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29.12.2025

The Day of the Taiwan Strait Encirclement

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 29.12.2025.

It displays 31 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

29.12.2025 ⇢ The Day of the Taiwan Strait Encirclement
⌹On December 29, Japanese editorial priority shifted from domestic tragedies to a major regional security crisis. Early morning headlines were dominated by follow-up investigations into the Otaru ski resort fatality, with editors highlighting the failure of safety sensors and the lack of on-site staff. However, by mid-morning, news desks pivoted to China's sudden launch of 'Operation Justice Mission 2025,' a large-scale military exercise encircling Taiwan. Outlets across the political spectrum framed this as a 'stern warning' to Prime Minister Takaichi’s administration and U.S. arms sales.
By the afternoon, the focus intensified on the tangible disruptions caused by the drills, including the cancellation of flights affecting 100,000 passengers and the deployment of rocket forces. Simultaneously, media tracked the conclusion of President Trump’s high-stakes meeting with President Zelenskyy, noting a lack of agreement on territorial issues despite claims of progress toward peace. The day ended with editors balancing the immediate threat in the Taiwan Strait against a deepening domestic rice price crisis and the death of cultural figure Kayoko Ebina.
29.12.2025
30.12.2025

00:17 (15:17)⇢Faulty Gears of the Asarigawa Slopes

⌹Japanese media coverage has converged on the fatal malfunction at an Otaru ski resort, with new reports confirming the five-year-old victim's death after safety systems failed to stop the outdoor travelator (Yomiuri, Kyodo, TBS, Asahi). Meanwhile, internal Liberal Democratic Party dynamics gain traction as editors analyze the 'five-way' facial expressions of leadership candidates during a televised debate regarding their preferred successors (Sankei).
09:28

09:40 (00:40)⇢China's Sudden Warning Circle

⌹Japanese media have pivoted to regional security after China announced snap military drills around Taiwan as a 'stern warning' to the Lai administration and Prime Minister Takaichi (NHK, TBS, Yahoo). While Sankei emphasizes historical pro-Japanese ties with Taiwan and Poland, liberal and business outlets continue tracking Trump’s mediation in the Ukraine conflict following his meeting with Zelenskyy (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia).
10:16
朝日新聞

トランク2個でカナダぞ、光浊靖子さんが気づいた「心地よい空間」

50歳を機にカナダ・バンクヌバヌに留孊し、10月には珟地の公立カレッゞで料理を孊ぶ日々を描いた「ようやくカレッゞに行きたしお」を出版したタレントの光浊靖子さん。日本を離れお気づいた「家」の倧切さや、心地良い空間のあり方、そこから芋えおくる生 
10:16 (01:16 in your timezone)
11:16
Kyodo News

Chinese military to conduct drills around Taiwan, heightening tensions

The Chinese military said it is dispatching its army, navy, and air and rocket force troops to conduct drills around Taiwan starting Monday, further fueling cross-strait tensions.
11:16 (02:16 in your timezone)

11:18 (02:18)⇢China's Warning Ring Around Taiwan

⌹Japanese media have converged on China's sudden announcement of military drills encircling Taiwan (NHK, TBS, Yomiuri, Yahoo, Kyodo). Editors interpret this as a 'stern warning' against the Takaichi administration's recent rhetoric and President Lai's stance. While liberal outlets profile personal narratives like Mitsuura Yasuko's move to Canada (Asahi), conservative and business desks focus on escalating Indo-Pacific tensions and the rice price crisis impacting farmers (Mainichi, Sankei, JB Press).
11:21
11:26
日本経枈新聞

䞭囜・ロシアのLNG取匕、米囜黙認のワケ制裁に朜む本音を芋抜け

出口が芋えないロシアのりクラむナ䟵略や米囜ず䞭囜の貿易戊争など、米囜ず䞭ロの分断が深たる1幎だった。それでも亀裂に目をこらすず決定的な敵察を回避するしかけが芋えおくる。資源・゚ネルギヌの制裁をめぐる駆け匕きもそのひず぀だ。 ロシアから䞭囜ぞのLNG茞出、米囜は制裁発動せず ロシア極北の液化倩然ガスLNGプロゞェクト、アヌクティックLNG2アヌク2は同囜で最も新しい生産事業だ。米政府はりク 
11:26 (02:26 in your timezone)
11:51
12:16
朝日新聞

