英語で国内ニュース 2026年10月8日(木)

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2026年10月8日(木)の原稿スクリプト

主要ニュース

米国防総省、イラン大規模作戦再開へ中央軍に準備命令か
サラ: Axios reports that the Pentagon ordered U.S. Central Command to prepare for a possible return to large-scale military operations in Iran. President Donald Trump has not made a final decision, though an attack could come before upcoming U.S. or Israeli elections. Reuters also reports at least 12 tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz last week. A tanker was reportedly hit off Qatar, but the attacker is unknown.

IDCフロンティアがランサム攻撃を受け、企業や自治体に影響
クリス: SoftBank subsidiary IDC Frontier said its systems were hit by a ransomware attack on October 7. On October 8, some companies and local governments using its services were still unable to conduct business as usual.

独当局、Qilinが約4千社脅迫と発表　中核メンバーを日本から引き渡し
サラ: German authorities say the Qilin hacking group has threatened about 4,000 companies worldwide since 2024. They say the group demanded $2.9 billion in ransom over four years, but received about 6.3 billion yen. A key member was arrested in Japan and handed over to Germany.

三幸製菓の元CEOら4人、6人死亡の工場火災で在宅起訴
クリス: Niigata prosecutors have charged former Sanko Seika CEO Motoyasu Sato and three other former executives over a 2022 fire at the company's Arakawa plant that killed six workers. Prosecutors allege they failed to address fire risks and ensure workers knew evacuation routes. A family member of one victim said the wait for accountability had been long.

東京23区すべてで民泊規制へ　北区は住専地域の新規営業を禁止
サラ: Tokyo's 23 wards will all have their own restrictions on short-term rentals. Kita Ward approved an ordinance on October 7 that will bar new unhosted rentals in residential-only areas starting January 7. The move follows complaints about noise and trash, and some wards are also moving to restrict existing rentals.

神奈川県警の巡査長、回収した他人の旧免許証数十枚を持ち出しか
クリス: A sergeant in their 20s assigned to a police station's security division in Kanagawa Prefecture allegedly took dozens of old driver's licenses that police had collected during renewals. The licenses belonged to other people.

ロナウド、アルゼンチン代表を引退するメッシに敬意のメッセージ
サラ: Cristiano Ronaldo sent Lionel Messi a message of respect after Messi played his final match for Argentina. Messi scored once and had two assists in a 3-0 friendly win over Benin on October 6. Ronaldo praised Messi for his years representing Argentina and the history he built.

社会のニュース

東京高裁、那須町長選の当選無効を覆し平山町長の訴え認める
サラ: The Tokyo High Court ruled in favor of Nasu Mayor Yukihiro Hirayama, overturning a Tochigi Prefecture election board decision that invalidated his win after a ballot recount. Hirayama had challenged the ruling.

簗農相の選挙出陣式で無料送迎バスか　公選法違反の疑い
クリス: A report alleges that Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana arranged free shuttle buses to take supporters to campaign launch events on the first day of the 2024 and February 2026 House elections. Supporters who rode the buses said they paid no fare. A legal expert said the free rides could amount to illegal vote-buying.

東京理科大名誉教授の硤合憲三氏、ノーベル化学賞受賞
サラ: Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, was named a Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate. His work helped explain the origins of structures in natural amino acids and related substances, and found a way to reproduce them artificially. Soai spoke to reporters on the night of October 7 and expressed his joy.

第3号被保険者にも保険料求めれば、厚生年金保険料率低下と試算
クリス: A Daiwa Institute of Research estimate says requiring dependent spouses covered by Japan’s Category III pension system to pay contributions could lower the employees’ pension premium rate from 18.3% to 17.9%–18.1%. The estimate assumes benefits stay unchanged. If spouses pay only half a contribution, the reduction would be smaller: 0.1 to 0.23 percentage points.

高松の業務用冷凍食品会社、顧客情報約5万4千件流出の可能性
サラ: A business-to-business frozen food retailer in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, says unauthorized access may have exposed about 54,000 customer records. The company announced the possible leak as cyberattacks against businesses continue.

