立ち入り禁止となっている空知管内の炭鉱遺構や関連施設への無断侵入が相次いでいる。撮影した動画や画像を交流サイト（SNS）に投稿するケースが目立ち、再生回数が100万回を超える動画もある。ただ、長らく放置された建造物は倒壊の危険…
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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 07.08.2026.
It displays 42 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
07.08.2026 ⇢ The Day the Ebetsu Assault Verdict Delivered Life Imprisonment
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The day's dominant editorial focus was the sentencing in the Ebetsu college student assault death case. Morning broadcasts from TBS and NHK, followed by Sankei, reported the main perpetrator (18 at the time) receiving life imprisonment and a minor (17) receiving 30 years, both matching prosecutors' demands. This verdict dominated headlines through the afternoon. Typhoon 13 approached Okinawa and Amami, with NHK issuing linear precipitation zone warnings and reporting flight cancellations. By evening, attention shifted to Typhoon 15's potential impact on northern Japan next week. Other notable stories included the government's designation of the Kumamoto earthquake as a severe disaster, a record low food self-sufficiency rate of 37%, and Sankei's report on widespread generative AI use in job hunting. The consumption tax cut story from previous days faded from top billing.
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$12bn project in northern city of Akita has access to wind power, water supplies
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長崎市にある家族の墓には父と母、そしてもう一人、別の人の遺骨が眠っている。 「きっと天国で3人一緒にいられて、安心しているんだろうな」 娘の佐藤敏子さん（84）はそう思っている。 その一人とは兄・磯部澄（ますみ）さん。英語が得意だったそうだ…
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09:17⇢Food Tax Cut Without a Funding Plan
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the government's approval of a two-year consumption tax cut on food, with critics highlighting the lack of a funding plan. Meanwhile, the 81st Hiroshima anniversary continues to draw attention, with Prime Minister Takaichi's stance on nuclear weapons under scrutiny. New headlines also cover a legal case involving file-sharing software and AV downloads, and a report on declining household spending.
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09:17⇢Food Tax Cut Without a Funding Plan
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the government's approval of a two-year consumption tax cut on food, with critics highlighting the lack of a funding plan. Meanwhile, the 81st Hiroshima anniversary continues to draw attention, with Prime Minister Takaichi's stance on nuclear weapons under scrutiny. New headlines also cover a legal case involving file-sharing software and AV downloads, and a report on declining household spending.
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Kyodo News
FOCUS: Japan's 2-year food tax cut risks becoming political football
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has decided to cut the consumption tax on food and beverages for two years starting next April, but the measure she described as "temporary" could become a vote-winning tool in future elections and remain in place beyond the intended period.
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「介入だけではトレンドは変わらない。あの時もそうだった」。運用会社GMXの石見直樹氏は強調する。日本興業銀行（現みずほフィナンシャルグループ）運用部門のシンガポール室長だった1998年6月、日米の円買い協調介入に直面した。
アジア通貨危機と日本の金融危機に端を発した当時の強烈な円売りは介入でも打ち返しきれず、介入2カ月後の同年8月に対ドルの円相場は1ドル=147円と介入前の146円を超えて円安に…
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連載＜疑問ここが知りたい＞
菓子製造大手のカルビー（東京）は今春、主力商品の「ポテトチップス」などで包装を2色印刷にする「石油原料節約パッケージ」に切り替えた。中東情勢の混乱に伴うプラスチックの原料であるナフサの供給不安…
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11:17⇢Food Tax Cut Without a Funding Plan
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the government's approval of a two-year consumption tax cut on food, with critics highlighting the lack of a funding plan. Meanwhile, the 81st Hiroshima anniversary continues to draw attention, with Prime Minister Takaichi's stance on nuclear weapons under scrutiny. New headlines also cover a legal case involving file-sharing software and AV downloads, and a report on declining household spending.
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11:17⇢Food Tax Cut Without a Funding Plan
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the government's approval of a two-year consumption tax cut on food, with critics highlighting the lack of a funding plan. Meanwhile, the 81st Hiroshima anniversary continues to draw attention, with Prime Minister Takaichi's stance on nuclear weapons under scrutiny. New headlines also cover a legal case involving file-sharing software and AV downloads, and a report on declining household spending.
