英語で国内ニュース 2026年10月17日(土)

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2026年10月17日(土)の原稿スクリプト

主要ニュース

台風30号、非常に強い勢力へ発達か　進路情報に注意
サラ: Typhoon No. 30 is moving west over waters far southeast of Japan and is expected to strengthen into a very strong typhoon. Its forecast path for next week remains uncertain, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to follow updates.

教皇レオ14世、プーチン氏にウクライナ停戦を要請
クリス: On October 16, Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pope expressed concern about the severe humanitarian situation in Ukraine and called for a ceasefire.

北朝鮮、AI搭載の新型魚雷発射実験を実施と発表
サラ: North Korea's state media reported that a test launch of a new AI-equipped torpedo took place on October 15. The report said the test demonstrated the torpedo's performance.

スカイチケットで最大6140人分のカード情報流出
クリス: Travel booking site Skyticket says credit card information from up to 6,140 customers was stolen in a cyberattack.The company first said no card information had leaked, but later corrected its report.The stolen data includes card numbers, names, and expiration dates from old payment records. Security codes were not included.

政府、約2千万人に年平均3万円の給付案を提示
サラ: The government has proposed an income-linked benefit that would pay about 20 million people an average of roughly 30,000 yen per person each year in fiscal 2027 and 2028. It presented the figure to ruling and opposition parties as one possible reference.

高市首相が靖国に真榊奉納、城内氏は参拝
クリス: At the start of Yasukuni Shrine's autumn festival on October 17, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a potted sakaki offering. Economic Growth Strategy Minister Kiuchi visited the shrine and prayed.

高市内閣支持率42.4％、5カ月連続で過去最低に
サラ: An October poll found Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's approval fell 1.7 points to 42.4 percent, a fifth straight monthly decline and a new low since her cabinet took office. Support among men fell 4.2 points to 42 percent, while support among women rose 1.1 points to 42.9 percent.

簗氏の道路予算照会、記録なく圧力の検証困難
クリス: Former Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana asked in February about road-project funding for Nasukarasuyama and Nakagawa. The transport ministry says it kept no record, treating the inquiry as minor. Then-secretariat chief Masayoshi Kuroda handled it. A legal scholar says the inquiry was not minor, making the alleged pressure difficult to investigate.

社会のニュース

大阪で12歳女子が強盗未遂、児童相談所に送致
サラ: Police in Osaka say a 12-year-old junior high school student has been referred to a child guidance center over an attempted convenience-store robbery on October 16. She allegedly sprayed an 86-year-old store owner with antiperspirant and threatened her with a knife, but fled without taking cash. The owner suffered minor injuries. Children under 14 are not criminally liable in Japan.

簗農相が辞任、選挙違反疑惑で政権に圧力
クリス: Kazuo Yana resigned as Japan’s agriculture minister on October 14, just 12 days after denying he would step down. Reports that election supporters received free rides on shuttle buses raised possible election-law violations, making the controversy more serious than his earlier remarks about cutting budgets. Opposition parties also united in the upper house, putting new pressure on Prime Minister Takaichi’s government.

秋田で80代男性がクマに襲われ、後頭部にけが
サラ: An 80-year-old man was injured in a bear attack while in a field in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on October 17. He suffered an injury to the back of his head but remained conscious. His wife called emergency services, and three bears were reportedly present as the bear moved away.

大阪のだんじり事故2件で2人死亡、16人負傷
クリス: Two men were killed and 16 others injured in separate danjiri festival accidents in Osaka Prefecture during October celebrations. Both carts overturned during yarimawashi, a dramatic maneuver in which a festival cart swings around a corner. A 48-year-old company employee and a 51-year-old company executive were crushed beneath the carts.

気象庁がM9.9と誤報、8分後に取り消し謝罪
サラ: On October 16, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency alert after wrongly estimating a magnitude 9.9 quake near the Kuril Islands. It canceled the alert eight minutes later; the actual quake was magnitude 6.9 near the Kamchatka Peninsula. The agency blamed errors involving distant monitoring data and different epicenters for magnitude and shaking calculations. It apologized at three news conferences and set a temporary 700-kilometer limit on data used for magnitude estimates.