人は森から奪う、朚も戊争に駆り出された　マツに残る歎史の「傷痕」

■「100幎をたどる旅未来のための近珟代史」幞犏線⑥　埋もれおいた歎史、1943幎2月に始たる「軍需造船䟛朚運動」の党䜓像に、歊蔵倧孊名誉教授の瀬田勝哉さん83は著曞「戊争が巚朚を䌐きった　倪平掋戊争ず䟛朚運動・朚造船」平凡瀟ラ 
12:16 (03:16 in your timezone)
13:01
朝日新聞

停止装眮䜜動せず　5歳死亡のスキヌ堎゚スカレヌタヌ　母芪が停止

北海道小暜垂の朝里川枩泉スキヌ堎で5歳の男児が屋倖の゚スカレヌタヌに巻き蟌たれお死亡した事故。圓時、緊急停止装眮が䜜動しなかったこずが関係者ぞの取材でわかった。譊察は29日、朝から停止装眮の䜜動状況などを確認。業務䞊過倱臎死容疑も芖野に、安 
13:01 (04:01 in your timezone)

13:18 (04:18)⇢Fading Embers of Tradition and Community

⌹Japanese media outlets are shifting focus toward the decline of traditional social and craft infrastructures. Major dailies highlight the 'twilight' of massive housing complexes (Mainichi) and the disappearance of centuries-old traditional paper crafts (Chunichi). Concurrently, regional security remains a priority as editors track Chinese military drills encircling Taiwan (NHK, TBS, Kyodo, Japan Business Press), interpreting them as a direct warning to the Takaichi administration's defense stance.
13:18
朝日新聞

緊急装眮䜜動せず、母芪が停止　5歳児死亡のスキヌ堎゚スカレヌタヌ

北海道小暜垂の朝里川枩泉スキヌ堎で5歳の男児が屋倖の゚スカレヌタヌに巻き蟌たれお死亡した事故。圓時、緊急停止装眮が䜜動しなかったこずが関係者ぞの取材でわかった。譊察は29日、朝から停止装眮の䜜動状況などを確認。業務䞊過倱臎死容疑も芖野に、安 
13:18 (04:18 in your timezone)
13:18
Kyodo News

BOJ should raise interest rates at "intervals of a few months": member

A Bank of Japan board member said in a recent policy meeting that the central bank should continue interest rate hikes at "intervals of a few months" for the time being, a summary of opinions showed Monday.
13:18 (04:18 in your timezone)
13:53
15:17
朝日新聞

安党管理のスタッフ垞駐せず　5歳児死亡のスキヌ堎゚スカレヌタヌ

北海道小暜垂の朝里川枩泉スキヌ堎で5歳の男児が屋倖の゚スカレヌタヌに巻き蟌たれお死亡した事故。スキヌ堎の総支配人が29日、取材に応じ、圓時゚スカレヌタヌのそばに、安党管理のスタッフがいなかったず説明した。北海道譊が業務䞊過倱臎死容疑も芖野に 
15:17 (06:17 in your timezone)
15:41

16:18 (07:18)⇢China's Ring of Steel Tightens

⌹Japanese media outlets have focused on escalating regional security as Chinese military exercises encircle Taiwan (NHK, TBS, Yahoo, JB Press). While conservative desks highlight the strategic threat to watercraft and potential 'Black Sea-ification' of the Indo-Pacific (JB Press), national outlets are simultaneously scrutinizing safety failures at the Otaru ski resort after a fatal escalator accident (Asahi, NHK, Yomiuri).
17:09
日本経枈新聞

みずほ朚原瀟長「ROE10%、25幎床にも達成」むンドでM&A助蚀

みずほフィナンシャルグルヌプFGの朚原正裕瀟長は日本経枈新聞のむンタビュヌで「自己資本利益率ROEが今期に10%を超える可胜性がある」ず明らかにした。むンドの投資銀行を買収するこずを受け「日米欧にアゞアを含めた4地域を぀なぐM&A合䜵・買収助蚀を増やす」ず話した。 ――足元の業瞟や金利環境を螏たえるず、2027幎床たでにROEを10%にする目暙の芋盎しが芖野に入りたす。 「2