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Kyodo News
Japan spent record 6.28 tril. yen in forex intervention on April 30
Japanese authorities spent a single-day record of 6.
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韓国、台湾の1〜6月の輸出額が初めて日本を上回ったことが分かった。人工知能（AI）向け半導体特需を受けて急伸した韓台に対し、日本は半導体関連の素材・製造装置に強みが限られ、恩恵に差が出た。世界が求める最終製品の供給で後手に回る日本のものづくりの現状を映す。
日韓台の貿易統計に日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）や国連のデータベースUN Comtradeのデータを加味してドル換算し、品目別の推移を分析した…
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High fuel prices and corruption scandal continue to weigh on economy
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13:04⇢Food Tax Cut Without a Funding Plan
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the government's approval of a two-year consumption tax cut on food, with critics highlighting the lack of a funding plan. Meanwhile, the 81st Hiroshima anniversary continues to draw attention, with Prime Minister Takaichi's stance on nuclear weapons under scrutiny. New headlines also cover a legal case involving file-sharing software and AV downloads, and a report on declining household spending.
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13:04⇢Food Tax Cut Without a Funding Plan
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the government's approval of a two-year consumption tax cut on food, with critics highlighting the lack of a funding plan. Meanwhile, the 81st Hiroshima anniversary continues to draw attention, with Prime Minister Takaichi's stance on nuclear weapons under scrutiny. New headlines also cover a legal case involving file-sharing software and AV downloads, and a report on declining household spending.
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南九州の名物の一つ、鳥鶏刺し。近年では他の地域でも鶏肉を生や生に近い状態で提供する店がみられるが、果たして安全なのか。 都内に住む金吉男さん(67)は2023年12月27日朝、自宅で左手に違和感を覚えた。3時間ほど経つと足も動かしづらくなっ…
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子どもの不始末の責任を親はどこまで負うべきだろうか。長男が会社の金に手を付け、母親が社長に呼び出された。突きつけられたのは「700万円超を弁済します」と書かれた連帯保証人の契約書。いったんは署名したが、後日会社が起こした訴訟で一転、契約に基づく支払いを拒んだ。
「いいかげんにして」
正月気分の抜けきらぬ2021年1月初旬の午後。一組の母子が神奈川県内にあるリフォーム会社のオフィスを訪れた。他に従…
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15:12⇢Ebetsu Assault Verdict: Life for Main Perpetrator
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the sentencing of two defendants in the Ebetsu college student assault death case, with the main perpetrator receiving life imprisonment and the minor 30 years. Coverage spans Sankei, TBS, and others, highlighting the severity of the crime. Other notable stories include a typhoon approaching Okinawa and Amami, and a government designation of the Kumamoto earthquake as a severe disaster.
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15:12⇢Ebetsu Assault Verdict: Life for Main Perpetrator
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the sentencing of two defendants in the Ebetsu college student assault death case, with the main perpetrator receiving life imprisonment and the minor 30 years. Coverage spans Sankei, TBS, and others, highlighting the severity of the crime. Other notable stories include a typhoon approaching Okinawa and Amami, and a government designation of the Kumamoto earthquake as a severe disaster.
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■矢方美紀さん×遺伝カウンセラー鈴木美慧さん対談 タレントの矢方美紀さん（34）は25歳で乳がんと診断され、遺伝性のがんかどうかを調べる遺伝子検査を受けました。検査やカウンセリングで感じたことについて、聖路加国際病院（東京都中央区）の認定遺…
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Companies work to find new shipping route to conflict region as Chinese sales stagnate
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【釧路町】町議会（16人）は、議員同士や議員と町職員の間で起こるハラスメントの具体例や相談手続きを示した行動指針を策定し、1日から運用を始めた。議会として指針を設けるのは釧路管内で初めて。「大量の資料請求、過剰な面談要求」もハラスメ…
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Japan's food self-sufficiency rate falls to record low 37% in FY 2025
Japan's food self-sufficiency rate on a caloric intake basis reached a record low 37 percent in the fiscal year that ended March, marking a decline for the first time in five years, farm ministry data showed Friday.
