英語で国内ニュース 2026年9月12日(土)

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2026年9月12日(土)の原稿スクリプト

主要ニュース

十勝岳の噴火警戒レベルを3に引き上げ、入山規制
サラ: In Hokkaido, several large volcanic earthquakes have occurred at Mount Tokachidake since last month. On the morning of September 12, the weather office raised the volcano alert level from 2 to 3, meaning entry restrictions.

イラン、中国から衛星画像入手後に米軍拠点を攻撃か
クリス: The Wall Street Journal reported, citing officials, that Iran obtained high-resolution satellite images from China before attacking a U.S. military base in the Middle East in July.

岐阜のケーキ店火災で店主死亡、死者4人に
サラ: A woman who ran a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, died while being treated for injuries from a fire. She was 66 years old. The death toll from the fire has risen to four. The fire started on the night of September 5 in a two-story shop and home.

川崎のクレーン事故、重りの支柱加工が原因か
クリス: A part of the arm supporting a large crane weight may have been cut away several days before an accident in Kawasaki. Police are investigating whether this work caused the weight to fall. Four workers died and one was seriously injured when the weight fell during the crane's removal.

屋久島の大雨で通行止め続き、観光への影響拡大
サラ: It has been one week since a Level Five special landslide warning was issued after record heavy rain in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Roads toward the Jomon Sugi tree and other areas remain closed, and the damage to tourism is spreading.

相模原高校生死亡事件、逮捕少年らが通報を口止めか
クリス: Four boys, aged 16 and 17, have been arrested in connection with the death of a high school student in Sagamihara. Police say the boys may have threatened a middle school student who was with him and told him not to call the police. Police also suspect they took part in the assault on the high school student.

法務省、性犯罪者らへのGPS装着実験を検討
サラ: Japan's Justice Ministry is considering a pilot program as early as the next fiscal year. People convicted of sex crimes who are on parole, and others, would carry GPS devices so officials can track their locations and help prevent repeat offenses.

福井の大雨でソバ畑1400ヘクタール超が被害
クリス: Record heavy rain in Fukui Prefecture on August 29 and 30 badly damaged buckwheat used for Echizen soba. Nearly half of the planted fields were flooded, and much of the crop died before the fall harvest. Some farmers have planted seeds again, but they need enough sunlight before winter. More than 1,400 hectares of buckwheat fields were damaged.

岡本和真が31号、村上宗隆の日本選手記録に並ぶ
サラ: Kazuma Okamoto of the Toronto Blue Jays hit his 31st home run against the Baltimore Orioles, tying the top record for a Japanese player. But Toronto lost the game, its second straight loss.

社会のニュース

十勝岳が入山規制、噴火警戒レベル3に引き上げ
サラ: Mount Tokachi in Hokkaido is now under access restrictions, and the volcano alert level has been raised to level three.

岐阜の洋菓子店火災で店主死亡、死者4人に
クリス: Police in Gifu Prefecture say the 66-year-old woman who owned a pastry shop and home in Motosu died on September 11. Three people had already died in the fire, bringing the death toll to four.

相模原の高校生暴行死、少年4人が中学生を口止めか
サラ: In Sagamihara, a 17-year-old high school boy died after being assaulted last month. Four boys arrested over suspected injuries to a middle school student allegedly threatened the student before leaving, telling the student not to call police.

法務省、性犯罪者らへのGPS装着実験を検討
クリス: Japan's Justice Ministry is considering a pilot program as early as the next fiscal year. People convicted of sex crimes who are on parole, and others, would carry GPS devices so officials can track their locations and work to prevent repeat offenses.

秋雨前線北上、週明けは北陸中心に警報級大雨か
サラ: An autumn rain front is expected to move north from Sunday, September 13. Rain and thunderstorms may occur from Kyushu to Tohoku. On Monday, heavy rain is expected from the San'in region to Tohoku, with warning-level rain possible mainly in Hokuriku. The front may remain near Japan after Tuesday, while a tropical depression could form southeast of Japan and move north as it develops.