盲導犬利用者の賃貸入居拒否、国交省と厚労省が実態調査へ
クリス: Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare plan to investigate cases of disabled people being denied rental homes because they use guide dogs. A visually impaired 45-year-old in Tokorozawa says he was turned down by more than 100 properties. Public housing must accept assistance dogs; private landlords are urged to do so.

人口減で利用減る幹線鉄道、国交省が有識者会議を設置へ
サラ: Japan’s transport ministry plans to establish a new expert panel to discuss the future of major rail lines, including routes used by limited express trains, as ridership falls amid population decline. The review will extend discussions beyond loss-making local lines.

政治・経済

公取委、大手ビール4社の出荷価格カルテル疑いで調査
サラ: Japan’s Fair Trade Commission suspects that Asahi Breweries, Kirin Brewery, Suntory and Sapporo Breweries coordinated beer shipment prices for years. Sales managers allegedly met privately after industry association meetings, sharing price lists and discussing prices by product size. The commission searched the companies’ headquarters and is examining seized evidence.

プルデンシャル生命、不正被害は676人・43億円　社員ら157人関与
クリス: Prudential Life Insurance says the misconduct affected 676 customers, with losses of about 4.34 billion yen. It says 157 current and former employees were involved, and 64 were dismissed or asked to resign. CEO Hiromitsu Tokumaru and other executives will return 30 percent of their monthly pay for three months. An outside panel cited structural risks in the company’s sales-driven business model.

高市首相、食品消費税減税でも社会保障財源に影響せずと説明
サラ: Prime Minister Takaichi told the Upper House that cutting the consumption tax on food would not reduce funding for social security. She said the money would come from reviewing both spending and revenue. She also indicated that Agriculture Minister Yana would remain in the post.

26年度上期の企業倒産5373件、13年ぶり高水準　人手不足倒産も最多
クリス: Tokyo Shoko Research reported 5,373 business bankruptcies in Japan in the first half of fiscal 2026, up 3.9 percent from a year earlier and the highest level in 13 years. Rising prices and labor costs squeezed firms. Failures linked to labor shortages reached a record 240.

日水物流のシステム障害、取引先約1200社の入出荷が停止
サラ: A system outage at Nissui Logistics has halted inbound and outbound shipments for about 1,200 customers, including retailers, restaurants and food companies. Nissui said recovery on October 8 was unlikely. The outage is suspected to involve unauthorized access to a data center run by SoftBank subsidiary IDC Frontier; 495 companies and municipalities have been affected.

TOPIX構成銘柄、段階的に1634社から986社へ削減へ
クリス: Japan Exchange Group plans to reduce the number of companies in the TOPIX stock index from 1,634 to 986. The changes will take place in stages from the end of October 2026 through July 2028, as part of a Tokyo Stock Exchange market restructuring. A review in October 2027 could change the final number.

フジが売却するサンケイビル、入札額は1兆円超との報道
サラ: Bids for Sankei Building, the real estate subsidiary that Fuji Media Holdings plans to sell, reportedly topped one trillion yen. Several foreign investment funds passed the first-round screening in August. An investor whose company was not selected said the top offer was believed to be between 1.4 trillion and 1.5 trillion yen.

ファーストリテイリング、売上高・純利益が過去最高で世界2位へ
クリス: Fast Retailing, which operates Uniqlo and GU, reported record sales of 3.96 trillion yen for the year through August 2026, up 16.6 percent. Net profit also reached a record, rising 25.3 percent to 542.5 billion yen. The company is set to pass H&M as the world’s second-largest apparel seller, behind Inditex, which owns Zara.

政府、原子力委員長に東大教授の越塚誠一氏を提示
サラ: The Japanese government proposed University of Tokyo professor Seiichi Koshizuka as the next chair of the Atomic Energy Commission. The proposal was among four personnel appointments requiring Diet approval, presented to the steering committees of both houses of parliament.

スポーツ

ドジャースがブレーブス下し、3年連続でリーグ優勝決定シリーズへ
サラ: The Dodgers beat the Braves 4-1 in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, taking the series 3-1. They advance to the National League Championship Series for the third straight year.

