英語で国内ニュース 2026年10月26日(月)

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2026年10月26日(月)の原稿スクリプト

主要ニュース

福田康夫元首相が90歳で死去、温暖化対策や日中関係改善に尽力。
サラ: Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda died on October 22 at age 90. He served for years as chief cabinet secretary under the Koizumi administration, pursued measures to address global warming as prime minister, and later worked to improve relations between Japan and China.

JR東海の新幹線検査車両「ドクターS」が初走行。
クリス: JR Central's new Shinkansen inspection train, Doctor S, made its first run on October 26. It takes over for Doctor Yellow, which retired last year, and will inspect Shinkansen tracks and related infrastructure.

台風30号は温帯低気圧に、西日本中心に大雨への警戒続く。
サラ: Typhoon No. 30 has become an extratropical low, but a stalled front is bringing locally heavy rain to western Japan. Rain may continue in eastern Japan, and the Japan Meteorological Agency warns of landslides and flooding in low-lying areas.

西山朋佳女流四冠がプロ入り権行使を表明、女性初のプロ棋士へ。
クリス: Women's shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama, who holds four titles, said at a news conference that she plans to use her eligibility to become a professional player. She would be the first woman to enter Japan's professional shogi ranks.

政府が不正アクセス相次ぎ、首相出席のサイバー対策会議を開催。
サラ: Japan's government will hold a cybersecurity meeting of relevant ministers on the evening of October 26, with Prime Minister Takaichi in attendance. They will discuss countermeasures after a series of unauthorized access incidents led to information leaks.

沖縄の米海兵隊員を那覇女性殺害の強盗殺人罪で起訴。
クリス: A U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Devin Jacob Ballard, was indicted on October 25 on a robbery-murder charge in the killing of a 39-year-old woman at a Naha hotel. Prosecutors allege he strangled her with a telephone cord and took her wallet and backpack. Investigators say he returned to the base afterward.

人手不足倒産が上半期最多、退職原因も最多で中小企業に対策促す。
サラ: Tokyo Shoko Research says Japan recorded 240 labor-shortage-related bankruptcies from April through September, a record for a fiscal first half. Sixty-seven were linked to employees quitting, also a record. Surveys suggest many workers leave without sharing their real reasons, so experts urge small firms to listen regularly and address complaints.

武田、胃がん新薬TAK-921の国内承認を来年申請へ。
クリス: Takeda Pharmaceutical plans to apply in Japan next year for approval of its experimental drug TAK-921 for advanced stomach cancer. In a late-stage trial of 464 patients in Japan and China, median survival was 10.2 months, compared with 6.9 months for chemotherapy. The drug also delayed disease progression.

社会のニュース

大分市、佐賀関火災の公費解体で半壊以上171棟の撤去完了。
サラ: Oita City says demolition work following last November's major fire in Saganoseki ended on October 23. The publicly funded project removed 171 of the 196 damaged buildings that were at least half-collapsed. It began on January 15 and generated about 10,700 tons of disaster waste. Owners will make final checks.

警察庁、低身長の13歳未満にもチャイルドシート義務化を検討。
クリス: Japan's National Police Agency is considering requiring child seats, including booster seats, for children under 13 who are too short for an adult seat belt, not just children under six. A 2024 crash in Fukuoka killed two girls, ages five and seven, after their seat belts compressed their abdomens. Both were under 1.4 meters tall and had no child seat. Children who did not use child seats had nearly five times the fatality rate of those who used them correctly.

北九州市で20代女性刺傷、警察が殺人未遂容疑で男を捜索。
サラ: Early on October 25, a woman in her twenties was stabbed in the lower back on a street in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Police say the attacker was a man carrying what appeared to be a knife. The woman was conscious when taken to a hospital. Police are investigating attempted murder and searching for the suspect.

日米大規模演習で長射程ミサイルを初使用、5万人超が参加。
クリス: Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military are conducting a large-scale live-fire exercise across Japan, with more than 50,000 participants. During the exercise, the forces used a long-range missile for the first time in a joint Japan-U.S. drill. Japan's Defense Ministry says the missile can also be used for counterstrike capability. It was shown publicly on October 25.

香川県警とSB系企業、特殊詐欺電話をAI検知するアプリを開発。
サラ: Kagawa Prefectural Police and a SoftBank Group security-services developer are working on an AI app to help detect special-scam calls. The company is using information collected by police to develop the app. It is expected to go into practical use in late November and can be registered on smartphones.

秦野市の公園近くに出没のクマ、捕獲後に放した個体と判明。
クリス: A black bear seen near Koboyama Park in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, was identified as an animal captured in the city earlier this month and released in the mountains. Hadano City closed routes leading to the park on October 24 and is warning the public to stay alert.

政治・経済

高市首相、食品消費税減税法案などの早期成立へ与党に協力要請。
サラ: Prime Minister Takaichi asked the ruling parties to cooperate in quickly passing bills, including measures to cut the consumption tax on food. The request came at the first government-ruling party liaison meeting since last month's cabinet reshuffle.

