{ "title": "The Japan Morning Post photo index", "count": 215, "fields": [ "filename", "title", "attribution", "type", "date", "issue", "story", "story_link", "caption", "width", "height", "thumbnail" ], "photos": [ { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/photo_takaichi_raises_the_possibility_of_repla.jpg", "title": "Kazuo Yana, the agriculture minister, in a campaign image from Tochigi Prefecture's No. 3 district", "attribution": "File photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Takaichi Raises the Possibility of Replacing Yana for the First Time, Saying She Will Not Hesitate if His Campaign Broke the Election Law", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/article/2026-10-14/takaichi_raises_the_possibility_of_repla", "caption": "Kazuo Yana, the agriculture minister, in a campaign image from Tochigi Prefecture's No. 3 district. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Tuesday that she would seriously consider whether he should stay in office and would not hesitate to act if his campaign was found to have broken the election law; she is to meet him today.", "width": 1200, "height": 630, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/photo_takaichi_raises_the_possibility_of_repla.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/photo_at_ceatec_japan_makes_the_case_for_a_pra.jpg", "title": "Exhibitors and visitors among the stands in a hall at Makuhari Messe, Chiba", "attribution": "File photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "At CEATEC, Japan Makes the Case for a Practical Physical AI: Machines That Listen, Inspect and Fill the Gaps Left by a Shrinking Workforce", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/article/2026-10-14/at_ceatec_japan_makes_the_case_for_a_pra", "caption": "Exhibitors and visitors among the stands in a hall at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, where CEATEC 2026, Japan's largest exhibition of digital technology, runs until Friday with 821 companies and organisations taking part and AI that works in the physical world as its leading theme.", "width": 1260, "height": 750, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/photo_at_ceatec_japan_makes_the_case_for_a_pra.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/photo_takaichi_calls_her_income_linked_support.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Takaichi Calls Her Income-Linked Support Payment 'Groundbreaking' as the Budget Committee Opens, but Two Ministers' Troubles Take Up the Day", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/article/2026-10-14/takaichi_calls_her_income_linked_support", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. On the first day of Budget Committee questioning on Tuesday she called the income-linked support payment that accompanies her food tax cut a groundbreaking measure; the committee resumes at 9 a.m. today.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/photo_takaichi_calls_her_income_linked_support.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/photo_saudi_arabia_vows_a_response_equally_ser.jpg", "title": "Riyadh at dusk", "attribution": "File image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Saudi Arabia Vows a Response 'Equally Serious' to the Houthi Attacks as Coalition Jets Strike Yemen and the Houthis Threaten Aramco", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/article/2026-10-14/saudi_arabia_vows_a_response_equally_ser", "caption": "Riyadh at dusk, in a file image supplied for this edition. Saudi Arabia's energy minister has promised a response 'equally serious' to the Houthi attacks, which have killed at least 20 people at the kingdom's airports in a week; King Khalid International Airport, about 35 kilometres north of the city centre, remains closed.", "width": 1400, "height": 787, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/photo_saudi_arabia_vows_a_response_equally_ser.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/photo_nikkei_falls_1_253_yen_as_chip_stocks_ar.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Nikkei Falls 1,253 Yen as Chip Stocks Are Sold After the Holiday, While the Broader TOPIX Edges Higher", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/article/2026-10-14/nikkei_falls_1_253_yen_as_chip_stocks_ar", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average fell 1,253.40 yen to 67,777.52 on Tuesday as chip stocks were sold after the holiday, while the broader TOPIX rose 5.86 points; in New York the Dow lost 180.45 points.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/photo_nikkei_falls_1_253_yen_as_chip_stocks_ar.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/photo_kyushu_shinkansen_to_run_normally_from_t.jpg", "title": "A Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series train in Tsubame service at a station platform", "attribution": "Photo: Japan Rail", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Kyushu Shinkansen to Run Normally From the First Train Today After Checks Found a Damaged Fitting on the Overhead Wire; 97 Trains Were Cancelled", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/article/2026-10-14/kyushu_shinkansen_to_run_normally_from_t", "caption": "A Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series train in Tsubame service at a station platform. JR Kyushu said the line would run normally from the first train today after inspections found a damaged fitting on the overhead wire between Kumamoto and Shin-Yatsushiro; 97 trains were cancelled on Tuesday.", "width": 800, "height": 500, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/photo_kyushu_shinkansen_to_run_normally_from_t.