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 Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean navy conducted their first search and rescue exercise in over eight years on Sunday. e206c52bf9985c82ea4076394587817d80079bf28338b85bd1ef7883dd1808f0 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:29:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force held a large-scale live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, showcasing a Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile launcher to the public for the first time. e020e35a090bfb9ff4893fccfa3a2735a6537f53ab405bedbe0e0c21fee8cdd0 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:33:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 The final decision on whether to reduce Japan's consumption tax rate on food to zeropctor 1pctwill be left to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an executive of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party suggested on Sunday. 360ff464df6b2895d1f68f3039714944fccf3ed082398f7d41206a575ce58123 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:48:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Tokito Oda won a fourth straight men's wheelchair singles title at the French Open tennis tournament on Saturday, becoming the second player to achieve this feat, after Japanese legend Shingo Kunieda. b20ed9d63a267046dd6af5edcb6adf24c28b912fcd98b3b574031a3c3fec8320 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:27:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Local governments in Japan are facing criticism over measures to attract foreign visitors, including subsidizing Shinkansen bullet train fares and waiving admission fees, which critics call "unfair." ef6ac7eb31c760fc0acfbd493e95be22c520754506b770f5fd134bc76961e9b4 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Thai police said Saturday that they have detained a 38-year-old Japanese man suspected of leading a special fraud group based in the northwestern Cambodian city of Poipet while living in Thailand. f815ec036bdbbf5db59707779e796ff1d09c6e96ec0f0f824d7ff69b2da320a8 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:35:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office will conduct a harassment survey of prosecutors and other employees nationwide, following a sexual assault case involving a former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office. 555dd5f5f177662a7c0a7e3ebe18869e53e92661f88b5a4f732426fdd764c151 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:40:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is facing challenges due to a magazine report claiming that her campaign posted videos defaming her rivals on social media during last year's Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and this year's House of Representatives election. b83f2ff56f7228fd64e9600e37d7147d07223304e3c092aa70d9a180ea8a2721 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:51:00 +0900 00:17 full no 時事通信社 The key suspect in last month's high-profile robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, has been placed on the international wanted list, it was learned Saturday. 2403eb027ce35c3474900cbcb2a7efb65aa89eaf8db140ce7e71523df60743b3 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:27:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended adding the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in western Japan to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, UNESCO said Saturday. fb708c4dbc1f2bb288da4823818aacc91edd5cdb48020426272d0452df3e0d7a Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:46:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan will hold memorial services for their ancestors at sea and in the air between July 25 and Nov. 7, the prefectural government of Hokkaido, northern Japan, said Friday. b0dd51d152dc44c27a13a42b32ff78d5be512afed80e7e378d220a2bcac81a3d Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:36:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Japan's parliament Friday enacted a 3,113.5-billion-yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 to finance measures to address concerns over crude oil supplies from the Middle East. c740a42eaeca5bc9c6d0b0fe8c96110ae97ccd298bb31eb0435ba0e55030e75c Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:17:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Fourteen Japanese companies presented their defense-linked cutting-edge technologies to NATO members and European companies at a recent reception held by Japan's independent mission to NATO. a5f14a0c438ef2896224c41786b99e2dfa356b08b4c4ff944845f716e8230b90 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 The Akita branch of Sendai High Court on Friday found the Feb. 8 election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japanese parliament, constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. 35ed723945fe63bc6f8188208d90f9af576456871f097bffda164d3a8b3fc8bc Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:16:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government is expected to lower the country's annualized real gross domestic product growth rate for the first quarter of the year to 1.4pctfrom 2.1, according to the average forecast of 10 private think tanks. 7f8509563f568497356003a3efbdb9dc43e6d2f61060b4cc75e9f7b4b7da1e59 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:50:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 1.1 points from the previous month in April, preliminary data by the Cabinet Office showed Friday. 08c83d1c00abeb5db22ab55c7f95216f190b1599d949b3f4c41ffc8850d1c7c8 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:37:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Hitachi Ltd. said Friday it will use Claude Mythos, U.S. startup Anthropic's advanced artificial intelligence model, to strengthen the security of its software and products provided for infrastructure sectors, including energy. 