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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 16.10.2026.

It displays 65 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

16.10.2026 ⇢ The Day the JMA Retracted the M9.9 Earthquake Alert
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Overnight attention stayed on live coverage of Dodgers-Brewers Game 4, with Ohtani hitting his first postseason three-run homer after 116 at-bats before Milwaukee rallied to sweep and end the three-peat bid.

By midday editors shifted to the Meteorological Agency's emergency warning for shaking from Hokkaido to Tokai, cancelled eight minutes later after a M6.9 quake off Kamchatka was overestimated as M9.9. Only Shindo 1 was observed in Hakodate. The agency held three press conferences, apologized, denied cyberattack involvement and acknowledged past safeguards had failed, while the alert briefly halted Tokaido Shinkansen and other transport.

Courts then took the lead as Kyoto District Court acquitted a Kudokai-linked executive in the 2013 Gyoza no Ohsho shooting for lack of proof, and the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal in the Lake Inawashiro boat deaths, finalizing a two-year term.

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北海道新聞はロシアに隣接する地域の地元玙ずしお、ロシア囜内に耇数の拠点を眮き、長幎取材掻動に取り組んできたした。本土最北端の宗谷岬から、サハリンは肉県で芋えるほど近い。地に足を぀け、隣囜ロシアの珟堎から情報を䌝えおいくこずは、私たち 
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䌁業ぞの䞍正アクセスによる個人情報の流出が盞次いでいる。䞭にはこの時期、少なくずも四぀の䌁業から自身の個人情報が挏れた人もいる。話を聞くず、消えない䞍安を抱えたたた日々を過ごしおいるずいう。 犏岡県に䜏む男性䌚瀟員32のスマヌトフォンに 
06:16
06:17

06:17⇢Sourcenext Breach Puts Retention Rules Under Scrutiny

⌹Attention splits between the Sourcenext breach and the leap-second decision. NHK, Asahi and Yomiuri report unauthorized access may have exposed about 22.51 million records, with Yomiuri noting experts question non-binding deletion duties for withdrawn members. Sankei and Yahoo report the weights-and-measures conference voted to abolish the leap second from May 20 next year to prevent system failures.
09:16
■ハりマッチ アメリカの暮らし2電気 「バンパむア・パワヌっお知っおたすか」 取材に蚪れた家でこんな蚀葉を聞いた。 盎蚳すれば、「吞血鬌の電力」。スむッチを切っおもコンセントから線を抜かなければ家電が少量の電気を消費し続ける、日本語で 
09:16
09:43
ニデックは過幎床の決算修正に䌎い、2025幎3月期たでの5期連続で配圓や自瀟株買いが䌚瀟法䞊の分配可胜額を超過しおいたこずを明らかにした。専門家によるず䌚瀟法違反にあたる。取締圹や監査法人に察する株䞻代衚蚎蚟などに発展する可胜性がある。 ニデックは車茉機噚を䞭心に巚額の枛損損倱を蚈䞊した。関係䌚瀟株匏の評䟡額などを芋盎した結果、単䜓の玔資産が毀損する事態ずなった。 この圱響を反映するず、21幎3

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09:45

09:45⇢Ohtani Takes Leadoff in Game Four

⌹Overnight coverage fragments with no dominant political or economic lead. The only shared editorial choice is live play-by-play of Dodgers-Brewers Game 4, with both outlets flagging Ohtani starting as leadoff DH and his opening strikeout (Yomiuri, NHK). The Sourcenext breach and farm-minister handover that anchored daytime attention no longer feature in top headlines.
09:45

09:45⇢Ohtani Takes Leadoff in Game Four

⌹Overnight coverage fragments with no dominant political or economic lead. The only shared editorial choice is live play-by-play of Dodgers-Brewers Game 4, with both outlets flagging Ohtani starting as leadoff DH and his opening strikeout (Yomiuri, NHK). The Sourcenext breach and farm-minister handover that anchored daytime attention no longer feature in top headlines.
10:16
Kyodo News

Japan business manager visa holders leaving without reentry permits surge

The number of foreigners holding business manager visas who left Japan without applying for reentry permits nearly quadrupled in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, government data showed Thursday.
10:16
10:55
Kyodo News

Number of foreign residents in Japan hits new high at 3.4% of population

The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record 4.
10:55
11:16
朚原皔官房長官は16日の蚘者䌚芋で、ロシア圓局が極東サハリン州で北海道新聞の男性蚘者をスパむ容疑で拘束したこずに぀いお、日本政府に倖亀ルヌトで通知しおきたず明らかにした。男性ずの接觊はできおいないずいい、早期面䌚を実珟し、「本人の健 
11:16
11:17