チームみらい安野氏、AI規制緩和とAI失業者支援を政府に要望。
クリス: Team Mirai leader Anno met Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara and urged the government to ease regulations so new AI technologies can be put to practical use. He also called for support for workers who lose their jobs as AI spreads.

維新、衆院定数31減案への対応を執行部に一任。
サラ: The Japan Innovation Party has left its response to a proposal to cut 31 seats from the House of Representatives to its leadership. Co-leader Fumitake Fujita announced the decision after a political reform meeting on October 26.

政府、AI・半導体など17分野への融資拡充や損失補填を検討。
クリス: The government is considering using the Japan Finance Corporation to increase funding available to private lenders for projects in 17 strategic sectors, including AI and semiconductors. It may also have the state cover part of losses on bad loans. The plan could begin in fiscal 2027, after legal changes.

GMO社長、不正アクセスを謝罪し、社内指摘への対応不十分と説明。
サラ: GMO Internet Group CEO Masatoshi Kumagai apologized after unauthorized access to its foreign-exchange trading service. He said company engineers had flagged security issues in advance, but the response was inadequate. GMO has urged the government to apply active cyber defense, though companies cannot currently request such action.

年末調整で納税者に3万～6万円減税も、年収の壁で手取り逆転。
クリス: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says this year's year-end tax adjustment will provide about 30,000 to 60,000 yen in relief per taxpayer, because a tax cut was not reflected in paycheck withholding. The basic deduction is 1.04 million yen for annual salaries up to 6.65 million yen, then drops sharply, briefly leaving some people just above the cutoff with less take-home pay. Rikkyo University professor Wakana Shuto says other tax and insurance thresholds add confusion.

消費者庁、サブスク解約妨害の禁止や合理的な解約手段を検討。
サラ: Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency is considering rules against subscription cancellation barriers. A September 10 interim report points toward banning refusals, undue delays, and designs that unfairly obstruct cancellations, while considering a requirement for businesses to provide a reasonable way to cancel. Consumer-law expert Antonios Karaiskos says a hard-to-find cancellation page alone is not automatically illegal.

スポーツ

ソフトバンクが日本シリーズ第2戦を延長制し、2連勝。
サラ: The SoftBank Hawks won Game Two of the Japan Series, beating the DeNA BayStars 4-3. DeNA took the lead with a three-run homer by Tsutsugo. But Yamakawa tied the game with a solo home run in the ninth, and Kawamura hit the game-winning home run in the tenth. SoftBank now leads the series two games to none.

ソフトバンク秋広、来季構想外となり育成契約を打診へ。
クリス: The SoftBank Hawks has removed 24-year-old infielder Akihiro from its plans for next season and intends to offer him a developmental contract. He made no first-team appearances this year, after playing 22 games with a .208 batting average and one home run in 2025.

吉田優利、韓国開催の米女子ツアーで初優勝。
サラ: Yuri Yoshida won her first U.S. LPGA Tour title at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea on October 25. A bunker shot she called perfect helped secure the win. Yoshida said afterward that she might never hit a shot like it again.

五味虹登がレスリング世界選手権初出場で男子60キロ級金。
クリス: Japan's Koto Gomi, 22, won the men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram title at the World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan, earning gold on his first appearance at the event.

川野将虎、男子マラソン競歩で世界新記録を樹立。
サラ: Masatora Kawano set a world record of 2 hours, 55 minutes, 14 seconds in the men's marathon race walk at the All-Japan Takahata meet in Yamagata on October 25. He said he carried the emotion of teammate Koki Ikeda's appeal victory into the race. Two days earlier, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned Ikeda's four-year doping suspension.

岡慎之助、体操世界選手権の男子鉄棒で銀メダル。
クリス: Shinnosuke Oka won silver in the men's horizontal bar final on October 25, the last day of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the Netherlands.

FC東京が水戸に6得点快勝、J1首位と勝ち点で並ぶ。
サラ: FC Tokyo scored six goals in a big win over Mito HollyHock, moving level on 27 points with J1 leaders FC Machida Zelvia.

中井亜美、仏GP開幕戦で逆転優勝し2連覇。
クリス: Olympic bronze medalist Ami Nakai came from third after the short program to win the Grand Prix season opener in France on October 24, making it two straight opening-event titles. She scored 149.08 in the free skate and 219.74 overall. The report said her mother's reply helped when Nakai felt afraid to perform. Yuna Aoki finished fourth, and Rion Sumiyoshi sixth.

武豊が菊花賞6勝目、ゴーイントゥスカイがG1初制覇。
サラ: Yutaka Take guided Go Into Sky to victory in the Kikuka Sho on October 25, earning his sixth win in the race and the horse's first G1 title. JRA jockey-camera footage caught trainer Yuki Uehara praising Take as a god. Take replied that the ride was perfect and the horse was the best he had ridden.

