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26.12.2025

The Day of the Yokohama Rubber Factory Stabbing

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 26.12.2025.

It displays 46 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

26.12.2025 ⇢ The Day of the Yokohama Rubber Factory Stabbing
⌹On December 26, Japanese editorial priority shifted from fiscal policy to immediate public safety. In the morning, media outlets focused on the Cabinet's official approval of a record 122.3 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026. Editors highlighted the "Takaichi color" of the budget, noting massive allocations for defense and long-range missiles despite rising interest rates and inflation concerns.
By mid-morning, however, headlines were dominated by a mass stabbing at the Yokohama Rubber plant in Shizuoka. Outlets reported that a man wearing a gas mask entered the facility, stabbed at least 15 people, and dispersed a chemical liquid. This violent incident immediately superseded the budget analysis across all major digital desks.
In the afternoon, the focus expanded to include a massive pile-up on the Kan-etsu Expressway involving dozens of vehicles and multiple fires. Simultaneously, media monitored international volatility, specifically President Trump’s announcement of retaliatory airstrikes against IS forces in Nigeria and the ongoing investigation into the premeditated nature of the recent mass stabbing in Taipei.
26.12.2025
27.12.2025
09:16
朝日新聞

ガザ䟵攻ぞの批刀を鈍らせたもの　政治利甚されたホロコヌストの蚘憶

パレスチナ自治区ガザは、むスラ゚ル軍の攻撃で廃虚ずなった。倚くの無蟜むこの垂民が飢え、死んでいくのを、なぜ止められなかったのか。橋本䌞也・関西孊院倧孊教授ロシア・東欧史は「ホロコヌストをめぐる『蚘憶』が、むスラ゚ルぞの批刀を鈍らせる 
09:16 (00:16 in your timezone)
09:32
09:38
朝日新聞

米軍、ナむゞェリアのむスラム囜拠点を空爆か　トランプ氏が投皿

米囜のトランプ倧統領は25日、ナむゞェリア北西郚のむスラム過激掟に察する空爆を実斜したず自身のSNSに投皿した。攻撃察象に぀いお「ISISむスラム囜のテロリスト」ずしおいる。攻撃は「匷力で臎呜的」なものずしたが、芏暡などの詳现は䞍明だ 
09:38 (00:38 in your timezone)

09:39 (00:39)⇢Trump Strikes ISIS in Nigeria

⌹Japanese media have pivoted toward immediate military and energy concerns. Major outlets are highlighting President Trump's announcement of lethal airstrikes against ISIS in Nigeria (NHK, Asahi). Locally, focus remains on the looming climate crisis as the Meteorological Agency warns of extreme low temperatures and heavy snow (TBS, Hokkaido Shimbun). Additionally, public opinion is shifting toward nuclear energy, with nearly half of the population now supporting reactor restarts (Yahoo).
10:08
10:14
Kyodo News

Japan November industrial output falls 2.6% on month

Japan's industrial output in November fell 2.
10:14 (01:14 in your timezone)
10:14
日本経枈新聞

メモリヌ高隰がPC倀䞊げ呌ぶmouseは26幎から、シャヌプ系も怜蚎

DRAMなど半導䜓メモリヌの䟡栌が倧幅に䞊昇し、䞀郚の囜内パ゜コンPCメヌカヌが転嫁倀䞊げに動き始めた。メモリヌメヌカヌは高採算の人工知胜AIサヌバヌ向けなどに生産をシフトし、消費者向け補品ぞの䟛絊が现る。DRAMのスポット随時契玄䟡栌は昚幎末のおよそ10倍になるなど、逌迫感が匷たっおいる。 囜内で受泚生産PCを手掛けるマりスコンピュヌタヌ東京・千代田は23日から2026幎1月4

10:14 (01:14 in your timezone)
10:16
朝日新聞

米軍、ナむゞェリアのむスラム過激掟を空爆か　トランプ氏が投皿

米囜のトランプ倧統領は25日、ナむゞェリア北西郚のむスラム過激掟に察する空爆を米軍が実斜したず自身のSNSに投皿した。攻撃察象に぀いお「ISISむスラム囜のテロリスト」ずしおいる。攻撃は「匷力で臎呜的」なものずしたが、芏暡などの詳现は䞍 
10:16 (01:16 in your timezone)
10:51
11:04
Kyodo News

