Japan
Latest week · November 2
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LATEST WEEK
- Japan launches Disaster Prevention Agency and tells households to stock at least three days of suppliesJapan's new Disaster Prevention Agency began operating on Nov. 2, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi instructing it to pursue disaster prevention and mitigation work and saying she wants to create no situation that is beyond expectations. The agency's launch was announced by the government and carried by outlets including NHK and TBS NEWS DIG.
- Democrats win both chambers of Congress as voters reject Trump in US midtermsDemocrats took control of both the House and the Senate in the US midterm elections, a result cast as voters rejecting the Trump administration. The party's victory extended to seats long held by Republicans, which fell in succession.
- US strikes Iran's Qeshm Island; Trump says he is in no hurry to resume large-scale operationsUS forces struck Iran's Qeshm Island, an attack reported as a limited air raid carried out the day before the US midterm elections. President Donald Trump said he is in no hurry to resume large-scale operations, and denied that the war is restarting.
- Spain train collision kills 69, including one Japanese national, authorities confirmSpanish authorities have confirmed that one Japanese national died in the country's train collision, which killed 69 people. Officials are working to identify the remaining three unidentified victims, and another Japanese national may be among them.
- Japan weighs a nuclear-exception clause in its national security strategy while keeping the three non-nuclear principlesJapan's government is considering writing an exception into its national security strategy that would allow nuclear weapons to be brought into the country during an emergency, while leaving the three non-nuclear principles themselves unchanged. The wording stating that the policy of upholding the principles "will not change going forward" is still being adjusted, according to Mainichi Shimbun.
SOURCES CITED IN NOVEMBER 2026
Outlets referenced by the published weekly picks for this month — not the full monitored registry.
- 47NEWSCentristcentre
- BBCCentristcentre
- CNN.co.jpCentristcentre
- ｄメニューニュースCentristcentre
- FNNプライムオンラインCentristcentre
- InfoseekWire
- NHKCentristcentre
- nippon.comCentristcentre
- ReutersWirecentre
- TBS NEWS DIGCentristcentre
- tenki.jpCentristcentre
- WSJCentristcentre-right
- Yahoo!ニュースCentristcentre
- アラブニュースCentristcentre
- テレ朝NEWSCentristcentre
- 大分合同新聞Centristcentre
- 日本共産党Oppositionalleft
- 日本経済新聞Pro-governmentcentre-right
- 日経クロステックPro-governmentcentre-right
- 時事ドットコムCentristcentre
- 東大新聞オンラインCentristcentre
- 東洋経済オンラインBusinesscentre-right
- 毎日新聞Oppositionalcentre-left
- 沖縄タイムス社Oppositionalcentre-left
- 産経ニュースOppositionalright
- 読売新聞Pro-governmentcentre-right
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