国際

ルラ氏がブラジル大統領選で再選、トランプ政権と距離を置く。
サラ: Brazilian President Lula won reelection on October 25, defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of a former president. With nearly all ballots counted, Lula received 51.78 percent of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.22 percent. Lula’s new four-year term begins January 5, 2027, and Brazil is expected to keep its distance from the Trump administration.

セルビア総選挙、学生主導勢力が過半数獲得し政権交代へ。
クリス: Serbia’s student-led Student List is projected to win 135 to 140 of the 250 parliamentary seats, giving it a majority and ending the ruling coalition’s 14-year hold on power. Coalition leader Vučić conceded defeat. The movement grew from protests after a deadly railway station disaster in 2024 and campaigned on fighting corruption and reforming the courts and media.

ノーベル平和賞受賞のベネズエラ野党指導者マチャド氏が帰国。
サラ: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned to the country on October 25. She had left secretly after she was named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate last year.

金正恩氏が訪中し王滬寧氏と会談、習近平氏とは会わず。
クリス: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Dandong, China, on October 24 and met senior official Wang Huning, but did not meet President Xi Jinping. It was the first time Kim had visited China without meeting Xi; he had met him on each of his previous five visits. The trip came just before a major Communist Party meeting.

日本政府、KDDI子会社関連のモンゴル火災被災地復旧に協力。
サラ: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara said the government wants to help restore an area damaged by a major fire in a Mongolian nature reserve. He said Japan would coordinate closely with Mongolia. Activities by a KDDI subsidiary were linked to the fire.

南北朝鮮、国境付近の地雷爆発を巡り国連で互いを非難。
クリス: South Korea and North Korea blamed each other in letters to the president of the UN Security Council after a landmine explosion near their military border injured South Korean soldiers. The exchange of accusations continues.

中国共産党5中全会開幕、党統制や反腐敗策などを議論。
サラ: China’s Communist Party opened its fifth plenum in Beijing on October 26. Xi Jinping delivered a work report, and the agenda includes stricter party governance and anti-corruption efforts ahead of next year’s party congress. Officials are also watching for appointments to posts left vacant after Zhang Youxia lost his party and military memberships over corruption. A summary is due October 29.

イスラエル総選挙、ネタニヤフ陣営は過半数に届かないとの予測。
クリス: Israel votes on October 27 in an election that will decide whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power. A poll projects his bloc at 50 seats, below the 61 needed for a majority. The opposition is projected to win 52, including 22 for centrist Yashar, led by former military chief Eisenkot. Arab parties could prove pivotal.

オバマ氏、米中間選挙でトランプ政権を批判し投票を呼びかけ。
サラ: Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Detroit on October 24 for Democratic Senate candidate El-Sayed, sharply criticizing President Donald Trump. Obama blamed the administration’s choices, including tariffs on Canada and an attack on Iran, for rising prices, and accused Trump of using his office to benefit himself and his family. He called the midterms a last and major chance to restrain the administration.

エンタメ（文化・芸能）

元AKB横山由依と純烈・後上翔太に第1子の女児誕生。
サラ: Former AKB48 member Yui Yokoyama and singer Shota Gogami of Junretsu announced they have welcomed their first child, a baby girl. In a joint message, they thanked everyone who supported them and said they will work together to help their daughter grow up healthy.

今田美桜、30歳前の新出発として公式サイトとファンクラブ終了へ。
クリス: Mio Imada says her official website and fan club, Imanomio, will close at the end of March 2027. She called the decision a fresh start before turning 30 and denied rumors that the closure means she is changing agencies, going independent, or getting married.

VIVANT第22話にダイアン津田登場、「1と2の世界」が再注目。
サラ: Comedian Atsuhiro Tsuda of Diane appeared in episode 22 of TBS's VIVANT, surprising viewers. The cameo revived discussion of World One and World Two from the Detective Tsuda series: World One is the fictional mystery setting, while World Two is reality. Tsuda joked online that he was in the show.

Netflix「サンクチュアリ」シーズン2制作決定、一ノ瀬ワタル続投。
クリス: Netflix has announced a second season of Sanctuary, with Wataru Ichinose returning as the young wrestler at the center of the sumo drama. The first season reached Netflix's top 10 in more than 50 countries and territories. Season two will continue the story of his rise in the sumo world.

日本シリーズ第2戦の関東世帯視聴率12.3％、VIVANTは18.6％。
サラ: On October 25, TBS's Japan Series Game 2 averaged 12.3% household viewership in the Kanto region, with some late-inning minutes topping 20%. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo's eighth-inning homer put DeNA ahead, but SoftBank won 4-3 in extra innings. The game delayed VIVANT by 45 minutes; its episode still drew 18.6%, possibly helped by the close game.

TBS、BTSの東京ドーム公演ダイジェストを11月にテレビ初放送。
クリス: TBS will air a BTS special, late on November 5, featuring the first television broadcast of highlights from the group's April 17 Tokyo Dome concert. It was BTS's first Japan concert in about seven years and came after the group reunited as all seven members following a break of roughly three years and nine months.

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