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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 30.09.2026.

It displays 53 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

30.09.2026 ⇢ The Day the Court Recognized Voice Rights in the Tsuda Case
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Overnight attention stayed on Typhoon No.26 Surigae, expected to approach the Izu Islands late on the 30th and make its closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1, with warnings of warning-level rain in Chiba still recovering from Typhoon No.25.

By morning focus shifted to the Tokyo District Court's dismissal of voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's deletion request against TikTok over AI-imitated voice videos, already deleted, while ruling for the first time that unauthorized use of a voice infringes publicity rights, with voice enjoying protection like portrait.

Attention then moved to Hitachiomiya's mayor accepting a literature survey for high-level nuclear waste, the fifth nationally, amid criticism of closed proceedings.

Nidec drew scrutiny after filing a ¥564.6 billion final loss with its auditor issuing a disclaimer of opinion over false explanations involving executives.

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00:17⇢Kanto Counts Down to Surigae

⌨Coverage centers on Typhoon No. 26 approaching the Izu Islands with warnings over high waves (NHK), now forecast to make its closest approach to Kanto on Oct. 1 with rain continuing into Oct. 2 (TBS, Yahoo). Yomiuri reports Tokyo dispatching buses for substitute transport amid continued JR suspensions in Chiba. Other stories remain scattered across single outlets.
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【この記事でわかること】・「年収の壁」、10月からどう制度改正?・賃上げが働き控えを招く理由・小売り・外食などの現場にもたらす影響 税や社会保険料の負担が増す「年収の壁」を意識して、働く時間を抑える短時間労働者が2026年4〜6月に408万人いることが伊藤忠総研の推計でわかった。10月の制度改正で壁の是正は進むものの、賃金の上昇で労働時間を減らす動きが続いている。 パートで働く人数と平均労働時間を…
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【ニューヨーク=竹内弘文、ヒューストン=大平祐嗣】29日の米債券市場で30年債利回りが一時前日比0.07%高い5.62%に上昇(債券価格は下落)し、2002年6月以来、約24年ぶりの高水準となった。原油先物価格は供給増への期待から下落したが、超長期債に対する売り圧力がやまない。 前日にも30年債は04年5月以来の高水準を付けたばかりだが、29日は一段と上昇してさらに記録を塗り替えた。 これまで利…
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06:52⇢Surigae Threatens Izu Shores

⌨Attention stays on Typhoon No.26 Surigae nearing the Izu Islands with high-wave warnings (NHK), forecast to make its closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1 with rain through Oct.2 (TBS, Yahoo). Yomiuri reports Tokyo sending buses to cover continued JR suspensions in Chiba. Single-outlet items on census, retail and baseball draw no wider follow.
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09:17⇢Hachijo Braces for Direct Hit

⌨Coverage holds on Typhoon No.26 Surigae approaching the Izu Islands from this evening into tomorrow (NHK), with a direct hit expected on Hachijo (Yahoo). Outlets flag its closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1 (TBS), warning of heavy rain at warning level and urging caution in Chiba's flood-hit areas (TBS, NHK). Other items remain single-source.
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09:17⇢Hachijo Braces for Direct Hit

⌨Coverage holds on Typhoon No.26 Surigae approaching the Izu Islands from this evening into tomorrow (NHK), with a direct hit expected on Hachijo (Yahoo). Outlets flag its closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1 (TBS), warning of heavy rain at warning level and urging caution in Chiba's flood-hit areas (TBS, NHK). Other items remain single-source.
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ニデックは29日、岸田光哉社長が辞任し、戒田理夫専務執行役員が社長に昇格する人事を発表した。過去の財務報告を巡り不適切な言動があったとして、社外取締役が中心の取締役会がトップ交代を判断した。電撃辞任はさらなる混乱につながりかねない。 戒田氏は同日付で社長執行役員に就き、南井正之取締役常務執行役員が代表権を持った。年内に予定する臨時株主総会での承認をへて、戒田氏を正式に代表取締役とする。岸田氏は辞…
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全国で豪雨被害が相次ぐ中、建物の入り口に置いて浸水を防ぐ「止水板」が人気だ。土囊(どのう)や水囊に比べて簡単に扱えて保管もしやすい。ここ数年で急速に認知されるようになり、広く浸水被害のあった8月の千葉豪雨後に拍車がかかった。ラインアップも増…
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Kyodo News