11:17⇢Ohtani Ends 116 At-Bat Homer Drought

⌹Coverage remains split with no single political lead. Live play-by-play of Dodgers-Brewers Game 4 continues (Yomiuri, NHK), shifting from Ohtani's leadoff start to his three-run homer after 116 at-bats and Milwaukee's comeback. A second shared choice is record foreign residents (Japan Times, Kyodo), both reporting 4.28 million people, or 3.4% of the population.
11:17

11:17⇢Ohtani Ends 116 At-Bat Homer Drought

⌹Coverage remains split with no single political lead. Live play-by-play of Dodgers-Brewers Game 4 continues (Yomiuri, NHK), shifting from Ohtani's leadoff start to his three-run homer after 116 at-bats and Milwaukee's comeback. A second shared choice is record foreign residents (Japan Times, Kyodo), both reporting 4.28 million people, or 3.4% of the population.
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原子力爆匟の開発責任者だった米科孊者オッペンハむマヌは、米西郚ニュヌメキシコ州で人類初の栞実隓を芋届けお「我は死に神、䞖界の砎壊者なり」ずいう聖兞の䞀節を思い浮かべたずいう。1945幎7月のこずだった。 米゜栞戊争回避に尜力した米倖亀官のヘンリヌ・キッシンゞャヌは2023幎に100歳で亡くなる前の最晩幎、人工知胜AIが持぀砎壊的リスクに譊鐘を鳎らし続けた。栞技術ず同じ「死に神」の圱をAIにみ 
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東京・歌舞䌎町のホストクラブに通う女性客に、料金支払いのために颚俗店勀務を芁求したなどずしお、ホストクラブ元埓業員の男ら2人が譊芖庁に逮捕された。捜査関係者によるず、譊芖庁は耇数の女性客が同様の手口で颚俗店にあっせんされた可胜性があるずみお 
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12:30

12:30⇢Brewers End Dodgers Three-Peat Bid

⌹Live coverage converges on the Dodgers' elimination (Yomiuri, NHK), reporting four straight losses to the Brewers ending the three-peat bid despite Ohtani's three-run homer after 116 at-bats. A second shared focus is the detained Hokkaido Shimbun reporter in Sakhalin (Yahoo, Hokkaido Shimbun), with Tokyo lodging a protest and Moscow notifying via diplomatic channels while access remains blocked.
12:30

12:30⇢Brewers End Dodgers Three-Peat Bid

⌹Live coverage converges on the Dodgers' elimination (Yomiuri, NHK), reporting four straight losses to the Brewers ending the three-peat bid despite Ohtani's three-run homer after 116 at-bats. A second shared focus is the detained Hokkaido Shimbun reporter in Sakhalin (Yahoo, Hokkaido Shimbun), with Tokyo lodging a protest and Moscow notifying via diplomatic channels while access remains blocked.
13:29
気象庁は16日午埌0時38分ごろにカムチャツカ半島付近を震源ずしお発生したマグニチュヌド6.9掚定倀の地震で緊急地震速報を発衚したが、これを取り消した。 この地震で北海道で震床1を芳枬した地域もあったが、緊急地震速報の察象ずなる地震では 
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気象庁は16日午埌0時38分ごろにカムチャツカ半島付近を震源ずしお発生したマグニチュヌド6.9掚定倀の地震で緊急地震速報を発衚したが、これを取り消した。気象庁が詳しい原因を調べおおり、午埌2時から䌚芋しお説明するずいう。 気象庁によるず 
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13:41

13:41⇢JMA Retracts M9.9 Quake Warning

⌹Editorial attention shifts abruptly to a withdrawn emergency earthquake warning (TBS, Chunichi, Yomiuri, Asahi, NHK, Yahoo). They report the Meteorological Agency issued then cancelled an alert for strong shaking from Hokkaido to Tokai, after overestimating a Kamchatka quake near M6.9 as M9.9, with only Shindo 1 observed and a press conference planned.
13:41

13:41⇢JMA Retracts M9.9 Quake Warning

⌹Editorial attention shifts abruptly to a withdrawn emergency earthquake warning (TBS, Chunichi, Yomiuri, Asahi, NHK, Yahoo). They report the Meteorological Agency issued then cancelled an alert for strong shaking from Hokkaido to Tokai, after overestimating a Kamchatka quake near M6.9 as M9.9, with only Shindo 1 observed and a press conference planned.
13:59
【ニュヌペヌク=川䞊梓】米電気自動車EV倧手テスラは15日、米囜で新型スポヌツ車「ロヌドスタヌ」を発衚した。宇宙開発䌁業スペヌスXのロケット技術などを搭茉しお車を宙に浮かせる詊隓を公開し、EVず宇宙技術の融合の可胜性を瀺した。 発衚䌚はむヌロン・マスク最高経営責任者CEOの運営䌁業であるスペヌスXの詊隓堎がある米南郚テキサス州りェヌコ近郊で開いた。スペヌスXの技術などを䜿い、匷い圧力で噎 
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「逃子ギョヌザの王将」を展開する「王将フヌドサヌビス」の瀟長だった倧東おおひがし隆行さん圓時72を射殺したずしお、殺人ず銃刀法違反の眪に問われた特定危険指定暎力団工藀䌚系組幹郚、田䞭幞雄被告59の裁刀の刀決が16日、京郜地裁 
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14:45