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Wednesday, October 14, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/weather/2026-10-14", "caption": "Japan weather, Wednesday, October 14, 2026: the sky, daytime high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Wednesday, October 14, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/weather/2026-10-14", "caption": "United States weather for Wednesday, October 14, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, zone forecasts issued on Tuesday and gridded forecast highs issued at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-14/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 286", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Eighty Years, and the Sign Finally Moves: Equality Is Measured in Night Shifts as Well as in Votes", "story_link": "archive/2026-286/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-14", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-14/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/photo_north_korea_fires_two_ballistic_missiles.jpg", "title": "A missile rises from a coastal launch site over the sea at dusk", "attribution": "File photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles Into the Sea of Japan, One Flying More Than 900 Kilometres, Possibly on an Irregular Path", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/article/2026-10-13/north_korea_fires_two_ballistic_missiles", "caption": "A missile rises from a coastal launch site over the sea at dusk, in a file image. North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Monday morning, one of which flew more than 910 kilometres; both are thought to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, and no damage was reported.", "width": 1248, "height": 640, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/photo_north_korea_fires_two_ballistic_missiles.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/photo_robert_hall_and_michael_woodford_who_gav.jpg", "title": "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the 2026 Prize in Economic Sciences in Stockholm on Monday", "attribution": "File photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Robert Hall and Michael Woodford, Who Gave Central Banks Their Models, Win the Nobel Prize in Economics", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/article/2026-10-13/robert_hall_and_michael_woodford_who_gav", "caption": "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the 2026 Prize in Economic Sciences in Stockholm on Monday: Robert E. Hall of Stanford University, born in 1943, and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, born in 1955, honoured \"for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation\".", "width": 1306, "height": 715, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/photo_robert_hall_and_michael_woodford_who_gav.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/photo_takaichi_and_her_whole_cabinet_face_two_.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Takaichi and Her Whole Cabinet Face Two Days of Questions in the Budget Committee, With the Food Tax Cut and Yana at the Top of the List", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/article/2026-10-13/takaichi_and_her_whole_cabinet_face_two_", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. She and all her ministers face two days of basic questioning in the lower house Budget Committee from Tuesday morning, with the cut in the consumption tax on food and the agriculture minister's remarks expected to dominate.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/photo_takaichi_and_her_whole_cabinet_face_two_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/photo_pillay_visits_the_international_criminal.jpg", "title": "Navi Pillay, the South African jurist and former judge of the International Criminal Court who was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Pillay Visits the International Criminal Court Days After Her Nobel Prize and Meets Its Japanese President, Tomoko Akane", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/article/2026-10-13/pillay_visits_the_international_criminal", "caption": "Navi Pillay, the South African jurist and former judge of the International Criminal Court who was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, in an image supplied for this edition. She visited the court in The Hague and met its president, Tomoko Akane, Kyodo News reported.", "width": 730, "height": 940, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/photo_pillay_visits_the_international_criminal.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/photo_tokyo_reopens_after_the_holiday_to_falli.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Tokyo Reopens After the Holiday to Falling Memory-Chip Shares in New York, Dearer Oil and Missiles Over the Sea of Japan", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/article/2026-10-13/tokyo_reopens_after_the_holiday_to_falli", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The market reopens on Tuesday after the Sports Day holiday; in New York on Monday the Dow rose 195.60 points while the Nasdaq fell 120.27, led lower by memory-chip shares.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/photo_tokyo_reopens_after_the_holiday_to_falli.