Japan Nov. industrial output falls 2.6% on month

Japan's industrial output in November fell 2.
11:04 (02:04 in your timezone)

11:29 (02:29)⇢A Record Budget Reflects Rising Costs

⌹Japanese editors are focusing on the Cabinet's approval of a record 122.3 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026 (NHK, Asahi, TBS, Yahoo). The coverage highlights 'Takaichi color' through increased spending to address inflation, rising interest rates, and personnel costs. Simultaneously, reports emphasize global volatility following President Trump's retaliatory strikes against IS-linked forces in Nigeria (Sankei, NHK).
11:40
日本経枈新聞

長射皋ミサむル9733億円、絊食費支揎1649億円最倧予算案122兆円決定

政府が26日閣議決定した2026幎床予算案は䞀般䌚蚈総額が過去最倧の122兆3092億円ずなった。25幎床圓初比で玄7兆円増えた。改革の鈍い瀟䌚保障の支出や囜債費が膚らみ、政策の䜙地は倧きくない。倧型枛皎も亀えた「積極財政」が日本の成長に぀ながるか、垂堎は目をこらす。 項目別で最倧の瀟䌚保障関係費は39兆559億円に達した。25幎床から7621億円増えたうち、むンフレや賃䞊げぞの察応分が2900

11:40 (02:40 in your timezone)
11:46
12:11
12:11
Kyodo News

Japan's FY 2026 defense budget at record 9 trillion yen

Japan's draft defense budget was set at a record 9.
12:11 (03:11 in your timezone)
12:16
朝日新聞

過去最倧122.3兆円の圓初予算案を閣議決定　物䟡や金利高を反映

政府は26日、䞀般䌚蚈の歳出総額が122兆3092億円ずなる2026幎床の圓初予算案を閣議決定した。前幎から7兆円䜙り増え、2幎連続で過去最倧ずなった。物䟡高や人件費の䞊昇、金利高を織り蟌んだこずで芏暡が膚らんだ。䞀方で、皎収も倧きく増える 
12:16 (03:16 in your timezone)

12:25 (03:25)⇢Record Budget Deepens National Debt

⌹The Japanese press is dominated by the Cabinet's official approval of a record 122.3 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026. Outlets highlight massive allocations for long-range missiles and defense (Nikkei, Asahi, TBS, Kyodo), while noting that rising interest rates and inflation are bloating the general account (Asahi, TBS). Conservative media also emphasizes bipartisan US support for Prime Minister Takaichi's stance against Chinese coercion (Sankei).
12:41
13:16
朝日新聞

Mステはなぜ生き残れたのか　番組責任者が語るサブスク時代の䜿呜

「ザ・ベストテン」「倜のヒットスタゞオ」  。197080幎代には、数倚くの音楜番組がゎヌルデンタむムに楜したれた。その埌、「お茶の間」が衰退し、広く共有される流行歌は枛っおいる。その䞭で、テレビ朝日系「ミュヌゞックステヌション」Mステ 
13:16 (04:16 in your timezone)
13:30
Kyodo News

Strong winds, blizzards forecast across Japan, weekend disruption feared

Japan's weather agency on Friday warned of powerful winds, blizzards and high waves in western, eastern and northeastern Japan, with the possibility of lightning, tornadoes, avalanches and widespread traffic disruption.
13:30 (04:30 in your timezone)
13:55

14:02 (05:02)⇢Record Budget Strains the Fisc

⌹Japanese editors are prioritizing the Cabinet's approval of a record 122.3 trillion yen budget for 2026, noting the fiscal strain from rising social security costs and defense spending (Nikkei, TBS, Asahi). Simultaneously, the weather agency has issued urgent warnings for severe blizzards and high winds expected to disrupt holiday travel (Kyodo, NHK, Yahoo). Major outlets also report the death of renowned screenwriter Makiko Uchidate (NHK, Yahoo).
14:07
14:19
朝日新聞

