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 is set to unveil her second cabinet on Thursday, retaining most of her key ministers from the first cabinet. c722c3a1693ba8b83cdfe8176c433b73f7a68b9a35363dd6d3f3750ed96db0a8 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:40:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Japan ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum's global gender equality rankings for 2026, the lowest among the Group of Seven major democracies, a WEF report showed Wednesday. f4d63bb075043309ee550e055f2e99b88006725d448efccf8be51edae0dd6980 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:19:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 A series of incidents involving students spraying pepper spray at schools occurred in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka on Wednesday. 9b6555a7666d9d0d63c63f15b84fce94f76373875d941d12a3b334a291485367 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:04:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 27-year-old woman who performs under the name Rino Yamato and has appeared in a YouTube audition program, along with her boyfriend, on suspicion of cocaine possession, investigative sources said Wednesday. 6db2c11980c76234051500607082003d1ebb1b712e42360b9c0c3c13d221ab95 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Ambassador to Russia Akira Muto met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations, including Russia's effective control over the four islands that Japan calls the Northern Territories. a4b253d9d0b46f7510dd5bbabfe3d96f095e770e0c4853da887af598193517d9 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:05:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Patients with rare diseases and under prolonged treatment will be exempt from a new Japanese system that imposes additional out-of-pocket payments for prescription drugs that are similar to over-the-counter medicines, the health ministry indicated Wednesday. aeb21058937ad7d27d3ac8c13661b037a445de71cebc2296612de54a056b790e Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:28:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Shoko Kawata, the 36-year-old mayor of the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, who is believed to be the first sitting female local government chief in Japan to take maternity leave, gave birth to her first child, a baby girl, on Tuesday, the city government said Wednesday. 00a5498d2ed751da0285958705f40da16f8f0a21260089792eb3a571fe02c33f Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:17:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Fifty relatives of former Chinese wartime laborers raised a lawsuit against six Japanese companies in China on Wednesday, seeking about 8.5 million yen per person in damages. 1b839580df7ab5acb604f8933e2a7ecea802ae37aba96108a8d35cfbf6c6bd3c Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:40:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 A new Japanese political party to be formed by some departing members of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance is set to be named "Minshu Kaikaku no Kai," which roughly means "association for democratic reform," CRA leader Junya Ogawa announced Wednesday. 916d8c86bc260459430dab5cb4f8f0c7fd3b69dba4dc9d4047a78a7de5cb9010 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:38:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 A Japanese government panel began discussions Wednesday to revise the money lending business law to make it easier for foreign financial institutions to meet financing needs that cannot be met solely by Japanese banks. 2bff4a56671afd7e2942cda6ecffd9b4a2106dcca6f6e80677d160b1f79b029a Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:27:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Masaji Matsuyama, leader of lawmakers in Japan's Senate from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday denied views that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has interfered in personnel decisions for party members in the upper chamber of parliament. f70c56f2ae36844e51358b52839ba414d32d53f5c3d20dfc6c8e0ef3d40607fc Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:16:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in August fell 9.6pctfrom a year earlier to 3,098,900, down for the first time in two months, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. 4575fa4f3ce8483ad3801149837be12e7c0a0fd4d7c708406f694410b0e050ee Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:16:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Air Self-Defense Force concluded on Wednesday that the Global Hawk reconnaissance drone that lost communication and went missing crashed off the western prefecture of Tottori. aad8e6ffb159baf1cf0772bf0b22f55cef847b1fc6828059d2fef02ff6b61a5e Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:03:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Almost all reposts of an online post containing false information about Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, who failed to secure re-election in Sunday's gubernatorial race, were made by social media users outside the southernmost Japan prefecture, an analysis showed Wednesday. 21c2bec2b35b7e1832b6f6cbaa1b1dfd065f27e0af09b78e19153d7524f78d26 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Japanese newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc. said its sales employees had overcharged two companies for advertising fees by inflating circulation numbers for an advertising booklet and fraudulently received several tens of millions of yen from each company. 4592edf2723e12d5983615473629dc54865bdc9018fcf61a7decd7a2a64cfd0c Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:59:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Hitachi Energy Ltd. said Wednesday that it will invest 528 million dollars to build a transformer manufacturing plant in Mississippi to meet surging U.S. power demand amid wider use of artificial intelligence. 