ニデック、永守氏ら元幹部9人への賠償請求を検討
クリス: Nidec says it is considering seeking damages from nine former executives, including founder Shigenobu Nagamori and former president Mitsuya Kishida. The move follows a series of accounting irregularities and improper practices involving product quality at the electronics-parts maker.

親を頼れない若者、半数超が費用理由に受診せず
サラ: A nonprofit group supporting young people who cannot rely on their parents surveyed more than 400 people. Among those who had been sick or injured, more than half said they did not seek medical care or treatment, citing reasons such as being unable to pay.

福岡・久山町で廃車置き場火災、山林に延焼
クリス: A fire broke out shortly after noon on October 17 at a site for storing discarded vehicles in Hisayama, Fukuoka Prefecture. The fire spread into nearby forest, and firefighters continued working to extinguish it.

政治・経済

与党、安保3文書改定で非核三原則見直しを議論へ
サラ: Japan's ruling parties plan to begin full discussions next month on revising the country's three security documents. One issue is whether to reconsider the non-nuclear principles, specifically the rule against allowing nuclear weapons into Japan. Some members of the Liberal Democratic Party favor a review.

防衛費年10兆円超へ、政府が法人税増税を検討
クリス: Japan's government is considering an additional corporate tax to help pay for a major increase in defense spending. The next five-year plan, covering fiscal 2027 through 2031, could push annual spending above 10 trillion yen. Spending cuts are also under discussion, but how much they could raise is unclear.

食品消費税減税法案、来週から国会審議入り
サラ: Japan's parliament is set to begin debating bills to cut the consumption tax on food next week. Ruling parties want to build support and pass them, while opposition parties are demanding details on how the cuts will be funded and who would qualify for income-based support payments.

供給懸念でNY原油が3.5％上昇、約1カ月ぶり高値
クリス: U.S. crude futures rose 3.5% on October 16, closing at $101.41 a barrel, their highest level in about a month, as supply concerns grew. Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia continued, Ukraine reportedly struck a Russian refinery, and at least nine ships have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz since October 11, according to CNBC.

TSMC熊本第2工場、国内初の3ナノ半導体生産へ
サラ: TSMC will make 3-nanometer chips at its second factory in Kumamoto, Japan's first such production. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry approved the plan change on October 16. The factory is expected to produce 6,000 wafers a month, with its first shipment planned by December 2028, as demand for AI chips grows.

ショップサーブで2335万人分の個人情報が流出
クリス: E Store, which operates the ShopServe e-commerce service, says personal information belonging to about 23.35 million people has been leaked. The data includes names, addresses, phone numbers and employers. About 2.09 million records also contained some credit-card information. The company detected unauthorized access on August 1 and says no secondary harm has been reported.

IMF、日本のGDPは2027年に世界6位へ後退と予測
サラ: The IMF expects Japan to fall from fourth to sixth place in the world economy in 2027, measured by nominal GDP in U.S. dollars. It forecasts India and the United Kingdom will pass Japan, citing the weaker yen and slower growth. Japan's GDP is projected at $4.47 trillion, compared with $4.52 trillion for India and $4.49 trillion for the U.K.

スポーツ

ソフトバンク、日本ハムを下し3年連続日本シリーズへ
サラ: SoftBank beat Nippon-Ham 6–2 in Game 3 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage. Including its two-win advantage, SoftBank finished with a 5–0 record and reached the Japan Series for a third straight year.

DeNA、阪神に逆転勝ちで日本シリーズ進出決定
クリス: The DeNA BayStars beat the Hanshin Tigers eight to five on October 17. They made an amazing comeback in the ninth inning. They won four straight games against Hanshin, advancing to the Japan Series. The Japan Series start on October 24.