1st public insurance-covered iPS heart sheet surgery conducted in Japan

A Japanese hospital on Tuesday conducted surgery to treat severe heart failure using a cardiac muscle sheet derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, making it the first such case since the regenerative therapy was allowed to be covered by public health insurance.
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「あなたは世俗の世界で私と同じ役割を担う人ですね」 ローマ教皇ピウス12世は1950年代にバチカンを訪れたハマーショルド国連事務総長にこう語った。事務総長の伝記を書いたエメリー・ケレンが紹介している。 コンクラーベ 世俗の教皇――。ハマーショルド自身、国連事務総長の仕事をこのように呼んでいた。国連憲章が掲げる平和や人権といった価値に道徳的権威を与え、世界に訴える役割だけではない。その選び方も神秘…
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KDDIは10月1日から楽天モバイルへの回線貸し出し「ローミング(相互乗り入れ)」を縮小する。横浜市や神戸市など大都市の市街地で回線の提供を終える。終了した地域では大容量のデータ通信に遅延が生じるなどの影響が出る恐れがある。 KDDIは楽天に回線を貸し出している地域を示す地図を自社ホームページ上に公開している。9月30日にこの地図を更新し、10月以降の予定を明らかにした。 全国の政令指定都市では…
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西武渋谷店(東京都渋谷区)が30日、閉店する。海外の最先端のファッションをいち早く紹介し、国内の無名の新人デザイナーらを発掘。文化の発信地として若者の街・渋谷の礎となった。だが近年は赤字が続き、58年の歴史に静かに幕を下ろす。 最終営業日の…
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Kyodo News

Japan to face price hikes on over 3,000 food items in October

The prices of 3,153 food and beverage items in Japan are set to rise next month as higher packaging costs stemming from the Middle East conflict and a weaker yen continue to hit household budgets, a research firm's survey showed Wednesday.
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12:05⇢Surigae Closing In Overnight

⌨Coverage continues on Typhoon No.26 Surigae approaching the Izu Islands from tonight into tomorrow (NHK, TBS), with its closest approach to Kanto expected on Oct. 1 (TBS). Outlets warn of strengthening rain in Chiba tomorrow (NHK) and possible warning-level downpours, urging caution in areas still recovering from earlier flooding (TBS). Other stories remain confined to single outlets.
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12:05⇢Surigae Closing In Overnight

⌨Coverage continues on Typhoon No.26 Surigae approaching the Izu Islands from tonight into tomorrow (NHK, TBS), with its closest approach to Kanto expected on Oct. 1 (TBS). Outlets warn of strengthening rain in Chiba tomorrow (NHK) and possible warning-level downpours, urging caution in areas still recovering from earlier flooding (TBS). Other stories remain confined to single outlets.
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14:11⇢Court Rejects Actor's AI Voice Claim

⌨Editorial focus moves away from Typhoon No.26 as no outlet leads with it. The only shared story is the Tokyo District Court's dismissal on Sept. 30 of voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's deletion request against TikTok's operator over videos allegedly imitating his voice with generative AI (Sankei, Yomiuri), with Yomiuri noting the videos were already deleted. Remaining headlines stay scattered.
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14:11⇢Court Rejects Actor's AI Voice Claim

⌨Editorial focus moves away from Typhoon No.26 as no outlet leads with it. The only shared story is the Tokyo District Court's dismissal on Sept. 30 of voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's deletion request against TikTok's operator over videos allegedly imitating his voice with generative AI (Sankei, Yomiuri), with Yomiuri noting the videos were already deleted. Remaining headlines stay scattered.
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玩具販売大手「トイザらス」が日本の店舗運営から撤退する。1991年の日本進出は小売業の新規出店を厳しく制限する大規模小売店舗法(大店法)の規制緩和のきっかけになった。大型の小売店の出店に道を開いたが、皮肉にも規制緩和を追い風に成長した家電量販店に玩具需要を奪われたことが響いた。 「これまでの成果を喜んではいるが、満足はしていない。トイザらスを先陣として米国の小売業が日本に進出することを望む」。9…
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高市早苗首相による所信表明演説の原案が30日、判明した。「責任ある積極財政」を巡り「経済や市場が想定と異なる動きを示した場合には影響を分析して対応を機動的に講じる」と強調する。金利などの動向をみて年間の国債発行額を決める方針も説明する。 首相は5日に召集される臨時国会の初日に演説に臨む。「機動的な対応」は経済が冷え込んだ場合の補正予算の編成や、金利が高騰した際の歳出削減などを念頭に置く。 「責任…
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■中島公園駅と直結、さらに事業費拡大も  札幌市が中島公園近くに建設する大規模な国際会議・展示会場「MICE(マイス)施設」の基本計画が判明した。地上5階、地下1階を想定し、地下鉄南北線中島公園駅と地下で直結する。事業費は…
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16:01⇢AI Voice Copy Ruled Rights Infringement

⌨Attention stays on the Tokyo District Court's Sept. 30 ruling in voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's suit against TikTok's operator over AI-imitated voice videos. Outlets now stress the court's first recognition that unauthorized use of a voice infringes publicity rights and that voice enjoys legal protection like one's portrait (Yomiuri, NHK, Asahi), while noting the deletion claim itself was dismissed.
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16:01⇢AI Voice Copy Ruled Rights Infringement