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/photo_the_kyushu_shinkansen_is_suspended_along.jpg", "title": "A Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series train in Tsubame service at a station platform", "attribution": "Photo: Japan Rail", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "The Kyushu Shinkansen Is Suspended Along Its Whole Length From the First Train After a Pantograph Fault; Services Expected From Midday", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/article/2026-10-13/the_kyushu_shinkansen_is_suspended_along", "caption": "A Kyushu Shinkansen 800 series train in Tsubame service at a station platform. The line was suspended between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo from the first train on Tuesday while JR Kyushu inspected its overhead wires after a pantograph fault was found on Monday night.", "width": 800, "height": 500, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/photo_the_kyushu_shinkansen_is_suspended_along.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/storm_track.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma) at the edge of today's weather map", "attribution": "From the weather map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletin of 6:45 a.m.", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Weather page (typhoon panel)", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/weather/2026-10-13", "caption": "Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma) at the right edge of today's weather map: the western part of its area of gales and its track from 6 a.m. on Monday; a note marks the centre at 6 a.m. today, at 975 hPa, about 80 km beyond the edge of the map. There is no separate typhoon map today. (Data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletin of 6:45 a.m.)", "width": 558, "height": 876, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/storm_track.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Tuesday, October 13, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/weather/2026-10-13", "caption": "Japan weather, Tuesday, October 13, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Tuesday, October 13, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/weather/2026-10-13", "caption": "United States weather for Tuesday, October 13, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, zone forecasts issued on Monday and gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Monday.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-13/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 285", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Dictate From a Narrow Ledge: Iran's Seven Conditions Are Terms Issued From Weakness, and Japan Should Stand Firmly With Those Who Keep the Strait Open", "story_link": "archive/2026-285/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-13", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-13/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_houthis_claim_a_second_attack_on_riyadh_.jpg", "title": "Smoke and flames rise beside an airport terminal as an airliner stands at a gate", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Houthis Claim a Second Attack on Riyadh's Airport as Saudi Arabia Vows to Retaliate 'Firmly' and Trump Weighs Joining the Fight", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/houthis_claim_a_second_attack_on_riyadh_", "caption": "Smoke and flames rise beside an airport terminal as an airliner stands at a gate, in an image supplied for this edition. Saudi Arabia kept King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh closed on Sunday after Saturday's missile strike, which killed 12 people and injured 309, and the Houthis said they had attacked the airport again.", "width": 1100, "height": 858, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_houthis_claim_a_second_attack_on_riyadh_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_five_airports_in_a_week_how_the_houthis_.jpg", "title": "Riyadh at dusk, with the Kingdom Centre, centre, and the Al Faisaliah tower, right", "attribution": "File image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Five Airports in a Week: How the Houthis Carried the War in Yemen to the Cities of Saudi Arabia", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/five_airports_in_a_week_how_the_houthis_", "caption": "Riyadh at dusk, with the Kingdom Centre, centre, and the Al Faisaliah tower, right, in a file image supplied for this edition. The Saudi capital's main airport, King Khalid International, about 35 kilometres north of the city centre, was struck by a missile on Saturday and, the Houthis said, attacked again on Sunday; it remained closed. Airports in Jizan, Najran and Abha have also been attacked in the past week.", "width": 1400, "height": 787, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_five_airports_in_a_week_how_the_houthis_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_ishiba_says_yana_s_remarks_are_highly_qu.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Ishiba Says Yana's Remarks Are 'Highly Questionable' for a Politician as Liberal Democrats Begin to Say Resignation Is Unavoidable", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/ishiba_says_yana_s_remarks_are_highly_qu", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. She has twice said that her agriculture minister, Kazuo Yana, should stay in his post; over the weekend a former prime minister called his remarks highly questionable, and Liberal Democrats in his home prefecture called his situation severe.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_ishiba_says_yana_s_remarks_are_highly_qu.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_pope_leo_says_he_will_have_surgery_in_th.jpg", "title": "Pope Leo XIV at the window above St Peter's Square", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Pope Leo Says He Will Have Surgery in the Coming Days to Remove a Nodule Found in His Lung 'at a Very Early Stage'", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/pope_leo_says_he_will_have_surgery_in_th", "caption": "Pope Leo XIV at the window above St Peter's Square, in an image supplied for this edition. Speaking after the Angelus prayer on Sunday, the pope said doctors had found a nodule in his lung at a very early stage and that he would have an operation to remove it in the coming days.", "width": 906, "height": 553, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_pope_leo_says_he_will_have_surgery_in_th.