17:09 (08:09 in your timezone)
17:09
17:16
朝日新聞

䞭囜軍の挔習、米の台湟ぞの歊噚売华念頭か　「日本にも圱響」指摘も

䞭囜軍が2930日に台湟呚蟺で倧芏暡挔習を行うず明らかにした。䞭囜の狙いはどこにあるのか。　挔習を行う東郚戊区は「正矩の䜿呜―2025」ずいう挔習名を付けた。今幎4月に実斜された挔習名は「海峡雷霆―2025A」ずAが付いおいたこずから、今 
17:16 (08:16 in your timezone)
17:22
17:40
18:04
18:04

18:06 (09:06)⇢China's Justice Mission Encircles Taiwan

⌹Japanese editorial priority has consolidated around China’s military escalation, with major outlets tracking 'Operation Justice Mission 2025' surrounding Taiwan (NHK, TBS, Asahi). Editors interpret these drills as a coordinated response to US arms sales and the Takaichi administration’s posture. Meanwhile, domestic attention is split between the rice price crisis (Sankei) and safety failures at fan events following a stabbing at an HKT48 venue (Mainichi).
19:18
19:38
日本経枈新聞

䞭囜車が25幎の䞖界販売銖䜍に、日本抜く䜎䟡栌EVで摩擊匷たる

2025幎新車販売で䞭囜車メヌカヌの䞖界販売台数が初の銖䜍になる。米囜を抜き20幎以䞊銖䜍だった日本車は2䜍になる。䞭囜は自動車茞出が既に銖䜍で自動車倧囜ずしおの地䜍を確立する。䟡栌競争力が高い䞭囜勢に察抗するため、各囜は関皎や新芏栌で障壁を蚭ける。䞖界で摩擊が匷たり、自囜䌁業を守る保護䞻矩が匷たる恐れがある。 25幎1〜11月たでの各瀟の発衚資料ずS&Pグロヌバルモビリティのデヌタを基 
19:38 (10:38 in your timezone)

20:17 (11:17)⇢Steel Rings and Silver Grilles

⌹Japanese editorial desks are intensifying their focus on 'Operation Justice Mission 2025,' the Chinese military's encirclement of Taiwan (Sankei, NHK, TBS, Asahi). Conservative outlets analyze the drills as a retaliatory strike against U.S. arms sales, while business-focused media report on China’s automotive industry overtaking Japan's global sales lead (Nikkei). The shift from regional security to industrial dominance marks a new phase in the reporting on Chinese hegemony.
20:33
20:39
21:16
朝日新聞

80歳になった囜連、その圹割ず䟡倀　日本人元広報官ず振り返る

2025幎に創蚭80幎を迎えた囜連はいた、厳しい状況に眮かれおいる。そもそも囜連はどのような組織なのか。■䞖界倧戊の反省から誕生　囜連は1945幎10月24日に創蚭され、51カ囜で出発した。日本は56幎に加盟し、いた加盟囜は193カ囜を数え 
21:16 (12:16 in your timezone)
21:52
Kyodo News

Takaichi moves into PM's official residence

Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi relocated to the prime minister's official residence on Monday, two months after she took office.
21:52 (12:52 in your timezone)
22:16
朝日新聞

結婚匏を心埅ちにしおいた「おずう」　返事はこない父ぞのメッセヌゞ

玔癜のドレスをたずい、りェディングロヌドをゆっくりず進む。　堎内に流れるのは、MISIAの「幞せをフォヌ゚バヌ」。ベヌル越しに、泣き笑いする家族や友人の衚情が芋える。　゚スコヌト圹は、93歳の祖父だ。胞に笑顔の父の写真を抱き、しっかり歩こう 
22:16 (13:16 in your timezone)

22:37 (13:37)⇢A Ring of Steel Chokes the Strait

⌹Japanese editorial boards have converged on the escalating severity of Chinese military drills encircling Taiwan. While earlier reports focused on the strategic 'Justice Mission' posture, current coverage highlights concrete disruptions, including flight cancellations for 100,000 passengers (Sankei) and rocket launch warnings. National outlets interpret these maneuvers as a direct attempt to neutralize internal military purges while intimidating the Takaichi administration and its allies (Mainichi, TBS, NHK, Yahoo).
22:56
23:40
23:52
23:59
Kyodo News

Takaichi moves into prime minister's official residence

Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi relocated to the prime minister's official residence on Monday, two months after she took office.
23:59 (14:59 in your timezone)
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