757f47e2f6367f9164a4f35555ed6f6624b9722087956e7b611e33219d55cb43 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:23:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 The leaders and vice leaders of both chambers of the Diet, Japan's parliament, adopted a draft proposal Friday to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members for stable Imperial succession. 526a64a75db69da8d3de6753bc5c610acb7a3c9914d906ff4a25df137452f9aa Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:21:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 A manga mixing fiction with facts and actual tactics used by North Korea to kidnap Japanese nationals has been published in Japan, in order to draw attention to the abduction issue, which has seen little progress for more than 20 years. 2c0e08dc9129fa941159f7b9da245535bcd10dbe69d5145b29a8ae1ecabe7e60 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:08:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government has invested 150 billion yen more in Rapidus Corp. to support the domestic chipmaker's efforts to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said Friday. 67374ebdd7c8b5fab85c607436886538a12af0748a4e07dd25fcdb33b62e5281 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:23:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Bears have become a "serious threat to public safety and peace" in Japan, with bear incidents and casualties reaching unprecedented levels in fiscal 2025, the government said in an annual report released Friday. 47013523550d3d2daa163c6e76c583851ef08a88fa04a19febf8c042ac773297 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:15:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japan's industry ministry on Friday drew up a draft target to rebuild two to five nuclear power reactors by the 2040s as part of efforts to ensure stable electricity supplies. 246bfe8ad1b9854c1091f63200b6e9295a8f025ab5de7576350ce25af68a64c4 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:10:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Household spending in Japan fell 0.5pctin April from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, down for the fifth straight month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. 038f4bab9da6ca70a20a08551d089ca81bb7ad479bcab8c327e4b18bfc75cd4c Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:01:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japanese home electronics retailers Yamada Holdings Co. and Edion Corp. said Friday that they have reached a basic agreement to integrate their operations with combined annual sales of 2.5 trillion yen. 56c64c83362770e60c63d464c03a871194627d2055a657e64562f3dfbdbbabb5 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:32:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated Thursday that the United States will respect its trade agreements with Japan and the European Union regarding Washington's plan to impose additional tariffs of up to 12.5pctunder Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. 0cde571d46440c1bfaf5be4a6a0d633eb5926e4e6826474baea656fefd3deb6d Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:24:00 +0900 00:17 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese and U.S. governments announced a five-year plan on Thursday to jointly provide 1 billion dollars for the development of scientific technologies using artificial intelligence. 176d21fccfdf5a4963e16794d6cc27ff189ce6f7bcd656b6286c35c6e9ee6574 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:19:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Japan's inflation-adjusted real wage index rose 1.9pctin April from a year earlier, up for the fourth straight month, labor ministry data showed Friday. 34224870f22072e23860be9e6db106aa677bcfc272a95845ce98cc10d2d44d7c Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:54:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 A Japanese court has sentenced a former elementary school teacher to three years and six months in prison for possessing naked images of girls created by generative artificial intelligence, among other acts, in violation of the law against child prostitution and pornography. f65a02cb1c65a9cf203115c56cd7f1d096847e06b2445882d71269d540e9150e Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:20:00 +0900 00:16 full no 時事通信社 Information security firm Trend Micro Inc. said Thursday that it will use Claude Mythos, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic, for its cyber defense services for corporate customers. 013c2caf75b18c677e8678537db8fdbe7b236f82781267b849a9068852c01e10 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:27:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose that the government consider nationality-blind regulations for the acquisition of land linked to national security, such as land near Self-Defense Forces bases, it was learned Thursday. 4166fbf0191866e258bac8fa5d86b6d98f3b205115139d2df8201eb47b861397 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:18:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 PayPay Corp., a smartphone payment firm under SoftBank Group Corp., said Thursday that it will enter the life insurance business by acquiring T&D Financial Life Insurance Co. cc4643a154c440712f17ecde6c458205d826e00066195540f78daab9c32023e1 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:45:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to make her first visit to India as early as July to meet with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, it was learned Thursday. 