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_tokyo_reopens_on_tuesday_to_a_weekend_of.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Tokyo Reopens on Tuesday to a Weekend of Missiles in Riyadh and a Disputed Energy Truce, With Chip Results and Prices Ahead", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/tokyo_reopens_on_tuesday_to_a_weekend_of", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The market is closed on Monday for Sports Day and reopens on Tuesday; the Nikkei average ended Friday at 69,030.92, down 11.19, while the TOPIX rose 13.35.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_tokyo_reopens_on_tuesday_to_a_weekend_of.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_man_clawed_in_the_head_by_a_bear_at_his_.jpg", "title": "A sign warning of bears, in Japanese and English", "attribution": "File image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Man Clawed in the Head by a Bear at His Own Front Door in Toyota; the Aichi City Has Logged 48 Sightings This Year, More Than Last Year", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/man_clawed_in_the_head_by_a_bear_at_his_", "caption": "A sign warning of bears, in Japanese and English, in a file image supplied for this edition. A man in his 50s was clawed in the head by a bear at the entrance to his home in the Obara district of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Sunday morning; the city has recorded 48 sightings this fiscal year.", "width": 640, "height": 480, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_man_clawed_in_the_head_by_a_bear_at_his_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/photo_dena_sweep_the_giants_4_1_to_reach_the_f.jpg", "title": "Yokohama DeNA BayStars players celebrate by tossing a member of the team into the air", "attribution": "File image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "DeNA Sweep the Giants 4-1 to Reach the Final Stage for a Third Straight Year; Watarai Leads Off With a Homer Again and Maki Adds Another", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/article/2026-10-12/dena_sweep_the_giants_4_1_to_reach_the_f", "caption": "Yokohama DeNA BayStars players celebrate by tossing a member of the team into the air, in a file image supplied for this edition. DeNA beat the Giants 4-1 at Tokyo Dome on Sunday to complete a two-game sweep of the Climax Series first stage, and play Hanshin in the final stage at Koshien from Wednesday.", "width": 1200, "height": 500, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/photo_dena_sweep_the_giants_4_1_to_reach_the_f.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/storm_track.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma) on today's weather map", "attribution": "From the weather map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletin of 9:45 a.m.", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Weather page (typhoon panel)", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/weather/2026-10-12", "caption": "Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma) at 9 a.m. on Monday, from today's weather map: its centre, with its area of storm-force winds of 25 m/s or more and its wider area of gales of 15 m/s or more; its 6 a.m. position on the track; and the forecast circle for 9 p.m., within which the centre is expected to be with a probability of 70 per cent. There is no separate typhoon map today. (Data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletin of 9:45 a.m.)", "width": 630, "height": 820, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/storm_track.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Monday, October 12, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/weather/2026-10-12", "caption": "Japan weather, Monday, October 12, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Monday, October 12, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/weather/2026-10-12", "caption": "United States weather for Monday, October 12, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, zone forecasts issued on Sunday and gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-12/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 284", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Baton on the Ground: Sports Day Should Remind Japan That a Strong Nation Is Built From Strong Bodies and Clear Heads", "story_link": "archive/2026-284/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-12", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-12/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/photo_motegi_assures_the_icc_s_president_of_ja.jpg", "title": "Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, right, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Motegi Assures the ICC's President of Japan's Support and Speaks to Rubio, as the 21 States Leading the Court's Assembly Call for Washington to Lift Its Sanctions Immediately", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/article/2026-10-11/motegi_assures_the_icc_s_president_of_ja", "caption": "Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, right, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a file image. Mr Motegi spoke to Mr Rubio by telephone on Saturday night, after assuring Tomoko Akane, the Japanese president of the International Criminal Court, of Japan's support, and conveyed his regret over the killing in Naha for which an American marine has been arrested.", "width": 1000, "height": 714, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/photo_motegi_assures_the_icc_s_president_of_ja.