福島第一原発の排気筒、有人作業で来夏から解体へ
クリス: The operator plans to start dismantling the shared, 120-meter exhaust stack at Fukushima Daiichi's Units 3 and 4 next summer. Because radiation levels are relatively low, workers will approach the stack and cut it. The work will create space for equipment to remove melted nuclear fuel, known as fuel debris, from Unit 3. Completion is expected by 2028.

沖縄知事選で投稿100万件超、誹謗中傷や偽情報も
サラ: Okinawa's governor election will be held on Sunday, September 13. More than one million posts have appeared on X since the campaign began on August 27, showing strong interest. However, social media and video sites have also included abusive attacks, one-sided criticism, and false information.

中部電力、浜岡原発データ問題で14日に会見
クリス: Chubu Electric will hold a press conference on September 14 after receiving an investigation report from outside experts. The report concerns falsified earthquake data used in reviews of Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4. The company's top executives are expected to make decisions about whether they will remain in their positions.

戦没者遺骨、DNA鑑定前の送還を限定的に検討
サラ: The Health Ministry plans to revise its current policy for collecting the remains of people killed in the Pacific War. Currently, part of the remains is brought back, and the rest is repatriated only if DNA testing identifies them as Japanese. Under the proposed revision, remains from limited sites, such as mass burial grounds, could be returned before DNA testing.

政治・経済

政府、食料品の消費税減税案を15日に閣議決定へ
サラ: The Japanese government plans to approve a framework for cutting the consumption tax on food at a Cabinet meeting on September 15. It then plans to submit the necessary bill to an extraordinary session of the Diet. The government is also considering creating a new ministerial post to handle the issue during parliamentary debate.

高市首相、内閣改造を前に閣僚と夕食会
クリス: With personnel changes in the Liberal Democratic Party and a Cabinet reshuffle approaching, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a dinner for Cabinet ministers at the prime minister's official residence on September 11. She thanked them for their work, including their efforts during recent parliamentary debates on bills.

沖縄知事選で投稿100万件超、誹謗中傷や偽情報も
サラ: The Okinawa gubernatorial election is set for September 13. Since the official campaign announcement on August 27, posts on X have exceeded one million, showing continued strong interest. However, social media and video-sharing sites have also included abusive comments and false information about the election.

沖縄知事選の期日前投票、27万3647人で23.26％
クリス: Early voting in Okinawa's gubernatorial election reached 273,647 people over 15 days, from August 28 through September 11. The figure was 23.26 percent of registered voters, about the same as in 2022. In Tonaki Village, more than half of voters had voted early.

元保険営業員3人、顧客19人から5490万円詐取
サラ: A life insurance company said three former sales employees defrauded 19 customers of a total of 54.9 million yen after getting them to cancel their policies. The company has been checking all 2.79 million customers since April. Including cases in which customers were asked to lend money, total losses are about 180 million yen.

米FRB、15・16日に利上げの是非を判断へ
クリス: The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold a meeting on September 15 and 16 to decide whether to raise interest rates. The market put the chance of a rate hike at just under 90 percent. Inflation remains high, while August nonfarm employment increased by 162,000, showing continued strength in the job market.

日米欧で長期金利上昇、インフレや財政不安が要因
サラ: Long-term interest rates are rising in Japan, the United States, and Europe. Reported causes include inflation concerns linked to the Middle East situation, expectations of central-bank rate hikes, and worries about government finances. Japan's benchmark 10-year yield briefly rose above 3 percent on September 11, while U.S. rates reached the 4.9-percent range.

中部電力、浜岡原発再稼働審査の申請取り下げ検討
クリス: Chubu Electric is considering withdrawing its safety-review application for restarting Units 3 and 4 at the Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka, amid a problem involving manipulated data. The company will release an investigation report and hold a news conference on September 14. The application could be filed again, but the restart outlook is becoming more uncertain.

ガソリンスタンド事業者、10年で1700社超が退出
サラ: Japan's gas station industry is shrinking. From January through August 2026, 19 operators went bankrupt and 125 closed or dissolved, for a total of 144 exits. That was the highest January-to-August level in ten years. More than 1,700 operators have left the market over the past decade, as population decline, aging, and hybrid and electric vehicles reduce fuel demand.