⌨Attention stays on the Tokyo District Court's Sept. 30 ruling in voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's suit against TikTok's operator over AI-imitated voice videos. Outlets now stress the court's first recognition that unauthorized use of a voice infringes publicity rights and that voice enjoys legal protection like one's portrait (Yomiuri, NHK, Asahi), while noting the deletion claim itself was dismissed.
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ニデックは30日、2026年3月期の有価証券報告書を関東財務局に提出した。監査法人による監査意見は「意見不表明」だった。同期の連結決算(国際会計基準)に減損損失6322億円を計上し、最終損益は5646億円と過去最大の赤字(修正後の25年3月期は846億円の黒字)となった。…
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Kyodo News

Court rules voice is protected as publicity right in AI cloning case

A Japanese court ruled Wednesday that voices are protected as a publicity right, similar to portrait rights, in the first such ruling in the country.
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17:41⇢Ibaraki City Opens Door to Nuclear Waste Study

⌨Attention shifts to Hitachiomiya mayor's decision to accept the first-stage literature survey for high-level nuclear waste disposal, the fifth case nationally (TBS, Yahoo, Mainichi). TBS and Yahoo report the acceptance as announced, while Mainichi stresses the opaque process with no resident briefings and closed council deliberations. Other items on Nidec losses and voice-rights ruling draw no wider follow.
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17:41⇢Ibaraki City Opens Door to Nuclear Waste Study

⌨Attention shifts to Hitachiomiya mayor's decision to accept the first-stage literature survey for high-level nuclear waste disposal, the fifth case nationally (TBS, Yahoo, Mainichi). TBS and Yahoo report the acceptance as announced, while Mainichi stresses the opaque process with no resident briefings and closed council deliberations. Other items on Nidec losses and voice-rights ruling draw no wider follow.
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Kyodo News

Japan court rules voice is protected as publicity right in AI cloning case

A Japanese court ruled Wednesday that voices are protected as a publicity right, similar to portrait rights, in the first such ruling in the country.
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ニデックは30日、2026年3月期の有価証券報告書を関東財務局に提出した。監査法人による監査意見は「意見不表明」だった。東京証券取引所は上場の判断では監査意見を重要視する。不表明のままでは上場維持が難しくなる。 26年3月期の連結決算(国際会計基準)では非金融資産の減損損失6321億円を計上し、最終損益は5646億円と過去最大の赤字(修正後の25年3月期は846億円の黒字)となった。 減損は複数…
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Kyodo News

Imperial couple meet with disaster victims in quake-hit Kumamoto

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Wednesday visited Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan and met with local people two months after a magnitude 7.
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19:50⇢Nuclear Waste Search Expands to Fifth Site

⌨Coverage stays split with no single lead. Two stories draw paired attention: Hitachiomiya's acceptance of the literature survey for high-level nuclear waste, the fifth nationally, with focus on spreading acceptance (Mainichi, TBS); and Nidec's record loss on EV-motor writedowns and auditor's disclaimer of opinion threatening its listing (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia). Other headlines remain single-source.
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19:50⇢Nuclear Waste Search Expands to Fifth Site

⌨Coverage stays split with no single lead. Two stories draw paired attention: Hitachiomiya's acceptance of the literature survey for high-level nuclear waste, the fifth nationally, with focus on spreading acceptance (Mainichi, TBS); and Nidec's record loss on EV-motor writedowns and auditor's disclaimer of opinion threatening its listing (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia). Other headlines remain single-source.
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栃木県鹿沼市の東武日光線新鹿沼駅で除草中の作業員4人が特急列車にはねられ死亡した事故で、東武鉄道は30日、現時点で明らかとなった事故の経緯や防止策をまとめた中間報告書を国土交通省関東運輸局に提出した。現場責任者の「作業指揮者」が配置や待避先…
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ニデックは30日、2026年3月期の有価証券報告書を関東財務局に提出した。監査法人による監査意見は「意見不表明」だった。東京証券取引所は上場の判断では監査意見を重要視する。不表明のままでは上場維持が難しくなる。 26年3月期の連結決算(国際会計基準)では非金融資産の減損損失6321億円を計上し、最終損益は5646億円と過去最大の赤字(修正後の25年3月期は846億円の黒字)となった。 減損は複数…
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22:28⇢Nidec Loses Auditor Backing

⌨Coverage remains split with no single lead. Two outlets track Typhoon No.26 nearing the Izu Islands tonight with closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1 and risk of warning-level rain in recovering Chiba (NHK, TBS), while two follow Nidec's annual filing with an auditor's disclaimer of opinion threatening its listing after a record loss (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia).
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22:28⇢Nidec Loses Auditor Backing

⌨Coverage remains split with no single lead. Two outlets track Typhoon No.26 nearing the Izu Islands tonight with closest approach to Kanto on Oct.1 and risk of warning-level rain in recovering Chiba (NHK, TBS), while two follow Nidec's annual filing with an auditor's disclaimer of opinion threatening its listing after a record loss (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia).
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