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/photo_koguma_is_now_a_very_strong_typhoon_of_9.jpg", "title": "Two storms at 6 a.m. on Sunday and their forecast tracks", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency typhoon bulletins issued between 6:45 and 7:05 a.m. on October 11", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Koguma Is Now a Very Strong Typhoon of 950 Hectopascals, Heading for a Pass About 510 km East of Chichijima on Monday; Nolo Fades Far Off Tokyo", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/article/2026-10-11/koguma_is_now_a_very_strong_typhoon_of_9", "caption": "Two storms at 6 a.m. on Sunday and their forecast tracks, in the map supplied for this edition: Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma), a very strong typhoon of 950 hPa in the waters near Minamitorishima, forecast to stay very strong as it passes about 510 km east of Chichijima at 6 a.m. on Monday, to be about 980 km east-south-east of Tokyo at 3 a.m. on Tuesday and to become an extratropical low by early Thursday; and No. 28 (Nolo), a tropical storm east of Japan, forecast to become an extratropical low about 580 km east-south-east of Tokyo by 6 a.m. on Monday. The shaded discs are each storm's present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent; the outlines enclose the areas that could have storm winds; the solid lines trace each storm's track so far.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/photo_koguma_is_now_a_very_strong_typhoon_of_9.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/photo_four_chinese_coast_guard_ships_enter_jap.jpg", "title": "The Senkaku Islands from the air", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Four Chinese Coast Guard Ships Enter Japanese Waters Off the Senkakus for About an Hour and 40 Minutes; Japan Coast Guard Warns Them to Leave", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/article/2026-10-11/four_chinese_coast_guard_ships_enter_jap", "caption": "The Senkaku Islands from the air, in a file image. Four China Coast Guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the islands on Saturday afternoon and stayed for about an hour and 40 minutes before leaving, the Japan Coast Guard said.", "width": 739, "height": 415, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/photo_four_chinese_coast_guard_ships_enter_jap.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/photo_lai_taiwan_is_open_to_exchanges_with_chi.jpg", "title": "A China Coast Guard ship at sea", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Lai: Taiwan Is Open to Exchanges With China but Will Not Accept Subordination; Beijing Says the Speech Distorts the Truth", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/article/2026-10-11/lai_taiwan_is_open_to_exchanges_with_chi", "caption": "A China Coast Guard ship at sea, in a file image. Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-te, accused China on Saturday of applying pressure through military and grey-zone activities; a Chinese militia boat was seen off Taiwan's east coast with a coast guard ship in August, Reuters has reported.", "width": 910, "height": 568, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/photo_lai_taiwan_is_open_to_exchanges_with_chi.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/photo_tokyo_markets_pause_for_sports_day_with_.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Tokyo Markets Pause for Sports Day With the Nikkei Just Above 69,000; Investors Face a Busy Tuesday of American Bank Results and Gulf Risk", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/article/2026-10-11/tokyo_markets_pause_for_sports_day_with_", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The market is closed on Monday for Sports Day; the Nikkei average ended Friday at 69,030.92, down 11.19, after falling nearly 900 yen in the morning, while the TOPIX rose 13.35.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/photo_tokyo_markets_pause_for_sports_day_with_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Sunday, October 11, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/weather/2026-10-11", "caption": "Japan weather, Sunday, October 11, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Sunday, October 11, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/weather/2026-10-11", "caption": "United States weather for Sunday, October 11, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, and the forecast track of the remnants of Isaias from Alabama to the southern Appalachians, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m., and the Weather Prediction Center's forecast of 5 p.m. Saturday.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-11/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 283", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Not Our Court? Japan's Task Is to Make Sure Neither Ending Comes to Pass", "story_link": "archive/2026-283/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-11", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-11/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/photo_jr_east_says_6_09_million_records_may_ha.jpg", "title": "The entrance of a BookOff shop in front of Akihabara Station in Tokyo", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "JR East Says 6.09 Million Records May Have Leaked in the Cloud Attack, as BookOff, Big Echo's Operator and Skyticket Report Separate Breaches Running to Millions More", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/article/2026-10-10/jr_east_says_6_09_million_records_may_ha", "caption": "The entrance of a BookOff shop in front of Akihabara Station in Tokyo, in a file image. BookOff Group Holdings said on Friday that the records of up to about 6.43 million members may have leaked after unauthorised access to a member management system run by a subsidiary; its leak has not been linked to the attack on IDC Frontier's cloud.", "width": 1400, "height": 1050, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/photo_jr_east_says_6_09_million_records_may_ha.