スポーツ

大谷翔平、右上腕二頭筋炎症で15日間のIL入り
サラ: Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been placed on the 15-day injured list because of inflammation in his right biceps. His earliest possible return is September 23, when the Dodgers play the Padres in Los Angeles.

ドジャース今季初の8連勝、タッカーが満塁弾
クリス: The Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins, 6-2, for their first eight-game winning streak of the season. Kyle Tucker hit his 14th home run, a grand slam, and had three hits and five RBIs. Blake Snell earned his fourth win since returning.

岡本和真が31号、村上宗隆の日本選手記録に並ぶ
サラ: Kazuma Okamoto hit his 31st home run for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Baltimore Orioles, tying the record for the most home runs by a Japanese player with Munetaka Murakami. The Blue Jays lost and have now dropped two straight games.

今永昇太が6回2失点で今季10勝目、鈴木は3安打
クリス: Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga allowed two runs over six innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates and earned his 10th win of the season, his first double-digit win total in two years. Seiya Suzuki had three hits and one RBI.

竹田麗央、7連続バーディーで4位に急浮上
サラ: Rieo Takeda made seven straight birdies, tying the tournament record, and shot a personal-best 63 on the third day of the Japan Women's Professional Golf Championship. She moved from 47th to fourth, two strokes behind the leader.

ソフトバンク4連勝、前田が無敗の12勝目
クリス: The SoftBank Hawks won their fourth straight game. Starting pitcher Yugo Maeda allowed one run over seven innings and earned his 12th win without a loss this season. The Pacific League leaders reduced their magic number to nine.

巨人マルティネス、史上最速で通算250セーブ
サラ: Yomiuri Giants pitcher Raidel Martinez recorded his 38th save of the season against the Chunichi Dragons, reaching 250 career saves. He is the sixth player in Japanese professional baseball history to reach that mark, the first foreign player, and the fastest, in 411 games.

北朝鮮選手団、制裁の例外でアジア大会に来日
クリス: Japan allowed a North Korean delegation to enter as an exception to its sanctions. The delegation arrived at Kansai Airport on September 11, ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, which open on September 19.

ソフトバンク周東、左膝付近を負傷し途中交代
サラ: SoftBank outfielder Yuki Shuto left the game after being hurt while trying to catch a ball in right-center field in the ninth inning. He fell and held his left knee. SoftBank beat Lotte, 5-4, making its championship magic number eight.

国際

サウジの東西石油パイプライン、攻撃で一時停止
サラ: Saudi Arabia says its East-West oil pipeline was attacked. The country temporarily stopped operations as a precaution. The pipeline is becoming more important as an oil transport route that avoids the Strait of Hormuz.

北朝鮮が日本海へ短距離弾道ミサイルを発射
クリス: South Korea’s military says North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on the morning of September 12. North Korea had criticized a joint military exercise by Japan, the United States, and South Korea, and the launches may have been a response.

イラン、中国から衛星画像入手後に米軍拠点を攻撃か
サラ: U.S. media reports that Iran obtained high-resolution satellite images from China before attacking a U.S. military facility in the Middle East in July, according to officials.

ゼレンスキー氏、米国に対露制裁とエネルギー休戦要請
クリス: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to impose new sanctions on Russia immediately after recent deadly Russian attacks. He also called for a truce on attacks against energy infrastructure and said Ukraine was ready to retaliate if Russia attacked its power grid in winter. In Kyiv, a Russian drone attack on a gas station killed two people and sent four to hospital.

イラン支援のフーシ派、紅海入口の島を制圧か
サラ: Middle Eastern media reported that the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had seized an island in a strait at the entrance to the Red Sea. The development comes as concerns continue about the effect of the Iran situation on global oil supplies.

中国、日本人向けビザ手数料を約7.5倍に値上げ
クリス: China will raise visa fees for Japanese citizens from September 14. The fee for a single-entry visa will rise from 2,250 yen to about 16,750 yen, or roughly seven and a half times more. China says the move is based on reciprocity, after Japan raised fees for Chinese citizens in July. Short-term visitors currently do not need visas, but that exemption ends this year.

日本、地図の北方領土表記修正を要請しロシア反発
サラ: Japan requested corrections to an Equal Earth world map because the Northern Territories were shown in the same color as Russian territory. An aide to the Russian president objected to Japan’s request.