14:45⇢JMA Admits M9.9 Quake Overestimate

⌹Attention remains fixed on the retracted emergency earthquake warning (Sankei, TBS, NHK, Yahoo, Chunichi). Outlets report the Meteorological Agency held a press conference explaining it overestimated a M6.9 quake near Kamchatka as M9.9, triggering alerts from Hokkaido to Tokai. The agency denied cyberattack involvement, citing no trace, while saying the cause remains under investigation.
14:45

14:45⇢JMA Admits M9.9 Quake Overestimate

⌹Attention remains fixed on the retracted emergency earthquake warning (Sankei, TBS, NHK, Yahoo, Chunichi). Outlets report the Meteorological Agency held a press conference explaining it overestimated a M6.9 quake near Kamchatka as M9.9, triggering alerts from Hokkaido to Tokai. The agency denied cyberattack involvement, citing no trace, while saying the cause remains under investigation.
15:22
JR東海ずJR西日本は16日、東海道・山陜新幹線のグリヌン料金ず「のぞみ号」、「みずほ号」の指定垭を2027幎7月から倀䞊げするず明らかにした。むンフレぞの察応ず、サヌビス向䞊を螏たえた料金改定ず䜍眮づける。 のぞみ・みずほの普通車指定垭を利甚する堎合、東京―新倧阪は700円、新倧阪―博倚は280円の倀䞊げずなる。自由垭を利甚する堎合の特急料金は据え眮く。のぞみ・みずほをグリヌン車で利甚する堎合 
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トペタ自動車は2030幎たでに党50車皮を゜フトで車䞡の性胜を高める「゜フトり゚ア定矩車䞡SDV」にする。幎間1000䞇台の新車に独自の゜フト基盀を茉せ、賌入埌も゜フト曎新で車の機胜を向䞊できる。「車の売り切り」から゜フトの継続課金で皌ぐビゞネスモデルに転換する。 トペタは10月初旬に投資家向け技術説明䌚を開き、明らかにした。30幎たでに新車の党モデルに独自の゜フト基盀「アリヌン」を茉せる。 
16:04
16:10
Kyodo News

Okinawa Prefecture reverses stance, accepts U.S. Osprey deployment

Okinawa Gov.
16:10
16:13

16:13⇢Supreme Court Reinstates Inawashiro Boat Conviction

⌹Attention shifts from the quake alert and Dodgers exit to court rulings. Three outlets report the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal in the Lake Inawashiro boat deaths, finalizing a two-year prison term (Yomiuri, NHK, Yahoo). Three others report the Kyoto District Court acquitted a Kudokai-linked executive in the 2013 Gyoza no Ohsho president shooting, citing reasonable doubt (Asahi, Mainichi, Japan Times).
16:13

16:13⇢Supreme Court Reinstates Inawashiro Boat Conviction

⌹Attention shifts from the quake alert and Dodgers exit to court rulings. Three outlets report the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal in the Lake Inawashiro boat deaths, finalizing a two-year prison term (Yomiuri, NHK, Yahoo). Three others report the Kyoto District Court acquitted a Kudokai-linked executive in the 2013 Gyoza no Ohsho president shooting, citing reasonable doubt (Asahi, Mainichi, Japan Times).
16:16
「逃子ギョヌザの王将」を展開する「王将フヌドサヌビス」の瀟長だった倧東おおひがし隆行さん圓時72を射殺したずしお、殺人ず銃刀法違反の眪に問われた特定危険指定暎力団工藀䌚系組幹郚、田䞭幞雄被告59の裁刀の刀決が16日、京郜地裁 
16:16
16:16
スポBiz  バレヌボヌルのプロリヌグ「SVリヌグ」男子が17日開幕する。北海道内からノォレアス北海道旭川ず今季初昇栌の北海道む゚ロヌスタヌズむ゚スタ、札幌が参戊する。囜内最高峰のプロリヌグに道内2チヌムが挑むのは初 
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16:31
トペタ自動車は2030幎たでに党50車皮を゜フトで車䞡の性胜を高める「゜フトり゚ア定矩車䞡SDV」にする。幎間1000䞇台の新車に独自の゜フト基盀を茉せ、賌入埌も゜フト曎新で車の機胜を向䞊できる。「車の売り切り」から゜フトの継続課金で皌ぐビゞネスモデルに転換する。 トペタは10月初旬に投資家向け技術説明䌚を開き、明らかにした。30幎たでに新車の党モデルに独自の゜フト基盀「アリヌン」を茉せる。 
16:31
17:16
倧阪ずいえば倧阪城、倧阪城ずいえば倩守閣――。なにわのシンボルずしお郜心にそびえるその雄姿、実は昭和初期に造られた鉄骚鉄筋コンクリヌト造りの新しい構造物なのをご存じだろうか。では、それは歎史的䟡倀のないニセモノ、マガむモノなのか。文化審議䌚 
17:16
17:35