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/photo_koguma_a_strong_typhoon_is_forecast_to_b.jpg", "title": "Two storms at 3 a.m. on Saturday and their forecast tracks", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency typhoon bulletins issued between 3:45 and 4:05 a.m. on October 10", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "Koguma, a Strong Typhoon, Is Forecast to Be Very Strong by Early Sunday and to Pass About 500 km East of Chichijima Early Monday; Nolo Weakens to a Tropical Storm", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/article/2026-10-10/koguma_a_strong_typhoon_is_forecast_to_b", "caption": "Two storms at 3 a.m. on Saturday and their forecast tracks, in the map supplied for this edition: Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma), a strong typhoon near Minamitorishima, forecast to be very strong by early Sunday, to pass about 500 km east of Chichijima early on Monday and to become an extratropical low by early Thursday; and No. 28 (Nolo), now a tropical storm near the Ogasawara Islands, forecast to be about 720 km east-south-east of Tokyo early on Sunday and extratropical by early Monday. The shaded discs are each storm's present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent; the outlines enclose the areas that could have storm winds.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/photo_koguma_a_strong_typhoon_is_forecast_to_b.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/photo_the_food_tax_cut_goes_to_the_diet_takaic.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "The Food Tax Cut Goes to the Diet: Takaichi Says It Will Save About 36,000 Yen a Person a Year and Should Show Up in Shop Prices", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/article/2026-10-10/the_food_tax_cut_goes_to_the_diet_takaic", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. She told the House of Councillors on Friday that cutting the consumption tax on food would reduce the burden by about 36,000 yen per person a year.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/photo_the_food_tax_cut_goes_to_the_diet_takaic.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/photo_from_durban_to_oslo_navi_pillay_the_lawy.jpg", "title": "Navi Pillay, the former judge of the International Criminal Court and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "From Durban to Oslo: Navi Pillay, the Lawyer Who Defended Apartheid's Prisoners, Helped Make Rape a Crime of Genocide and Challenged the Powerful at the UN", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/article/2026-10-10/from_durban_to_oslo_navi_pillay_the_lawy", "caption": "Navi Pillay, the former judge of the International Criminal Court and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.", "width": 730, "height": 940, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/photo_from_durban_to_oslo_navi_pillay_the_lawy.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/photo_jr_east_s_6_09_million_what_the_railway_.jpg", "title": "The head office of East Japan Railway Company near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "JR East's 6.09 Million: What the Railway Says Was on the Attacked Cloud, Who Is Affected and What Happens Next", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/article/2026-10-10/jr_east_s_6_09_million_what_the_railway_", "caption": "The head office of East Japan Railway Company near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, in a file image. The company said on Friday that about 6.09 million records of customers of its group's services, kept on IDC Frontier's cloud, may have leaked.", "width": 1067, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/photo_jr_east_s_6_09_million_what_the_railway_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Saturday, October 10, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/weather/2026-10-10", "caption": "Japan weather, Saturday, October 10, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Saturday, October 10, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/weather/2026-10-10", "caption": "United States weather for Saturday, October 10, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, and the forecast track of Hurricane Isaias across the western Florida Panhandle and Alabama, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m., and the National Hurricane Center's forecast of 5 p.m. Friday.