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09.01.2026

The Day of the Rare Earth Embargo

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This page is an archive of main headlines from Japan for 09.01.2026.

It displays 41 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

09.01.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Rare Earth Embargo
⌹Japanese editorial priority on January 9 shifted from domestic emergencies to a deepening trade war with China. In the morning, editors tracked a forest fire in Yamanashi approaching residential areas, but by midday, the focus pivoted to Beijing’s decision to restrict civilian-use rare earth exports to Japan. Outlets like Nikkei and Sankei framed this as a retaliatory escalation following Prime Minister Takaichi’s recent diplomatic stances.
In the afternoon, media attention turned to the Prime Minister’s domestic political maneuvers, with reports that Takaichi is considering a snap election by dissolving the House of Representatives in late January. This political development coincided with coverage of the 'Donroe Doctrine,' as editors analyzed President Trump’s intensifying influence over global energy and his offer of cash payments to Greenland residents. By evening, news of multiple earthquakes in Akita and Chiba vied for space with reports of the arrest of a company manager for the murder of his president in Tokyo.
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09:16
朝日新聞

䞭孊生ずのわいせ぀動画AV制䜜し販売容疑　芞胜䌚瀟長を逮捕

15歳の女子䞭孊生ず自身がわいせ぀な行為をする様子を撮圱し、アダルトビデオAVずしお販売したずしお、譊芖庁は8日たでに、芞胜関連䌚瀟圹員の粟接地容疑者51=東京郜新宿区=を䞍同意性亀や児童買春・児童ポルノ犁止法違反などの疑いで逮捕し 
09:16 (00:16 in your timezone)
09:19
朝日新聞

䞭孊生ずのわいせ぀動画AV制䜜し販売容疑　芞胜䌚瀟長を逮捕

15歳の女子䞭孊生ず自身がわいせ぀な行為をする様子を撮圱し、アダルトビデオAVずしお販売したずしお、譊芖庁は8日たでに、芞胜関連䌚瀟圹員の粟接地容疑者51=東京郜新宿区=を䞍同意性亀や児童買春・児童ポルノ犁止法違反などの疑いで逮捕し 
09:19 (00:19 in your timezone)
09:33
朝日新聞

AV出挔被害盞談は高止たり「芋られ続ける恐怖」　アプリで売買増加

15歳の女子䞭孊生にわいせ぀な行為をし、その様子を撮圱した動画をアダルトビデオAVずしお販売したずしお、芞胜関連䌚瀟圹員の男が8日たでにAV出挔被害防止・救枈法違反容疑などで、譊芖庁に逮捕された。　性暎力の被害者支揎などに取り組むNPO

09:33 (00:33 in your timezone)
09:33
Kyodo News

China-bound exports of Japanese sake, food items delayed amid row

China-bound exports of Japanese sake and food items have been delayed amid an escalating diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November remarks on a Taiwan contingency, trade industry sources said Thursday.
09:33 (00:33 in your timezone)
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10:14
Kyodo News

South Korean President Lee to visit Japan from Tuesday

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan next week and hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the presidential office said Friday.
10:14 (01:14 in your timezone)
10:16
朝日新聞

AV出挔被害盞談は高止たり「芋られ続ける恐怖」　アプリで売買増加

15歳の女子䞭孊生にわいせ぀な行為をし、その様子を撮圱した動画をアダルトビデオAVずしお販売したずしお、芞胜関連䌚瀟圹員の男が8日たでにAV出挔被害防止・救枈法違反容疑などで、譊芖庁に逮捕された。　性暎力の被害者支揎などに取り組むNPO

10:16 (01:16 in your timezone)
10:29

10:37 (01:37)⇢Fire Licks the Village Edge

⌹Japanese editors are prioritizing the immediate threat of a forest fire in Yamanashi Prefecture, with live coverage tracking flames as they approach residential areas (NHK, TBS). Simultaneously, media outlets are highlighting demographic shifts, focusing on the strain in local schools due to rapidly increasing foreign populations in aging public housing (Yomiuri) and the broader Asian policy shift toward larger families to combat decline (Nikkei Asia).
11:31
11:45
日本経枈新聞

「トランプ冒険䞻矩」の埌始末繰り返す䞭南米ぞの介入ず離反

パり゚ル元米囜務長官の発蚀が生んだ譊句の䞀぀に「陶噚屋のルヌル」がある。その心は「壊した者こそが、代償を払う」だ。 2003幎のむラク䟵攻に先立ち、䜓制を砎壊すれば囜家再建の重責を負うのは米囜だず第43代ブッシュ倧統領に念を抌した。 3日、ベネズ゚ラぞの軍事䜜戊でマドゥロ倧統領を拘束したトランプ米倧統領も心すべき譊告だ。 経枈面での嚁圧から、軍事面での「力の誇瀺」ぞ トランプ氏は、アフガニスタン 
11:45 (02:45 in your timezone)
11:52
Kyodo News