中日の新監督に工藤公康氏　ソフトバンクを5度日本一に導く
クリス: The Chunichi Dragons will appoint Kimiyasu Kudo as their new manager. Kudo previously led the SoftBank Hawks to five national championships and is a 63-year-old native of Nagoya.

ホワイトソックスがガーディアンズに敗戦、村上宗隆は無安打
サラ: The White Sox lost 9-3 to the Guardians in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, their first postseason defeat. The series now stands 2-1, and Munetaka Murakami went hitless, striking out three times.

阪神の西勇輝投手が引退試合　通算127勝で現役生活に幕
クリス: Hanshin Tigers pitcher Yuki Nishi appeared in his retirement game on October 7. He finished his career with 127 wins, as Hanshin faced the Hiroshima Carp in a Central League game.

メッシ、アルゼンチン代表最終戦で1得点2アシストの活躍
サラ: Lionel Messi scored once and assisted on two goals in his farewell match for Argentina’s national team. The 39-year-old was involved in all of the team’s scoring.

柔道世界選手権、嘉重春樺が女子63キロ級で2連覇
クリス: Haruka Kaju defended her world title in the women’s 63-kilogram division at the World Judo Championships in Azerbaijan, winning for the second year in a row on October 7.

井口監督率いる野球日本代表、国際大会に臨む28人を発表
サラ: Japan’s baseball team named 28 players for next month’s international tournament, the first competition under manager Tadahito Iguchi. The roster includes young players such as Chunichi Dragons pitcher Hiroto Takahashi and Lotte’s Koki Yamaguchi.

同性愛を公表した高橋塁、世界からの応援に感謝し前向きな心境
クリス: Suntory’s Rui Takahashi said he feels positive after coming out as gay on September 29. After Perugia beat Suntory 3-1 in Italy, he thanked fans worldwide for their support and said conversations with his younger brother, Ran Takahashi, helped him accept himself.

阪神の今季最終戦は前売り完売、佐藤輝明の三冠王に注目
サラ: Advance tickets sold out for Hanshin’s October 8 regular-season finale against Yakult at Koshien. Fans are watching to see whether Teruaki Sato can win the Triple Crown, but the game will not be shown on terrestrial television.

国際

サウジの空港2カ所が攻撃され3人死亡、フーシ派が犯行主張
サラ: Attacks targeted two airports in Saudi Arabia, including one in the capital, Riyadh. Three people were killed and more than 30 injured. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group claimed responsibility.

ロシアのウクライナ攻撃で25人死亡、約100人負傷とゼレンスキー氏
クリス: Russian attacks on Ukraine through October 7 killed 25 people and injured about 100, Ukrainian President Zelensky said. The attacks took place on Russian President Putin’s birthday.

ガザ戦闘開始から3年、死者7万4200人超　和平停滞し食料危機も
サラ: Three years after Hamas’s October 2023 attack on southern Israel killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostage, Gaza health authorities report over 74,200 deaths in the war. A ceasefire took effect last October, but peace efforts have stalled. Israeli forces still control more than half of Gaza and continue attacks. The UN says more than 1.4 million people face severe food insecurity in the second half of 2026.

米政権、留学生の卒業後就労に7万ドル徴収案　人材流出に懸念
クリス: The Trump administration has proposed charging schools $70,000 for each international student seeking temporary work after graduation, up from about $500. An extension would cost another $30,000. The program lets graduates work for one to three years in jobs related to their studies. Officials say the fee would deter cheap labor; critics warn it could drive away skilled talent.

ロシアのペスト研究所職員が肺炎で死亡、当局は感染を否定
サラ: A woman working at a plague-control research institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region died after developing unexplained pneumonia, raising fears of pneumonic plague. A regional governor said no microbes linked to her work were found and rejected plague infection. About 200 contacts were monitored. WHO assessed the risk as low, while the United States asked Russia for information.

米死刑囚、薬物注射の執行失敗後に意識回復　弁護側は減刑要求
クリス: Christa Pike, a 50-year-old Tennessee death-row inmate, regained consciousness in the hospital after a September 30 lethal-injection attempt failed. Her lawyers say she can now speak. After waking, she asked, “Where am I?” and “Who are you?” A court plans to preserve execution equipment and records. Her lawyers call the attempt cruel and unusual punishment and seek a life sentence without parole.

