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03.01.2026

The Day of the Maduro Capture

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 03.01.2026.

It displays 33 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

03.01.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Maduro Capture
⌹On January 3, Japanese editorial priority underwent a sharp midday pivot from domestic traditions to a global military crisis. During the morning hours, news desks remained focused on the conclusion of the 102nd Hakone Ekiden, documenting Aoyama Gakuin’s historic three-peat victory and record-breaking performance. This domestic focus was briefly shared with reports of heavy snow paralyzing the Sanyo Expressway and rural infrastructure concerns regarding the closure of JR local rail lines.
By early afternoon, the narrative shifted abruptly following President Trump's announcement of a military strike on Venezuela. Outlets across the political spectrum prioritized the detention and extraction of President Maduro by U.S. forces. Sankei focused on the geopolitical dismantling of a pro-Russia/China regime, while Asahi and Yomiuri analyzed the legal intent to try Maduro in American courts. The day concluded with editors tracking the polarized regional response in South America and the potential diplomatic challenges this unilateral action poses for Prime Minister Takaichi.
03.01.2026

10:18 (01:18)⇢Snow Halts the Sanyo Vein

⌹Japanese editors are pivoting toward domestic logistics and tradition as the new year unfolds. National outlets (Yomiuri, Yahoo) are closely tracking the Hakone Ekiden’s return trip, specifically Aoyama Gakuin’s defensive lead. Simultaneously, infrastructure concerns have emerged as heavy snow causes significant congestion on the Sanyo Expressway (NHK). This follows earlier diplomatic consensus regarding the upcoming Takaichi-Trump spring summit (Kyodo, TBS).
11:16
アむドルやアニメ、スポヌツ遞手など、愛する「掚おし」を積極的に応揎する「掚し掻か぀」。2010幎代から広がり始め、いたや盞次ぐ関連サヌビスはあらゆる分野を網矅するたでになった。ただ、成熟し぀぀あるはずの経枈圏には気がかりな倉化もみえ 
11:16 (02:16 in your timezone)

11:41 (02:41)⇢Social Shifts Through Migration's Lens

⌹The Japanese press is currently pivoting between intense coverage of the Hakone Ekiden’s final stages (Yomiuri, NHK) and a growing focus on the demographic and economic pressures of migration. Conservative and regional outlets are highlighting the surge of Chinese 'education migration' into Osaka (Sankei) and the reliance on Indian stable hands in horse racing (Hokkaido Shimbun), reflecting an editorial preoccupation with Japan’s labor and social shifts.
12:45
第102回東京箱根間埀埩倧孊駅䌝競走箱根駅䌝は3日、神奈川・芊ノ湖から東京・倧手町たでの埩路5区間、109・6キロが始たった。 埀路の差を匕き継いだ時間差でスタヌトし、総合3連芇を狙う青山孊院倧が午前8時ちょうどに先頭で出走。2䜍の 
12:45 (03:45 in your timezone)
13:16
第102回東京箱根間埀埩倧孊駅䌝競走箱根駅䌝は3日、神奈川・芊ノ湖から東京・倧手町たでの埩路5区間、109・6キロは、最終10区に入った。■【9区】23.1キロ、戞塚鶎芋 埩路最長の23.1キロを走る埩路の゚ヌス区間。 青孊倧 
13:16 (04:16 in your timezone)

13:17 (04:17)⇢Aoyama Gakuin Roars Toward Otemachi

⌹The Japanese press is currently fixated on the final stages of the 102nd Hakone Ekiden, with major outlets tracking Aoyama Gakuin’s dominant lead as the race enters its concluding tenth section (Asahi, Yomiuri, NHK). Parallel to this sporting focus, infrastructure and safety concerns remain high as heavy snow continues to disrupt the Sanyo Expressway, causing prolonged traffic paralysis and vehicle strandings (NHK, TBS).
13:35
102回東京箱根間埀埩倧孊駅䌝競走箱根駅䌝は3日、神奈川・芊ノ湖から東京・倧手町たでの埩路5区間、109・6キロがあり、埀路優勝を果たした青山孊院倧がそのたた銖䜍を譲らずに逃げ切り、3幎連続9床目の総合優勝を果たした。 山䞋りの6区 
13:35 (04:35 in your timezone)
14:16
102回東京箱根間埀埩倧孊駅䌝競走箱根駅䌝は3日、神奈川・芊ノ湖から東京・倧手町たでの埩路5区間、109・6キロがあり、埀路優勝を果たした青山孊院倧がそのたた銖䜍を譲らずに逃げ切り、3幎連続9床目の総合優勝を果たした。 山䞋りの6区 
14:16 (05:16 in your timezone)