South Korea's Lee to visit Japan from Tues. to meet PM Takaichi in Nara

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan next week and hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in her home prefecture of Nara, their governments said Friday.
11:52 (02:52 in your timezone)
12:13
朝日新聞

なぜここたで米囜に気を䜿うのか　欧州の匱点がベネズ゚ラ攻撃で露呈

■囜際問題研究所ロヌマ・ナタリヌ・トッチ郚長　トランプ米政暩によるベネズ゚ラぞの軍事䜜戊は、欧米間の信頌関係を深く損ないたした。秩序なき䞖界の足音が聞こえ぀぀ある䞭、同盟囜の欧州にどんな教蚓をもたらしたのか。欧州連合EU倖盞にあたる 
12:13 (03:13 in your timezone)
12:16
朝日新聞

なぜここたで米囜に気を䜿うのか　欧州の匱点がベネズ゚ラ攻撃で露呈

■囜際問題研究所ロヌマ・ナタリヌ・トッチ郚長　トランプ米政暩によるベネズ゚ラぞの軍事䜜戊は、欧米間の信頌関係を深く損ないたした。秩序なき䞖界の足音が聞こえ぀぀ある䞭、同盟囜の欧州にどんな教蚓をもたらしたのか。欧州連合EU倖盞にあたる 
12:16 (03:16 in your timezone)

12:17 (03:17)⇢The Shuttle Diplomacy of Nara

⌹Japanese media have transitioned from local fire emergencies to the geopolitical fallout of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, with major outlets analyzing the damage to European trust and the return of 'adventurism' (Asahi, Nikkei). Simultaneously, editors are highlighting high-level regional diplomacy as Prime Minister Takaichi prepares to host South Korean President Lee in Nara (Sankei, Kyodo). Domestically, the sociopolitical focus remains on the linguistic and administrative challenges of rising foreign populations in aging public housing (Yomiuri, Mainichi).
13:16
日本経枈新聞

クルマも長寿に、平均車霢10歳迫る新車頌みの経枈政策も曲がり角

自動車の平均車霢が䞊がり続けおいる。業界団䜓の調べで2025幎は9.44歳ず、33幎連続で䞊昇しお10歳に迫り぀぀ある。耐久性の向䞊や䞭叀垂堎の掻性化などが背景にある。自動車は日本の基幹産業で政府は埓来、補助金などの支揎策は新車向けを手厚くしおきた。長寿化が進めば政策の芋盎しが必芁になる可胜性もある。 車霢は新車登録埌の経過幎数を指す。䞀般財団法人の自動車怜査登録情報協䌚が毎幎、平均倀を算出しお 
13:16 (04:16 in your timezone)
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14:34
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15:02
Kyodo News

FEATURE: Mini 4WD jeepney models drawing fans in Philippines after Japan reissue

Mini 4WD model cars styled after the Philippines' iconic jeepney buses are drawing strong interest from hobbyists, boosted by a recent reissue in Japan of brightly colored replicas.
15:02 (06:02 in your timezone)
15:16
朝日新聞

ないなら䜜ろう、独身女性の「倧人の寮」　䌚瀟員らがプロゞェクト

「フリヌスペヌスに色々な人が集たる」　「トレヌニング機噚を眮きたい」　暡造玙に貌られたふせんに、10人の「願望」が䞊ぶ。　女性向けコミュニティヌ付き集合䜏宅の建蚭をめざす「倧人の女子寮プロゞェクト」が、昚幎10月に倧阪垂で開いた「お茶䌚」 
15:16 (06:16 in your timezone)
15:16
朝日新聞

ないなら䜜ろう、独身女性の「倧人の寮」　䌚瀟員らがプロゞェクト

「フリヌスペヌスに色々な人が集たる」　「トレヌニング機噚を眮きたい」　暡造玙に貌られたふせんに、10人の「願望」が䞊ぶ。　女性向けコミュニティヌ付き集合䜏宅の建蚭をめざす「倧人の女子寮プロゞェクト」が、昚幎10月に倧阪垂で開いた「お茶䌚」 
15:16 (06:16 in your timezone)

15:18 (06:18)⇢Shuttle Diplomacy in the Ancient Capital

⌹Japanese editors are prioritizing the upcoming diplomatic summit between Prime Minister Takaichi and South Korean President Lee in Nara (NHK, Yahoo, Kyodo, Sankei). The diplomatic focus is paired with a lingering domestic emergency as the Self-Defense Forces continue battling a forest fire in Yamanashi (TBS, NHK, Sankei). Simultaneously, industrial analysis highlights the shifting automotive market as the average vehicle age approaches ten years (Nikkei).
16:35
16:50
17:04
Kyodo News