46bfea44c69aa50a25630b73fb6bc2612236a73b91e90b05562867b85e853194 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:11:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Kansai Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. have expressed an intention to join an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. 783efd9300b8733bba8cf24f5239b4be77460a780a7981339fc2cce1e444ff8a Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:18:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Japan's prosecution recorded or videotaped about 13,500 interrogations during the half year through March in at-home cases involving suspects not arrested or held in custody, the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office said Wednesday. 4257764c177dea2874cc9d1690489a10c1672419cf60468c334d4c8de16ef828 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:16:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Tokyo District Court sentenced a former president of event management company Same Two Inc. to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, on Wednesday for bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021. 8eac28aba8206d80dfc8fe57019f8077e140d64ed4760722f17d36c2e36cbbb7 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:06:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in July fell 3.7pctfrom the previous month, following a 9.7pctincrease in June, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. 760176bfb64cf10e211af6604b19d3c8485359e2a3d24a54bdc3d89f46d3a1ee Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:38:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 1,105.6 billion yen in August, marking the fourth consecutive month of red ink, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday. de3da296c2157938257020a9a1047f1f8982ca929db541a078ee408c68d25706 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:08:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese and U.S. lawmakers Tuesday agreed that deterring China is important to prevent a contingency involving Taiwan. ee9d0fe51801ccec51e0f589f5a2bf2ab503e3a99f75b15d4f78ccebcc290702 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:33:00 +0900 00:07 full no 時事通信社 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the U.S. side spent a "nominal amount" in its joint currency market intervention with Japan in July to rectify the yen's rapid weakening against the dollar. 0ea07af0a1ef2d54cd3138710baf51daab9bef69a505b57cdadf84d073beeefd Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:01:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 The average retail price of pork loin in Japan in September came to 293 yen per 100 grams, hitting the highest level since the survey started in August 2003, the agriculture ministry has said. 6437bf78033dd26e4b95c58ae4fae7a370aeb81b4ffd452fee7b106adad7007a Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:40:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched a reshuffled leadership team of the party on Wednesday. 1a103bf1139c0e704a735c7849b7b40abbd57984014e9a9344d34fa65e17d5d7 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:23:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, discussed energy support for Ukraine at their meeting in Kyiv on Tuesday, the presidential office said. 42ba1e457e1183e2538b9a0529d52acf7f6666c6ed6d68f32f8a1ae9ba590434 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:48:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Growth in the prices of residential and commercial land around semiconductor plants in Japan as of July 1 decelerated from a year before, data from the land ministry have shown. bf2d83579c2255c9d2eda80c973bbccdc31bbff62427dd3faeed3520b385090a Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:25:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Tokyo Disney Resort operator Oriental Land Co. on Tuesday gave the press a preview of the Disney Halloween special event, which is set to run from Wednesday through Oct. 31. cf01496e3a3f2541543cfe060872a0f8d2242a34cab64dbd8c03629bf1605a1a Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:32:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed appeals against the guilty rulings of Taisei Corp. and Kajima Corp., as well as former executives of the two major general contractors, in a bid-rigging case involving the Chuo Shinkansen magnetic levitation train line project. dc6980bc34726cccf181adaa78c7d82995b380f1312c54c3173ebfd11c08c284 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:44:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Tokyo-born Hiro Murai won this year's Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, becoming the first Asian recipient of the prize. 0d87428dc14325401b2210a94a9fec396193a6f50ac774591e603ef4847c4aff Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:09:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that a malware-infected USB memory stick used within the GSDF was brought in by a service member. eb52344b5113d85de0973c485c0de30c80e7cd4a4de94aa282986be77b6c5142 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:28:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Junichi Ishii, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Senate will be replaced from his post, it was learned Tuesday. b49f8b8f1820907da0f0379282a9e23a226e93ce36e10d989f29fc605e1afd92 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:23:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 The Asian Games, the largest international multisport event in Asia, which will kick off in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Saturday, has grown in size and content during its history of more than 70 years, reflecting the economic development in the region. 