97681c72ff2cfcf9db60 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:43:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 The organizing committee of the upcoming Asian Games and Asian Para Games in the central Japan city of Nagoya unveiled to the press on Friday dishes to be served at a dining hall for athletes, featuring local delicacies and options for diverse dietary needs. 726953beaca9f09166b7a474ad8ae9a44934e1dfda6afc1e09bc4e87686d3b32 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:46:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Justice Ministry on Friday released new guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence in legal businesses, clarifying the scope of services that do not fall under the unauthorized practice of law. 221e25b417a82d86a78c8f3c7996d4ea36d184a92bcf0e1fc22f54060d4bc4fe Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:32:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Takaichi Mabuchi, founder and honorary chairman of Mabuchi Motor Co., died on Aug. 7 at the age of 93, the company announced Friday. beab7ff37d3a2026a176effd855ec6b874eac933fb0be8b3c7a6d4296d2ddaa3 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:19:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Police have carried out voluntary questioning of railway lookouts and others to determine the circumstances surrounding a fatal accident in which a limited express train struck workers at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Thursday, it was learned Friday. f0d83ff904f28ba5af987b4eb080824ef3a7b24edb74901863d3ff1d42040215 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:55:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 U.S. sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan have provoked backlash from countries in Europe, with many voicing their support for The Hague-based court. 8d9dd13ce2d9aff70b90397059e99c085ea477ac3b1140c5f326c9fbdae2508b Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:54:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 One person died in a fire that broke out at a shipyard in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Friday morning. d848e9b4f8b3cdcbdc866bd3345f759d793581351f55f2084255af6dcae4758f Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:53:00 +0900 00:06 full no 時事通信社 Japan's core consumer price index in July rose 1.8pctfrom a year earlier, up for 59 months in a row, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. 76845b116d7ecf04cbc58380f62699d93a1280433800e96b138153f43b48d69e Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:01:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko paid a courtesy call on Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at the Lopez Palace in Asuncion, the South American country's capital, on Thursday. 720322c4268dd5b8ef090fd24526c4569b81b6a627c233b935807982661c055e Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:51:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Justice Ministry on Friday executed a 58-year-old man convicted of murdering five people by setting fire to a "pachinko" pinball parlor in the western Japan city of Osaka in 2009, informed sources said. f56512bb4ccaa9f9990b9378f876c6483c6134d893ec26f6d31f2fbf0909434f Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:49:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Russia has conducted a missile drill around the northwestern Pacific islands at the center of its territorial dispute with Japan, according to the Russian Pacific Fleet. 1ff1b275f37692e9631d0b5606e584868480943d99dce9e6b29ddebb5e799f0a Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:04:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the upcoming Asian Games took place in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Thursday. b921e660a97275be1e29575c4c6650742cfbb9af44915f34d56fc0034f56bd54 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:03:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which is based in the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, has arrived in the Middle East, the U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday. 0db20227c950cffd43b3b55f78bf784d1b7dc14e281245c1015c9ba3149d3407 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:34:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Most local members of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are cautious about a proposed integration of the party and two other opposition parties, the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito, ahead of a series of local elections scheduled for spring 2027. f850ea11a1b73a0251703bb05f398dbba949d9d11e99cdd4505611b027879e5c Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:47:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, on Thursday that it is important to ensure free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz without additional costs. 51509a767e0b16925f49335c0f53aa5612cca031e226b18e297adbdbf776116f Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:01:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, on Thursday confirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in maritime security and on defense equipment, with the aim of stabilizing the Indo-Pacific region. 14b851f8fb6e1e8a615b69ed842d15ea9031e85b937a764526c9497ef8d7d934 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:28:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to submit a fiscal 2027 budget request totaling 7,726.8 billion yen, it was learned Thursday. ca3ee03b59e3a375f5770ce456e8a2374ec85edffbe14a61f64b1596c557b0d3 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:26:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 SoftBank Group Corp. is preparing to issue about 1 trillion yen in corporate bonds for retail investors, it was learned Thursday. 0d759db3a8b09e60f7fdfa861fa5098d5bde78e09b19f698633fb37a71f4b712 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:33:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that it will resume motorcycle production at its factory in Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday, following a suspension due to a major earthquake that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture last month. 996fea999878b8198fbc188fef135bdd91b3a08f004f84055d3c112275728a1e Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:33:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Cashless payment services for children are increasingly available in Japan, allowing parents to check their children's balances and spending history through an app to prevent excessive spending. e262f3c11b3b027f20f0e09808b697050c82f5bcbc44dd6dfbb8e98d7007c8db Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:02:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Princess Aiko on Thursday attended the opening ceremony of a special exhibition on Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, western Japan. b3a9af01dc62f4edddb79eb9fb426da88ce8030cb56ffca4ebd623b10051addc Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:58:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her British counterpart, Andy Burnham, agreed Thursday that their countries will continue to deepen their security cooperation, including a joint fighter jet project also involving Italy. 62dc2c3f030aadced8b586a4d8ba09854e6c3105a393aa5f47d539d29c010ff3 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:23:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Namura Shipbuilding Co. is considering building a large dock in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by 2035, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. e52fb9af47fc00af1461e684d01b2420d1dde3abdc82e3da8af09ef6f3cf3e1a Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:18:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in July surged 96.0pctfrom a year before to a record 265.2 million yen, a think tank said Thursday. fa62da7527aef6b8f5a0bba7e0221f10c751b698923c68c4c4c94d962c6241fd Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:58:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Thursday that it will acquire PCI Energy Solutions, a U.S. provider of software for energy trading management, for 1.4 billion dollars. 85a7e03125fe3f65e6880d1f120d9894d225fb9c7eed566fbbce34f8d0b5d46a Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:56:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Kumamoto Prefecture said Thursday it has revised down the death toll from the major earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28 to 38 from 39. c452576ddbdaf602367eb312e443c859359e48806faafa0097717497b7f7fdd6 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Thursday that it will launch an H3 rocket carrying a Mars moon exploration spacecraft on Oct. 20. bce9d629ae0be4d84f32529e47dc5e4ec5b07b1c261a46de9f33f48fc3491cc9 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile on Thursday, Japan's Defense Ministry said. f24326e3b74b64a5cd6a720080b0b82697983f20c13a1cb694ea5bb9d9e73a37 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:12:00 +0900 00:06 full no 時事通信社 Paths to strengthen regulations on political donations from corporations and organizations in Japan remain unclear, as ruling and opposition parties are wide apart over the matter. 23418b99e77daa229343f47a292290d2b29c1bc295e7f7cfa6fce14d35861290 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:08:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 The Asian Games are returning to Japan for the first time in 32 years, with the 2026 Games slated to kick off on Sept. 19 in the central prefecture of Aichi. a580496892cf7e1355ccebe29b5df77ebf8145bad54bebe6cf8e69100aa93850 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:02:00 +0900 00:10 full no