裕犏な東京郜は「悪者」埌玉県民が感じる皎収栌差、郜の反論に逆颚

地方の皎収のあり方をめぐり、東京郜ず46道府県の間の溝が深たっおいる。「東京はもうかりすぎおいる」ずの批刀は根匷く、政府・䞎党は郜の収入の䞀郚を地方に振り分けるこずを怜蚎。小池癟合子郜知事は猛反発しおいるが、郜県境の近くに䜏む人たちは、わず 
14:19 (05:19 in your timezone)
15:02
Kyodo News

Japan Cabinet OKs record FY 2026 draft budget under PM's expansionary plan

Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record 122.
15:02 (06:02 in your timezone)
15:03
15:27
Kyodo News

Over 20,000 food, beverage items' prices surge in Japan in 2025 amid rising costs

A Japanese research institute said Friday that 20,609 food and beverage products were subject to price increases in 2025, mainly due to rising ingredient and labor costs, highlighting the growing burden on households.
15:27 (06:27 in your timezone)
16:16
朝日新聞

「身内」ぞの支出、䞎野党14議員刀明　アりト・セヌフの線匕きは

囜䌚議員が代衚を務める団䜓から、自身や秘曞が関わる䌁業ぞの支出に疑念が持たれるケヌスが盞次いでいる。朝日新聞が盎近3幎間の政治資金を分析したずころ、䞎野党の少なくずも14議員の団䜓が、「身内」の䌁業や団䜓に支出しおいた。「代替がきかない」「 
16:16 (07:16 in your timezone)
16:18

16:18 (07:18)⇢Inflation Shadows the Record Budget

⌹Japanese media have converged on the economic repercussions of the Takaichi administration's record 122.3 trillion yen budget. Major outlets report a surge in inflation, with over 20,000 food and beverage prices set to rise in 2025 (Kyodo, Yahoo). Simultaneously, editors are highlighting the launch of a 'Japanese DOGE' initiative to solicit public suggestions for cutting government waste (Sankei), while liberal voices warn of the erosion of Japan's pacifist identity through expanded arms exports (Mainichi).
17:08
日本経枈新聞

囜債の幎限短期化、将来の利払い増懞念26幎床蚈画決定

財務省は26日、2026幎床の囜債発行蚈画を公衚した。垂堎動向を螏たえ、償還たでの期間が10幎を超える超長期債は発行額を枛らす。金利䞊昇局面では囜債の短期化が進めば利払い負担が増え、将来の財政悪化ぞの懞念が匷たる。 新芏囜債のほか、財政投融資の資金に充おる財投債や満期を迎えた囜債の償還資金を調達するための借換債などを含めた26幎床の囜債発行総額は180兆6920億円ずなった。25幎床圓初から3兆 
17:08 (08:08 in your timezone)
17:14
Kyodo News

Baseball: Shohei Ohtani among 8 players named for Japan's WBC roster

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was among eight players named Friday in Samurai Japan's initial roster announcement for March's World Baseball Classic.
17:14 (08:14 in your timezone)
17:20
17:32
17:39

17:41 (08:41)⇢Fiscal Shadows Loom Over Record Spending

⌹Japanese media focus on the record 122.3 trillion yen budget, with editors highlighting fiscal vulnerabilities as the Finance Ministry shifts toward shorter-term debt, raising future interest payment risks (NHK, TBS, Nikkei). Concurrently, liberal outlets criticize the Takaichi administration's move to scrap arms export restrictions, framing it as a departure from pacifist principles (Mainichi). Cultural coverage centers on the death of influential screenwriter and Sumo critic Makiko Uchidate (NHK, Sankei).
18:03
18:09
18:23
朝日新聞

静岡・䞉島の工堎で「5、6人刺された」通報　容疑の男を珟行犯逮捕

26日午埌4時半ごろ、静岡県䞉島垂の暪浜ゎム䞉島工堎から「䜕者かにより刃物で5、6人刺された。スプレヌ液もたかれた」ず消防に通報があった。捜査関係者によるず、刃物を持った男が、埓業員ら少なくずも5人を切り぀け、うち1人は䌚話ができない状況だ 
18:23 (09:23 in your timezone)
18:29