5f06ad3f14d3832813b232694d39d479ce4fdf368f9d78d4a6e27ac904eeb7fc Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official has told visiting Japanese lawmakers that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks last November on a possible Taiwan contingency are the main reason for difficulties in bilateral relations, it was learned Tuesday. 3b3f1aa51a970b3044c8214aeb7395d921e2d631f19214065c164cd0246f5296 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:03:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government said on Tuesday that it will add tougher measures against malicious host clubs in its action plan to fight human trafficking. 7f2ea06585c7b64a7ff65ffb9e6444323d341e25bb855b531acac2393cd100e1 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:03:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Financial Services Agency said Tuesday that it will closely monitor financial institutions to ensure consumer protection amid the growing use of ultra-long-term mortgages as interest rates and housing prices rise. e4492f8bba3ad526f8c460f6f1ba4b26d39b8ca4deb66669540fe3f1b308180d Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:28:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Chubu Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that a fire occurred on the day at its idled Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. b3e7d9e46f88dbd221355f4ec3ae81c8707d72b546ff83a67363890c259a4a99 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:25:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Sharp Corp. said Tuesday that it has begun accepting orders for servers designed to run artificial intelligence models. 68ec8469bb4acedc2f2fbdf679682223b174c091d3cc36da33f9e3fc24ebc99a Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0900 00:07 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Air Self-Defense Force said that it lost contact with a Global Hawk surveillance drone over waters some 50 kilometers off the coast of Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. 09f2c46576afe4422ca25a06122e750ee92b4aed04178cee1620dd38abb4defe Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:33:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese land price data released Tuesday show cases in which municipalities that have attracted new residents through their child-rearing and relocation support programs enjoyed higher residential land prices. 92ffd7dfd277b62b0ea172467855807cfefdc0e3702cb3e840c73982037849c7 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a former owner of a Tokyo massage parlor to five years in prison and fined him 1 million yen for making a then 12-year-old Thai girl provide sexual services in violation of laws including the child welfare law. f15a8a06e6668ebc7125c3be993c1c4e0cd3bbc997c16816661874d0f66c216f Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:17:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's land prices rose for the fifth consecutive year amid a mild economic recovery trend in the country, the land ministry said Tuesday. 5e441a6306f144e63910d3753b3b8b3a112bbd0644b10cdb14e46e1f68e65b99 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:07:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi on Tuesday apologized to local government leaders over the company's earthquake risk data fraud involving the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. a1dbb9f23c1661b69ce5324e4ba3e296dfeceac96d574bffd80387e0de9b44b8 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:35:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, a key long-term interest rate, rose to a new 30-year high of 3.03pcton Tuesday after U.S. long-term rates rose on surging crude oil prices. fae083316f70d60eed9f88835384377a9073016061e7fbd426495e54fc476817 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:44:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 The number of people aged 100 or over in Japan stood at 107,677 as of Sept. 1, topping 100,000 for the first time since statistics began in 1963, the health ministry said Tuesday. aa9c208b680c0754c852ed1060839173ba8fe41338e02740cba340b547439b4f Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:20:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 Go Inc., operator of a taxi-hailing app, Waymo LLC and Nihon Kotsu Co. said Tuesday that they will jointly launch driverless taxi services in Tokyo in 2027, marking Japan's first such commercial service. 92fcccd9ba54228fda5b9d8fabf5544d9480d5c49bd6c8061c7e77be13752335 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:52:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons has voiced his hopes that Tokyo would host another Summer Paralympics. 6e953bb53b7d8f01d40c481f738782339cbb3fb038b6794c9d8cd33f9e4d0bb0 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:51:00 +0900 00:07 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that she will reshuffle the party's leadership team Wednesday and the cabinet Thursday. 57890bdf4eb5a19b1caaf1696fdfded88e16373aee99ae6fc8b7f379cd367ec5 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:16:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Personal data on 1,570 customers of Tokyo-based Prudential Life Insurance Co. has been leaked after a former sales employee improperly took records outside the company and later lost them. 7a8caae6392923f9218fa48d5465d64d968855c51ba2dc378cd2a11c2aefbf57 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:07:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has condemned pro-Iran Houthi rebels in Yemen, which are stepping up its attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and other locations. f4289139982272b6ebe728582736f63a80c58a5a34ee10bbe40a05807f62fede Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:33:00 +0900 00:10 full no