中ロ反対で北朝鮮制裁強化案、国連安保理で見送り
クリス: The United Nations Security Council did not strengthen sanctions against North Korea after China and Russia objected. The United States had sought to add seven ships accused of helping export North Korean coal and iron ore, which are banned under sanctions. The committee needs unanimous approval, so the proposal was not adopted.

米同時多発テロ25年、ニューヨークで犠牲者を追悼
サラ: New York held a memorial ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Families read the victims’ names, and bells rang at the times when the hijacked planes hit the buildings. Mayor Mamdani attended for the first time, despite protests. The attacks killed 2,977 people, including 24 Japanese.

エンタメ（文化・芸能）

俳優・ナレーターの森本レオさん死去、83歳
サラ: Actor and narrator Leo Morimoto has died at the age of 83. He died on September 4, and his family held the funeral. His agency said the death was sudden and the cause was unknown. Morimoto was known for his calm narration voice. He acted in television dramas and films, including Long Vacation and Shomuni. He also narrated The King's Restaurant, voiced Zhuge Liang in the puppet show Sangokushi, and narrated Thomas the Tank Engine for many years. He was born in Nagoya and also worked as a radio DJ after graduating from Nihon University.

俳優の小沢征悦さんに第1子、妻は桑子真帆さん
クリス: Actor Yukiyoshi Ozawa, 52, has announced the birth of his first child. He shared the news on a live television program on September 12, saying that the baby was born safely. His wife is broadcaster Maho Kuwako, 39. The couple married in 2021.

映画「国宝」、2027年新春にテレビ初放送へ
サラ: The movie Kokuho will be shown on television for the first time in early 2027, during the Friday Road Show movie program. Released in 2025, it stars Ryo Yoshizawa and became the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film in history. It attracted 14.15 million people in Japan and earned more than 20 billion yen. The film also won top awards in 10 categories at the 49th Japan Academy Prize.

沖縄が舞台の映画、ベネチア映画祭で批評家連盟賞
クリス: A film set in Okinawa has won a Critics' Federation Award at the Venice International Film Festival. The news was announced on September 12, 2026.

生成AIでの作品利用収益を権利者に還元する協会設立
サラ: An organization called the Japan IP.AI Co-Creation Association has been established in Tokyo. It aims to let rights holders approve the use of Japanese works and characters in generative AI, while returning the income to them. Rights holders would set conditions in advance. Nine overseas AI companies, including Alibaba and Canva, and rights holders for Captain Tsubasa have supported the association's guidelines. The effort responds to unauthorized use of Japanese anime, manga, and music.

集英社、著作権手続きミスでSF6作品の出版停止
クリス: Shueisha Bunko has stopped publishing and distributing six classic science fiction works by Hiroshi Hirose, including Minus Zero. The publisher said a copyright procedure error led to sales beyond the approved limit. It applied for 2,000 copies in 2016, then made 2,000-copy reprints in 2019 and 2024 without applying for the 2024 reprint. Electronic sales of all six works also exceeded their approved limits. The Cultural Affairs Agency called it an unintentional human error and gave Shueisha a verbal warning. Future publication is undecided.

歌手イルカ、パーキンソン病の夫を長年介護
サラ: Japanese singer-songwriter Iruka, 75, says she has spent many years caring for her husband, Kazuo Kambe, after he developed Parkinson's disease at about age 38. She married him when she was 21, after meeting him at 18. She describes him as her first partner, her beloved person, and someone like a part of herself. He was also the producer who helped make her song Nagori Yuki a hit.

Snow Manの抽選方法にファン賛否、北海道公演で混乱
クリス: Snow Man fans are divided over the ticket draw for the group's 2026 to 2027 dome tour. The tour starts on October 30, with 18 shows at five domes. One fan who selected “any show” as the fourth choice won a ticket for the Hokkaido show, then said Hokkaido was impossible. Fans who chose Hokkaido as their first to third choices said they lost. As of September 11, 185 tickets were listed on resale sites, including 112 for Hokkaido. The application page warned that people could win a show outside their chosen venue.

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