Medical issue to bring ISS mission to early end for 4 astronauts

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and three fellow astronauts will return to Earth from the International Space Station earlier than scheduled due to a medical situation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday.
17:04 (08:04 in your timezone)
17:26
朝日新聞

ベネズ゚ラ攻撃は「衝撃」　米囜批刀の䞭囜は察米姿勢を芋盎すのか

米囜のベネズ゚ラ攻撃を、反米巊掟のマドゥロ政暩を支えおきた䞭囜が厳しく批刀しおいる。「囜際秩序の守り手」ずしおの立堎を挔出したい意図があるずみられる。䞀方、「攻撃が䞭囜による台湟䟵攻の口実ずなるのではないか」ずの懞念も根匷く、䞭囜が事態を受 
17:26 (08:26 in your timezone)
18:04
日本経枈新聞

゜フトバンクAI通信網、26幎から敎備基地局掻甚でロボ普及に道

゜フトバンクは2026幎から、携垯基地局ず人工知胜AI基盀を組み合わせた新しい高速通信網を敎備する。通信制埡ずAIデヌタ凊理を同時にこなす。倧芏暡なデヌタセンタヌに頌らず珟地ロヌカルでAIを䜿えるようにする。電力消費の分散にも぀ながり、自動運転車やロボットを動かすむンフラ構築に匟みが付く。 ゚ヌビディアのGPU搭茉 米半導䜓倧手゚ヌビディアや゜フトバンクグルヌプSBG傘䞋の英アヌムな 
18:04 (09:04 in your timezone)
18:16
朝日新聞

ベネズ゚ラ攻撃は「衝撃」　米囜批刀の䞭囜は察米姿勢を芋盎すのか

米囜のベネズ゚ラ攻撃を、反米巊掟のマドゥロ政暩を支えおきた䞭囜が厳しく批刀しおいる。「囜際秩序の守り手」ずしおの立堎を挔出したい意図があるずみられる。䞀方、「攻撃が䞭囜による台湟䟵攻の口実ずなるのではないか」ずの懞念も根匷く、䞭囜が事態を受 
18:16 (09:16 in your timezone)

18:18 (09:18)⇢Steel Shadows over Caracas

⌹Japanese editors are concentrating on the international repercussions of the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, with liberal outlets like Asahi and Sankei analyzing the subsequent shift in Chinese and Russian geopolitical stances. Concurrently, technical and domestic infrastructure news has gained traction, specifically SoftBank's rollout of an AI-integrated communication network designed for autonomous robotics (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia). The ongoing forest fire in Yamanashi continues to receive urgent live coverage (NHK, TBS).
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20:14
朝日新聞

高校生の暎行動画、氏名・䜏所もSNS拡散　「それがいじめに」の声

栃朚県立高校の生埒が、別の生埒を暎行する動画がSNSで拡散されたこずで、県教育委員䌚が「誹謗ひがう䞭傷はやめお」ず蚎える事態ずなっおいる。校名や、関係者の個人情報ずされる情報も投皿・拡散されおいるからだ。　専門家は、投皿や拡散が違法だっ 
20:14 (11:14 in your timezone)
20:15
20:16
朝日新聞

高校生の暎行動画、氏名・䜏所もSNS拡散　「それがいじめに」の声

栃朚県立高校の生埒が、別の生埒を暎行する動画がSNSで拡散されたこずで、県教育委員䌚が「誹謗ひがう䞭傷はやめお」ず蚎える事態ずなっおいる。校名や、関係者の個人情報ずされる情報も投皿・拡散されおいるからだ。　専門家は、投皿や拡散が違法だっ 
20:16 (11:16 in your timezone)

20:19 (11:19)⇢Digital Shadows Over the Rising Sun

⌹Japanese editors are shifting focus to the volatility of public sentiment and digital risks, highlighted by the backlash against NHK for aespa’s performance timing and the viral spread of bullying videos (Sankei, Asahi). Economic anxiety remains high as rice prices hit record peaks (TBS). Meanwhile, the aftermath of South Korea's martial law crisis continues to dominate international coverage with the former president's trial (Yomiuri).
20:22
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21:56
22:12

22:14 (13:14)⇢Beijing Shuts the Rare Earth Gate

⌹Japanese media are split between external geopolitical threats and domestic instability. Financial and national outlets highlight China's decision to restrict civilian-use rare earth exports, signaling a deepening trade conflict (Nikkei, Nikkei Asia). Simultaneously, liberal and centrist publications are increasingly critical of the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, framing it as an assertion of dominance over global energy resources (Yomiuri, Mainichi).
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