中国の大型連休に約21億人が移動、日本は人気の海外旅行先圏外
サラ: China’s major holiday period saw about 2.1 billion trips, while Japan fell outside the most popular overseas destinations for Chinese travelers.

サムスン電子、AI向け半導体需要で四半期営業利益が過去最高
クリス: Samsung Electronics reported operating profit for the three months through September that was 8.8 times higher than a year earlier, setting a record for a quarterly result. The company said growing semiconductor demand amid the global spread of artificial intelligence drove the increase.

エンタメ（文化・芸能）

平城京跡で奴婢の売買記録を記した木簡出土、国内初
サラ: Officials in Nara say a wooden tablet describing the sale of an enslaved person has been found in a well at the ancient capital of Heijo-kyo. It dates to the late eighth century and records a 27-year-old woman sold for eight kanmon, or 8,000 coins. It is the first such tablet discovered in Japan. The seller may have written it to seek official approval for the sale.

日販、米アンソロピックへの書籍販売を認める　AI学習目的とは認識せず
クリス: Japan’s major book distributor Nippan Group Holdings has admitted that its overseas subsidiary, Nippan IPS, sold books published by members of the Japan Book Publishers Association to U.S. AI company Anthropic. Sales ran from December 2024 through December 2025. Nippan says it did not understand that the books were being bought for AI training. It has not disclosed which books or publishers were involved.

ノーベル文学賞を発表へ　村上春樹氏らが候補として注目
サラ: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature is due to be announced at 8 p.m. Japan time on October 8. The article highlights women and writers from Spanish-speaking regions. Bookmakers list Haruki Murakami, Mieko Kanai, and Yoko Tawada as possible contenders. The finalists are not known because the deliberations are kept secret for 50 years.

JO1、北米ツアーのサンフランシスコ公演を中止　払い戻しへ
クリス: JO1 has canceled its San Francisco concert, scheduled for October 8 at The Warfield as part of its 2026 North American Tour, “ANIMAL.” The group apologized to fans. Promoter Goldenvoice will contact ticket holders with refund information.

永野芽郁主演のNetflix映画、元恋人との再会描く恋愛喜劇を12月配信
サラ: Netflix will release My Crazy Feminist Girlfriend on December 3. Mei Nagano stars as a woman who has become a feminist, and Taisei Kido plays her former boyfriend. Based on a hit novel by Min Ji-hyun, the romantic comedy follows the pair as they reunite seven years after breaking up. Keiichi Kobayashi directs.

故・尾崎紀世彦さんのAI音声による新曲を披露、映像もAIで制作
クリス: A new song featuring an AI-generated version of the late singer Kiyohiko Ozaki’s voice was unveiled in Tokyo. Ozaki died in 2012. A former staff member planned the project for the 55th anniversary of Ozaki’s hit song “Mata Au Hi Made.” AI was also used to create the music video, and fans joined performers in singing the hit.

芸人の阿曽山大噴火、多系統萎縮症と診断　ラジオ出演は継続
サラ: Japanese comedian and courtroom watcher Asozan Daifunka says he has been diagnosed with multiple system atrophy, a government-designated intractable disease. He says there is no treatment, but having a diagnosis has reassured him. He reported difficulty speaking but said he is still living normally and continuing his weekly radio program.

NHK音楽コンクール審査員、反田恭平氏から横山だいすけ氏に変更
クリス: NHK has replaced pianist Kyohei Sorita with singer and actor Daisuke Yokoyama as a special judge for the middle-school division of its national school music competition, airing October 12. NHK cited an overall decision about the program’s content and production. Separately, Sorita’s agency apologized as he faces trial over a speeding violation.

知財高裁、須崎市に「ちぃたん☆」管理会社へ約1880万円の賠償命令
サラ: Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has ordered Susaki City in Kochi Prefecture to pay about 18.8 million yen to the company managing the mascot Chiitan☆, increasing a lower-court award by about 11 million yen. The case concerns claims that the city interfered with Chiitan☆’s activities. The court found the city’s copyright-infringement claim was unfair competition that harmed the company’s business reputation. The city says it will review the ruling.

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