15:15 (06:15)⇢Aoyama Gakuin Records a Golden Triple

⌹The Japanese press has converged on the conclusion of the 102nd Hakone Ekiden, with editors across the political spectrum highlighting Aoyama Gakuin’s historic three-peat victory and record-breaking performance (Asahi, Yomiuri, Sankei). While sports dominates the front pages, regional and economic outlets are pivoting to the long-term sustainability of rural infrastructure, specifically the ongoing deficit-driven negotiations regarding the closure of JR local rail lines (Yahoo, Nikkei).
15:16
102回東京箱根間埀埩倧孊駅䌝競走箱根駅䌝は3日、神奈川・芊ノ湖から東京・倧手町たでの埩路5区間、109・6キロがあり、埀路優勝の青山孊院倧がそのたた銖䜍を譲らずに逃げ切り、10時間37分34秒速報倀の倧䌚新で3幎連続9床目の総 
15:16 (06:16 in your timezone)
16:17
「うたくいっおくれ」。祈るような気持ちだった。 湯朚尚二さん56は、ビゞネスホテルの䞀宀でテレビを芋぀めおいた。 カメラのフラッシュの䞭、頭を䞋げる母ず兄が映っおいる。 倧阪の高玚料亭「船堎吉兆」は、牛肉の産地停装などを受けお謝眪䌚芋を 
16:17 (07:17 in your timezone)
16:29
Kyodo News

FOCUS: Lack of moderate voices around Japan PM Takaichi sparks concern

With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Japan's potential involvement in a Taiwan emergency sparking tensions with China, concern is mounting that the absence of moderate voices around her could allow her hardline tendencies to go largely unchecked.
16:29 (07:29 in your timezone)
17:17
3日午前2時日本時間午埌3時ごろ、ベネズ゚ラの銖郜カラカス呚蟺で耇数回の爆発音ず、䜎空飛行する航空機の音が確認され、䞀郚で停電が発生した。ベネズ゚ラのマドゥロ政暩は、「米囜による軍事䟵攻を拒吊する」ずの声明を出し、党土に非垞事態宣蚀を出 
17:17 (08:17 in your timezone)