18:40 (09:40)⇢Blood Spilled on the Factory Floor

⌹The editorial focus has shifted to a mass stabbing at the Yokohama Rubber plant in Shizuoka, where at least 14 people were injured by a knife-wielding man (NHK, Asahi, Yomiuri, TBS, Yahoo). While earlier reports centered on the record 122.3 trillion yen budget and its fiscal implications (Sankei, Nikkei, Mainichi), this violent incident has now become the immediate priority across major digital desks.
19:00
19:16
朝日新聞

工堎埓業員ら刺され14人けが、容疑の男を珟行犯逮捕　静岡・䞉島

26日午埌4時半ごろ、静岡県䞉島垂の暪浜ゎム䞉島工堎から「䜕者かにより刃物で5、6人刺された」ず消防に通報があった。捜査関係者によるず、刃物を持った男が、埓業員ら少なくずも5人を切り぀け、うち1人は䌚話ができない状況ずいう。静岡県譊が午埌5

19:16 (10:16 in your timezone)
19:20
19:50

19:53 (10:53)⇢Gas Mask Stabbings in Shizuoka

⌹Japanese editors are prioritizing the mass stabbing at the Yokohama Rubber plant in Shizuoka, noting the suspect wore a gas mask and released unidentified liquids (NHK, Sankei, Asahi, Yomiuri, TBS). Simultaneously, fiscal analysis of the 2026 record budget highlights a strategic shift toward short-term debt, raising concerns over future interest burdens under the Takaichi administration (Nikkei, Mainichi, Yahoo).
20:16
朝日新聞

工堎埓業員ら刺され15人けが、容疑の男を珟行犯逮捕　静岡・䞉島

26日午埌4時半ごろ、静岡県䞉島垂の暪浜ゎム䞉島工堎から「䜕者かにより刃物で5、6人刺された」ず消防に通報があった。富士山南東消防本郚によるず、15人が負傷し、このうち5人は重傷の可胜性があるずいう。静岡県譊は、いずれも自称で、工堎近くに䜏 
20:16 (11:16 in your timezone)
20:54
21:16
朝日新聞

「刺された」工堎で15人負傷　容疑者逮捕、ガスマスク着甚の情報も

26日午埌4時25分ごろ、静岡県䞉島垂の暪浜ゎム䞉島工堎の関係者から「刃物で刺された。液䜓がたかれた」ず110番通報があった。富士山南東消防本郚によるず、男性15人が負傷し、このうち5人は重傷の可胜性がある。静岡県譊は自称小山雅貎容疑者3

21:16 (12:16 in your timezone)

21:39 (12:39)⇢Gas Mask Intruder at the Factory Gate

⌹The Japanese media is prioritizing the mass stabbing at the Yokohama Rubber plant in Shizuoka, where fifteen people were injured by a man wearing a gas mask who also dispersed a chemical liquid (NHK, Yomiuri, TBS). Simultaneously, fiscal scrutiny intensifies as editors analyze the 2026 budget’s reliance on short-term debt and the Takaichi administration’s record spending (Mainichi, Nikkei).
21:50
22:09
Kyodo News

Defense Ministry bans Kawasaki Heavy for 2.5 months over engine test fraud

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday it will ban Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
22:09 (13:09 in your timezone)
22:16
朝日新聞

39幎続くサンタさんの莈り物　い぀もの黒い袋ず「最埌」告げる手玙

今幎も届いたたくさんのプレれント。送り䞻はサンタさん。もう40回目になる。でも、今回はい぀もず違う。カヌドに曞いおあった。「最埌のプレれントになりたす」ず。　䜐賀垂の「䜐賀枅光園」。小孊3幎から高校3幎たでの子どもたち19人が入所しおいる児 
22:16 (13:16 in your timezone)
23:20

23:47 (14:47)⇢Gas Mask Shadows Over Shizuoka

⌹Japanese media focus on a wave of domestic violence and regional instability. Editors are prioritizing a mass stabbing and chemical attack at a Shizuoka factory (TBS), alongside a pile-up on the Kan-etsu Expressway involving multiple vehicle fires (NHK, Yomiuri). Simultaneously, reports detail the premeditated nature of the Taipei mass stabbing, while liberal and financial outlets scrutinize the Takaichi administration's record-high budget (Mainichi, Nikkei).
23:52
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