097d5dea02b0afc524d2ed4732095f92e43f859c000e686c4df94c6bb44cb6b2 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:01:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 Sakie Yokota, mother of a Japanese abductee to North Korea, has called for the early return of her daughter in an interview ahead of the sixth anniversary of her husband's death on Friday. 0060075299b135fc88db72c80bc18aff635b5e1e62c5012958ae04b07c564a41 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:48:00 +0900 00:11 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government will set a new target of more than halving potential damage from a possible major earthquake directly beneath Tokyo, it was learned Thursday. 679979f23e412cda2e66f382e57ffb84982aa5bc1293e7aab74b407c85ff4f6b Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:33:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government's fiscal 2026 supplementary budget bill cleared the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Thursday. 4b5c1e474bb0987de5be08f7487b3a3f28dc7fdd6a8d632319134805941954a3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:44:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation with Thailand on Tuesday for the proper implementation of Japan's new skill development and employment program for foreign workers, the Immigration Services Agency said Thursday. fbafb17fd9220d4e92037615f2365906af152c1d99d70f5a69a8e161d0c5b1e4 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:22:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering cutting 45 proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, a senior LDP official said Thursday. 30609e88f91aa6342089d8bfc19f8ea39e427f9b6fc746f6fcbc35c92e4a0350 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:06:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday proposed a revision to the law on national referendums for amending the country's Constitution. 06068accc416c30ba7fbe2d36f2c9db8bafa8049da8b7e54878af66be77f0ff2 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it is considering building cars for Chinese automaker Chery at its Sunderland plant in Britain. 1f55f19bfe86f947ddabff04aba19545d391261b9e00f33340a170676d078504 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:08:00 +0900 00:08 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday hinted at reducing government subsidies aimed at keeping gasoline prices at around 170 yen per liter. b51f1b1504cfe4b992b2bc091bbd5f94afe1420040f8b869c990d3cc9d195391 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:47:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 The number of improper DNA analysis cases conducted by a former Saga prefectural police forensic employee rose to 239 from 130 identified in an internal probe, Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday. ad7804132ebe6374df16297a612311cc0b17e0b326abd7dcbb18f73e4d5a3a8d Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:41:00 +0900 00:15 full no 時事通信社 A body found in a river in Hyogo Prefecture was identified as that of the 42-year-old wanted suspect in a murder case that took place in the western Japan prefecture last month, the Hyogo prefectural police said Thursday. 8ea8f292411ba5663597e881e090c94578e9742ccf552fe3c9913ffda4f5d26d Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:11:00 +0900 00:13 full no 時事通信社 Shuri Castle's main hall in Okinawa Prefecture will reopen to the public on Nov. 23 after years of restoration work following a fire, the Japanese government's local bureau in the southernmost prefecture said Thursday. a2d6850076e2f7ba69ee95abd3276d48175c62ac8e5a9a47b64e0c69382a2e7f Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:33:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 The Japanese government's upcoming annual defense report is expected to call on the country to deal with China, which continues opaque military buildups, through its overall national strength and cooperation with its ally and other like-minded countries. 4c48e70a511adaadf663304243825907adde3b6c0243bb256d5d3f396a74e7a0 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:26:00 +0900 00:14 full no 時事通信社 Major Japanese home appliances retailer Yamada Holdings Co. and industry peer Edion Corp. said Thursday that they are considering integrating their operations. 585531a77a03dd4bdac72376e87d804023212e87a3733d90995e6f71b9781b69 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:14:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui has stressed the importance of "steadily boosting" growth potential of the country's economy. 8966a10295bcf19c7891543874e05eead42db1b0e676ee510ca2538cdc42b5b9 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:20:00 +0900 00:09 full no 時事通信社 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to visit Britain, Italy and France from June 13 through June 18, government sources said Wednesday. 29e3f30eb62c9363fed9e6f435ab81601341d4b3bab73b4f5631fb77404eeced Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:14:00 +0900 00:10 full no 時事通信社 Radiation levels have fallen to around the national average in about 70pctof Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the Secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday. db193a09798db2e8919494b7fcb3a3a0052e09750f57cae544c2197155f3693d Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:43:00 +0900 00:12 full no 時事通信社 Japan's Emperor Naruhito attended the opening ceremony of the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo on Wednesday. 67a1cdd285a918acf25393d1cb384a71c59066b9f240893d1ceb9863f0e35b33 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:39:00 +0900 00:07 full no 時事通信社 Residents of the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday mourned the 43 victims of a pyroclastic flow from the Fugen peak of Mount Unzen in the prefecture that occurred 35 years ago. b37df8a70f1ee199a52651f88558fd6af8f35108ea5c370a4271a2fd1f43ffce Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:13:00 +0900 00:14 full no