箱根駅伝予選会、東洋大など10校が出場権獲得
サラ: Ten universities, including first-place Toyo University, secured places in next January’s Hakone Ekiden after a qualifying race in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Three-time defending champion Aoyama Gakuin University has already qualified.

大谷、二刀流完走とワールドシリーズ3連覇を逃し悔しさ
クリス: Shohei Ohtani said he felt disappointed after Game 4, reflecting on his ninth major-league season. He fell short of two goals: completing a full season as a two-way player and winning a third straight World Series.

安保瑠輝也、検査と計量を通過できずONE戦中止
サラ: On October 17, ONE Championship canceled the scheduled bout between Rukiya Anpo and Bogdan Shumarov at ONE Samurai 4 in Ariake Arena. Anpo failed the required hydration test and could not meet the event’s weigh-in requirements.

元横綱・白鵬、国際相撲連盟の会長に就任
クリス: Former yokozuna Hakuho Sho has become president of the International Sumo Federation, which oversees amateur sumo. During his career, he won a record 45 top-division championships.

FIFA、処分猶予を受け懲戒手続きの見直しへ
サラ: FIFA will review its disciplinary procedures after a suspension for a U.S. national team player was deferred. At an October 15 council meeting in Zurich, FIFA’s president also apologized over a plan to create a subsidiary.

バット直撃の川上審判員が意識回復、復帰目指す
クリス: Nippon Professional Baseball announced on October 16 that umpire Takuto Kawakami, 30, has regained consciousness after a bat struck his head on April 16. He can speak and eat, though some aftereffects remain, and he is continuing rehabilitation. Kawakami has told visitors he hopes to return to umpiring. Since the accident, umpires have worn helmets, and dangerous swings can draw penalties.

大谷が3ランもドジャース敗退、来季も二刀流続行へ
サラ: After three straight defeats, the Dodgers faced elimination against the Brewers. Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer to give Los Angeles a four-run lead, but the team still lost. Ohtani says he plans to remain a two-way player next season.

日本ハム、西岡剛氏を守備走塁コーチに起用へ
クリス: Nippon-Ham is set to hire Tsuyoshi Nishioka as its infield defense and baserunning coach, while farm manager Atsunori Inaba moves to first-team hitting coach. The changes target a defense that made 88 errors, the most in either league, and aim to improve scoring.

国際

トランプ氏、対ロ制裁強化法の大半を適用除外
サラ: President Trump signed an executive order exempting most sanctions in a new law meant to strengthen penalties on Russia over its war in Ukraine.

プーチン氏、ドネツク州の町制圧を主張　ウクライナは否定
クリス: Russian President Putin said Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov reported that Russian forces had captured Dobropillia, in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Putin claimed the advance opens the way to seize the entire region. Ukraine's military said Russian forces had tried to advance on October 16, but did not confirm the town's capture.

米国防総省、イラン学校誤爆調査の公表を選挙後に延期か
サラ: The Pentagon reportedly plans to delay releasing its investigation into the suspected U.S. bombing of a school in Minab, southern Iran, until after November's midterms. Advisers to Defense Secretary Hegseth reportedly conveyed the plan. The nearly finished report reportedly cites outdated data and overreliance on artificial intelligence in choosing targets. The delay may reflect concern about the prolonged Iran campaign and rising prices.

米オレゴン州の学校銃撃、児童3人と教員が死亡
クリス: A shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on October 15 killed three boys, ages 5 to 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Police said the children were in a special-education class. The 16-year-old former student, who had attended the same class, was shot dead by a student's father. Another student and a teacher were seriously wounded.

国連事務総長選、首位候補に常任理事国が反対票
サラ: The U.N. Security Council's sixth preliminary vote on the next secretary-general was inconclusive. Rebeca Grynspan, Costa Rica's former vice president, led seven candidates with nine votes, but two permanent members opposed her. A candidate needs nine votes and no opposition from the five permanent members. The next secretary-general is due to take office in January 2027, as Guterres's term ends this year.

