PODCAST

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース-

時事通信社

時事通信社が配信する速報性・信頼性が高いニュースを英語でお伝えします。リスニング力を伸ばす教材としてもお使い頂けます。

news business news

All Episodes

00:12

Japan Auto Unions to Seek 12,000-Yen Pay Scale Hike

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, or JAW, on Thursday set its target at 12,000 yen for pay scale hikes in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.

ja-JP

00:12

Man Served Fresh Warrant over Fukuoka Student Stabbing

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

Fukuoka prefectural police Thursday served a fresh arrest warrant on Masanori Hirabaru over a stabbing attack in the southwestern Japan prefecture on suspicion of murdering a junior high school girl.

ja-JP

00:12

Alleged Yakuza Boss Pleads Guilty in U.S. to Nuclear...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

A Japanese national purported to be a leader of a yakuza organized crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar to other countries, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.

ja-JP

00:15

Flu Cases in Japan Hit Record High

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

The average number of influenza patients per hospital in Japan in the week that ended Dec. 29 came to 64.39, the highest since the current survey method was adopted in April 1999, the health ministry said Thursday.

ja-JP

00:15

Mizuho to Raise Long-Term Prime Rate to 2.00 Pct

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

Mizuho Bank said Thursday that it will raise its long-term prime lending rate for January by 0.10 percentage point from the previous month to 2.00 pct, the highest level in 15 years and seven months.

ja-JP

00:13

Japan Eyeing Mandatory ID Check for Scrap Metal Trading

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

An expert panel of Japan's National Police Agency released a report Thursday calling for mandatory identity verification for scrap metal transactions following a surge in copper wire theft cases in the country.

ja-JP

00:13

Ishiba Leaves for Malaysia, Indonesia

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for Malaysia and Indonesia on Thursday as he seeks to strengthen maritime security cooperation with the two Southeast Asian countries in an apparent effort to counter threats from China.

ja-JP

00:14

Japan Sales of Foreign-Brand Vehicles Fall 8.5 Pct in...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/09

Sales of imported foreign-brand vehicles in Japan in 2024 fell 8.5pctfrom a year earlier to 227,202 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Thursday.

ja-JP

00:12

Carbon Magnet Brought Closer to Practical Use

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

A team including Kyoto University researchers said Thursday that it has taken a major step toward the practical use of a light, low-cost and high-performance carbon magnet not requiring rare earth minerals.

ja-JP

00:12

NHK to Be in Red for 3rd Straight Year after Viewing...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, is set to be in the red for the third straight year in fiscal 2025, after a cut in its viewing fees in October 2023, it was learned Wednesday.

ja-JP

00:14

INTERVIEW: Dai-ichi Life Not to Raise Promised Yields

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. will not raise the yields on its insurance products promised to policyholders, although rivals have raised such yields amid higher interest rates, President Toshiaki Sumino said in a recent interview.

ja-JP

00:13

Japan Chipmaker Rapidus Teams Up with Domestic Partners

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. said Wednesday it will collaborate with an artificial intelligence developer and a cloud service provider to make high-performance semiconductors with low power consumption for data centers.

ja-JP

00:11

Celebrity Masahiro Nakai Taken Off Air after Reports...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Japanese television and radio broadcasters are responding to media reports of a sex scandal involving popular personality Masahiro Nakai, including suspending shows hosted by him.

ja-JP

00:14

Sumitomo to Acquire Dunlop Trademark Rights in...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. said Wednesday that it will acquire Dunlop trademark rights in Europe, North America and Oceania for 526 million dollars from U.S. giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

ja-JP

00:13

TSE to Tighten MBO Rules to Protect Minority Interests

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to tighten its management buyout, or MBO, rules for listed companies as early as this spring to protect the interests of minority shareholders, informed sources said Wednesday.

ja-JP

00:14

Fast Retailing to Raise Starting Monthly Salary to...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Japan's Fast Retailing Co. said Wednesday that it will raise the starting monthly salary for new employees by 10pctto 330,000 yen from March 2025, taking their annual pay to slightly over 5 million yen.

ja-JP

00:12

INTERVIEW: No Issues with Japan over India Shinkansen...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Indian Ambassador to Japan Sibi George has said there are absolutely no issues with Japan over a high-speed railway project using Shinkansen-style bullet trains currently underway in western India.

ja-JP

00:12

U.S. Marine Suspected of Sexual Assault in Okinawa

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday sent papers on a U.S. Marine in his 30s to public prosecutors for alleged nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.

ja-JP

00:12

Japan Authorities Raise Alarm over China-Linked...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

Japanese cybersecurity authorities raised alarm Wednesday over a China-linked hacker group called MirrorFace, saying it has struck 210 targets in Japan since 2019.

ja-JP

00:15

Tokyo Prosecutors Not to Indict 3 over Machine Export...

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース- ·

2025/01/08

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office decided Wednesday not to indict three people suspected of making and using official documents containing falsified information during criminal investigations into machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co.

ja-JP

11,161 results

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース-

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

Expres Ráno

Expres FM

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS News

CD Voice

China Daily

Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

Noa Levi

Jeffrey Epstein: The Coverup Chronicles

Bobby Capucci