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16:50⇢Ebetsu Assault Verdict: Life for Main Perpetrator
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the Ebetsu assault verdict, with the main perpetrator receiving life imprisonment and the minor 30 years, as reported by TBS and Sankei. Other notable stories include Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki's cautious response to the release of security camera footage from the Henoko boat accident, and a record low food self-sufficiency rate of 37% for FY2025, as reported by Kyodo.
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16:50⇢Ebetsu Assault Verdict: Life for Main Perpetrator
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the Ebetsu assault verdict, with the main perpetrator receiving life imprisonment and the minor 30 years, as reported by TBS and Sankei. Other notable stories include Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki's cautious response to the release of security camera footage from the Henoko boat accident, and a record low food self-sufficiency rate of 37% for FY2025, as reported by Kyodo.
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高市内閣が年末に改定をめざす安全保障関連3文書に関し、政府が「新しい守り方」という言葉を使い始めている。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻で、AI（人工知能）や無人機が活用される「新しい戦い方」が注目され、日本も対応を迫られる中、国民の理解を得やすいよ…
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三井住友信託銀行は中古不動産の再生投資に本格参入する。2026年度にも都市部のオフィスや地方のホテルなどを改修して価値を高める不動産ファンドを組成する。新築物件の開発は資材高などで採算が悪化し、再生案件への需要が高まっている。
都市部の中古オフィスや賃貸住宅の再生ファンドで年内に200億円の運用規模を目指す。子育て支援やスタートアップ交流のスペースを設けるなど付加価値を高める。案件にもよるが、再…
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Both economies benefit more from surging demand for semiconductors in 2026 first half
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高市内閣が年末に改定をめざす安全保障関連3文書に関し、政府が「新しい守り方」という言葉を使い始めている。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻で、AI（人工知能）や無人機が活用される「新しい戦い方」が注目され、日本も対応を迫られる中、国民の理解を得やすいよ…
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19:21⇢AI Job Hunters Outnumber Traditionalists
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the widespread use of generative AI in job hunting, with nearly all students using it for entry sheets and interviews, as reported by Sankei. Meanwhile, the Nikkei reports that South Korea and Taiwan have surpassed Japan in exports for the first time due to the AI boom, highlighting Japan's competitive decline.
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19:21⇢AI Job Hunters Outnumber Traditionalists
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the widespread use of generative AI in job hunting, with nearly all students using it for entry sheets and interviews, as reported by Sankei. Meanwhile, the Nikkei reports that South Korea and Taiwan have surpassed Japan in exports for the first time due to the AI boom, highlighting Japan's competitive decline.
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政府は外国人の受け入れ制限の可否について本格的な検討に入った。総人口に占める外国人比率の上限や、在留資格別の受け入れ上限の数値を設けるか否かが焦点だ。政府は在留外国人数の将来推計や経済・社会保障・地域社会などに与える影響を分析し、年度内に受…
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【ワシントン=川手伊織】米労働省が7日発表した7月の雇用統計によると、非農業部門の就業者数は前月から2万3000人減った。市場予想に反して2月以来の減少となった。地方政府の教育部門が5万人近く少なくなったことが響いた。
市場は8万〜9万人台の増加を見込んでいた。5月と6月の就業者数の増加幅も変わった。5月は12万9000人から6万3000人へ、6月は5万7000人から2万人へといずれも下方修正し…
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22:52⇢Tungsten's Price Surge
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the surge in tungsten prices, driven by Chinese export restrictions, prompting Japanese companies to enhance recycling efforts (Sankei). Meanwhile, the U.S. jobs report for July showed a decline of 23,000, contrary to expectations, with unemployment at 4.1% (Nikkei).
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22:52⇢Tungsten's Price Surge
⌨The Japanese media's top story is the surge in tungsten prices, driven by Chinese export restrictions, prompting Japanese companies to enhance recycling efforts (Sankei). Meanwhile, the U.S. jobs report for July showed a decline of 23,000, contrary to expectations, with unemployment at 4.1% (Nikkei).
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2026年春に入試を実施した北海道内の私立高校（全日制）全49校のうち、1年生の定員充足率（定員に対する生徒数の割合）が100％以上となったのは19校と過去5年で最多になったことが分かった。今春拡充された私立高の授業料無償化を…
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