ゼレンスキー氏、スターリンク制限で露ドローン迎撃に支障
クリス: Ukrainian President Zelensky said restrictions on SpaceX's military Starlink service have disrupted operations and prevented Ukraine from intercepting Russian drones. He said Russian drones can fly faster than 400 kilometers per hour, while Ukrainian drones are limited to about 70. President Trump said the United States did not impose the restrictions and denied they were in place.

EU、米国にICC制裁撤回を要求　保護策も準備
サラ: On October 16, European Union leaders adopted a statement urging the United States to withdraw sanctions against the International Criminal Court. The EU expressed deep regret and said it was ready to take necessary steps to protect the court, including measures to let EU companies continue providing services. The statement said the 180-day delay before enforcement leaves room for diplomacy.

ロシア、日本大使館による拘束中の道新記者との面会を拒否
クリス: Russian authorities refused Japanese Embassy staff access to a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter detained in Moscow. Consular officials visited Lefortovo detention center on October 16 and spent about an hour there, but were not allowed to meet him. Russia said the reporter's health was fine, though Japanese officials could not verify his condition themselves. The embassy plans to keep requesting access.

エンタメ（文化・芸能）

生活文化で人間国宝3人認定へ、約70年ぶり分野拡大
サラ: Japan is set to recognize three new Living National Treasures in a newly added field, living culture—the first expansion of the designation in about 70 years. On October 16, the Cultural Affairs Council recommended Kyoto chef Eiichi Takahashi, sake brewer Naohiko Noguchi, and ikebana master Sen'ei Ikenobo.

大阪城天守閣や奈良ホテルなど8件、重要文化財指定へ
クリス: A council recommended eight buildings for designation as Important Cultural Properties, including Osaka Castle’s main tower and the main building of Nara Hotel. Osaka Castle’s 1931 reconstruction was praised for its bold design and influence on castle rebuilding nationwide. The 1909 hotel was recognized for blending Japanese and Western styles with Nara’s historic setting.

書道の無形文化遺産登録可否、ユネスコが勧告へ
サラ: UNESCO’s evaluation body is expected to recommend soon whether Japanese calligraphy should be added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The recommendation deadline is the morning of November 3, Japan time. If approved, calligraphy would become Japan’s 24th listed item, with a formal decision expected at a committee meeting in Xiamen, China, from November 30 through December 5.

榮倉奈々、赤楚衛二と12年ぶりのドラマ主演
クリス: Nana Eikura and Eiji Akaso co-star in TV Asahi’s new drama, Ani Imoto, which premiered October 17. Eikura said she was surprised to learn that it had been 12 years since her last leading role in a TV drama. She also described filming the series as a fresh experience.

広末涼子、独立後初の俳優業で朗読劇に出演
サラ: Ryoko Hirosue returned to acting for the first time since leaving her agency in February 2024, performing at Tokyo’s Cotton Club on October 16. She read The Little Prince in nine different voices alongside classical guitarist Shunsuke Yamashita. Hirosue said she felt nervous. Two more performances are scheduled for October 17 and 18.

ビリー・ジョエル、脳疾患の治療で運転や公演を休止
クリス: Billy Joel says he cannot drive and has paused live performances while dealing with normal-pressure hydrocephalus, which he was diagnosed with in 2025. Doctors have advised him to avoid shows, which he says put strain on his brain. The 77-year-old hopes to perform again but needs more tests before deciding.

堂本剛の公式グッズ無断販売、プロジェクトが注意喚起
サラ: Tsuyoshi Domoto’s .ENDRECHERI. project says some past official merchandise has been found for sale, new and without authorization, at clothing stores in Japan. The project says its official goods are sold only through its online store and at events where it appears. It asked fans not to contact the stores directly.

会社員兼俳優リンリン、VIVANTで強敵役を演じる
クリス: Actor Linlin, who also works as a company employee and is a father of three, plays a formidable opponent in the second season of TBS’s VIVANT. He said he gained about six kilograms for the role and shaved his head himself. Linlin also works as an actor in China.

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