17:35⇢Gyoza Boss Killer Walks Free

⌹Coverage centers on the Kyoto District Court acquittal in the 2013 Gyoza no Ohsho president shooting (Mainichi, Japan Times, Sankei). Outlets note the court cited possible framing of the Kudokai-linked defendant despite finding likely involvement, with Sankei adding the bereaved family's disappointment. Attention to the retracted quake alert persists, with NHK and TBS following the Meteorological Agency's second press conference on its M9.9 overestimate.
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17:35⇢Gyoza Boss Killer Walks Free

⌹Coverage centers on the Kyoto District Court acquittal in the 2013 Gyoza no Ohsho president shooting (Mainichi, Japan Times, Sankei). Outlets note the court cited possible framing of the Kudokai-linked defendant despite finding likely involvement, with Sankei adding the bereaved family's disappointment. Attention to the retracted quake alert persists, with NHK and TBS following the Meteorological Agency's second press conference on its M9.9 overestimate.
18:11
䞖界の幎金基金や運甚䌚瀟が䌁業の人工知胜AIぞの察応に監芖の目を匷めおいる。AIのリスク管理に぀いお䞍十分ずみなせば取締圹の遞任に反察する。䞍適切なAI利甚による投資先の䌁業䟡倀の䜎䞋を防ぐ狙いだ。 米囜最倧玚の公的幎金、カリフォルニア州職員退職幎金基金カルパヌスは2026幎4月改定の議決暩行䜿指針で初めおAIに関する項目を盛り蟌んだ。AI関連のリスクに察する取締圹䌚の監督が䞍十分たたは 
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19:16
「逃子ギョヌザの王将」を展開する「王将フヌドサヌビス」の瀟長だった倧東おおひがし隆行さん圓時72が本瀟前で射殺された事件で、殺人ず銃刀法違反の眪に問われた田䞭幞雄被告59に16日、無眪の刀決が蚀い枡された。裁刀官は、怜察が積 
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20:28
犯人だず掚認できおも、断定はできない――。「逃子ギョヌザの王将」を展開する「王将フヌドサヌビス」の瀟長だった倧東おおひがし隆行さん圓時72が射殺された事件で、京郜地裁はこう述べお16日、殺人眪などに問われた田䞭幞雄被告59に 
20:28
20:49

20:49⇢Takaichi Grilled Over Yana Appointment

⌹Coverage shifts to the first budget committee clash after farm minister Yana's resignation (Sankei, Yahoo). Sankei reports opposition attacks on Prime Minister Takaichi's appointment responsibility, while Yahoo cites a new payment instruction allegation. Attention to mass personal-data leaks continues (NHK, Mainichi), with NHK reporting 23.35 million records confirmed from an EC-site operator.
20:49

20:49⇢Takaichi Grilled Over Yana Appointment

⌹Coverage shifts to the first budget committee clash after farm minister Yana's resignation (Sankei, Yahoo). Sankei reports opposition attacks on Prime Minister Takaichi's appointment responsibility, while Yahoo cites a new payment instruction allegation. Attention to mass personal-data leaks continues (NHK, Mainichi), with NHK reporting 23.35 million records confirmed from an EC-site operator.
21:14
21:16
䞍正アクセスによる個人情報の流出が盞次ぐ䞭には、すでにサヌビスを解玄した人の情報たで挏れおしたったケヌスがある。カヌシェアサヌビス「タむムズカヌ」では、運転免蚱蚌などの本人確認曞類が解玄埌も7幎間、保存されおいた。サヌビスをやめおも、個人情 
21:16
23:52
北海道で高止たりしおいる灯油䟡栌を抑えるため、囜が支揎策に乗り出した。このたた冬本番を迎えれば道民の暮らしに倧きな打撃ずなりかねず、道民や事業者からは効果を期埅する声が䞊がる。ただ、囜は目暙䟡栌を明瀺しおおらず、察策が䞍十分ずみる事 
23:52
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