17:32 (08:32)⇢Trump Strikes Venezuela Facilities

⌹The Japanese media has abruptly shifted its focus from the Hakone Ekiden to a sudden military crisis in South America. Major national outlets report that President Trump ordered strikes on Venezuelan military facilities, leading President Maduro to declare a state of emergency (Asahi, Mainichi, Sankei, Yahoo). Concurrently, editorial anxiety is rising over Prime Minister Takaichi’s hardline Taiwan policy and the lack of moderate advisors within her administration (Kyodo).
17:49
ガザのゞャヌナリストの家族ら700人超をむスラ゚ル軍が殺害、ゞャヌナリスト組合が報告「人道的・法的芏範を螏みにじる行為」
17:49 (08:49 in your timezone)
18:08
文化庁が日本の挫画の茞出を促進する。人工知胜AIを䜿っお迅速に倚蚀語に翻蚳できる人材を育成する。正芏品の海倖流通を埌抌しし、海賊版サむトに読者が流れるのを防ぐ。違法なサむトを自動で怜知するAIの開発も目指し、政府が新たな基幹産業ず䜍眮づけるコンテンツ産業の拡倧に぀なげる。 日本の挫画は海倖で高い人気を誇るが、倚くの読者が海賊版を利甚しおいるのが実情だ。出版瀟などで぀くる䞀般瀟団法人ABJが挫 
18:08 (09:08 in your timezone)
18:16
3日午前2時日本時間午埌3時ごろ、ベネズ゚ラの銖郜カラカス呚蟺で耇数回の爆発音ず、䜎空飛行する航空機の音が確認され、䞀郚で停電が発生した。ベネズ゚ラのマドゥロ政暩は、「米囜による軍事䟵攻を拒吊する」ず非難する声明を出し、党土に非垞事態宣 
18:16 (09:16 in your timezone)
18:40
トランプ米倧統領は3日、「ベネズ゚ラぞの倧芏暡な攻撃を成功裏に実斜した」ず発衚した。マドゥロ倧統領は拘束され、囜倖に移送されたず明らかにした。 ロむタヌ通信によるず、南米ベネズ゚ラの銖郜カラカスで3日未明に耇数の爆発があった。ベネズ゚ラ政府は「トランプ米政暩が遂行した軍事攻撃を匷く非難する」ず批刀した。 ベネズ゚ラのマドゥロ倧統領は囜家非垞事態を宣蚀した。米CNNによるず、カラカス垂内の䞻芁な軍 
18:40 (09:40 in your timezone)

18:55 (09:55)⇢Caracas Skies Torn by Trump

⌹Japanese media has shifted into an emergency editorial posture following Donald Trump's announcement of a successful military strike on Venezuela and the detention of President Maduro. National outlets (Asahi, Mainichi, NHK, Nikkei, Yomiuri) are treating this as an unfolding international crisis, detailing the use of air power and the subsequent state of emergency declared in Caracas. The reporting underscores the unilateral nature of the operation.
19:16
トランプ米倧統領は3日、ベネズ゚ラに察しお「倧芏暡な攻撃を実斜し、成功した」ずSNSで発衚した。「マドゥロ倧統領ず劻を捕らえ、ベネズ゚ラ囜倖に空路で移送した」ずも述べた。これに先立぀3日午前2時日本時間午埌3時ごろ、ベネズ゚ラの銖郜カラ 
19:16 (10:16 in your timezone)
19:16
Kyodo News

Rush of travelers returning from New Year holidays peaks

The travel rush of people returning from year-end and New Year holidays in Japan peaked on Saturday, with shinkansen bullet trains fully booked and airports bustling.
19:16 (10:16 in your timezone)

21:27 (12:27)⇢Maduro Captured in Caracas Rain

⌹Japanese editorial priority has consolidated around the sudden military strike on Venezuela. Outlets analyze the strategic motivations behind the operation, with conservative sources like Sankei focusing on the dismantling of a pro-Russia/China regime under the guise of anti-drug efforts (Sankei, Mainichi). Meanwhile, mainstream papers provide detailed biographical sketches of the detained Maduro, framing the event as a definitive regime-change operation (Asahi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, NHK, TBS, Chunichi).
22:48
朝日新聞

マドゥロ・ベネズ゚ラ倧統領拘束 米、囜内法廷で裁く意向

トランプ米倧統領は3日、南米ベネズ゚ラに「倧芏暡な攻撃」を実斜したずSNSで発衚した。「マドゥロ倧統領ず劻は捕らえられ、ベネズ゚ラ囜倖に空路で移送された」ずも述べた。米政暩はマドゥロ氏を米囜内法廷で裁く意向を衚明。ただ、攻撃に぀いおは囜際法 
22:48 (13:48 in your timezone)
23:16
朝日新聞

マドゥロ・ベネズ゚ラ倧統領拘束 米、囜内法廷で裁く意向

トランプ米倧統領は3日、南米ベネズ゚ラに「倧芏暡な攻撃」を実斜したずSNSで発衚した。「マドゥロ倧統領ず劻は捕らえられ、ベネズ゚ラ囜倖に空路で移送された」ずも述べた。米政暩はマドゥロ氏を米囜内法廷で裁く意向を衚明。ただ、攻撃に぀いおは囜際法 
23:16 (14:16 in your timezone)