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-10/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 282", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Hail Keeps Falling. Japan Is Fighting It.", "story_link": "archive/2026-282/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-10", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-10/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/photo_ransomware_shuts_a_softbank_group_cloud_.jpg", "title": "A cold-storage centre of Nissui Logistics, the low-temperature logistics subsidiary of the Nissui group", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Ransomware Shuts a SoftBank Group Cloud, Hitting 495 Customers, and a Cyberattack Halts All 17 Nissui Cold-Storage Warehouses", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/article/2026-10-09/ransomware_shuts_a_softbank_group_cloud_", "caption": "A cold-storage centre of Nissui Logistics, the low-temperature logistics subsidiary of the Nissui group, in a file image. After a cyberattack the company stopped receiving and shipping goods at all 17 of its warehouses, which about 1,200 businesses use; Nichirei Foods and other clients have moved goods elsewhere.", "width": 1400, "height": 547, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/photo_ransomware_shuts_a_softbank_group_cloud_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/photo_koguma_now_a_strong_typhoon_is_forecast_.jpg", "title": "Two storms at 6 a.m. on Friday and their forecast tracks", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency typhoon bulletins issued between 6:45 and 7:05 a.m. on October 9", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Koguma, Now a Strong Typhoon, Is Forecast to Be Very Strong by Early Sunday and to Pass Near the Ogasawara Islands on Monday and Tuesday", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/article/2026-10-09/koguma_now_a_strong_typhoon_is_forecast_", "caption": "Two storms at 6 a.m. on Friday and their forecast tracks, in the map supplied for this edition: Typhoon No. 29 (Koguma), a strong typhoon near Minamitorishima, forecast to be very strong by early Sunday, to pass near the Ogasawara Islands on Monday and Tuesday and to be about 890 km east of Tokyo by early Wednesday; and No. 28 (Nolo), a severe tropical storm, forecast to pass about 630 km north-east of Chichijima on Saturday morning and to become an extratropical low by early Monday. The shaded discs are each storm's present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent; the outlines enclose the areas that could have storm winds.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/photo_koguma_now_a_strong_typhoon_is_forecast_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/photo_takaichi_keeps_yana_in_the_cabinet_and_t.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Takaichi Keeps Yana in the Cabinet and Tells Him to 'Repay With Your Work'; She Rules Out a Government Inquiry Into Budgets", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/article/2026-10-09/takaichi_keeps_yana_in_the_cabinet_and_t", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. She has told the agriculture minister, Kazuo Yana, to stay in his post and repay the public with his work, and has ruled out an investigation within the government into how budgets were allocated.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/photo_takaichi_keeps_yana_in_the_cabinet_and_t.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/photo_twenty_years_since_north_korea_s_first_n.jpg", "title": "A B-1B Lancer bomber of the United States Air Force", "attribution": "Photo: U.S. Air Force", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Twenty Years Since North Korea's First Nuclear Test: Six Explosions, Missiles That Can Reach America, and an Arsenal Sankei Puts at 112 Weapons", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/article/2026-10-09/twenty_years_since_north_korea_s_first_n", "caption": "A B-1B Lancer bomber of the United States Air Force, in a file image. American bombers have repeatedly flown near the Korean Peninsula with Japanese and South Korean fighters in response to North Korean launches. North Korea conducted its first nuclear test 20 years ago today.", "width": 525, "height": 339, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/photo_twenty_years_since_north_korea_s_first_n.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/photo_frozen_goods_on_the_move_nichirei_foods_.jpg", "title": "The head office of the Nichirei group beside the Kachidoki Bridge in Tokyo", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Frozen Goods on the Move: Nichirei Foods and Other Clients Shift Stock as Nissui Logistics' 17 Warehouses Stand Still", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/article/2026-10-09/frozen_goods_on_the_move_nichirei_foods_", "caption": "The head office of the Nichirei group beside the Kachidoki Bridge in Tokyo. Nichirei Foods, one of the clients of Nissui Logistics, has moved goods to other warehouses after the cyberattack that stopped all 17 of Nissui Logistics' warehouses.", "width": 1264, "height": 730, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/photo_frozen_goods_on_the_move_nichirei_foods_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Friday, October 9, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/weather/2026-10-09", "caption": "Japan weather, Friday, October 9, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Friday, October 9, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/weather/2026-10-09", "caption": "United States weather for Friday, October 9, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, and the forecast track of Hurricane Isaias towards the northern Gulf Coast, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m., and the National Hurricane Center's forecast of 5 p.m. Thursday.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-09/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 281", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: One Cloud Lock. The Cold Chain Stops.", "story_link": "archive/2026-281/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-09", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-09/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/photo_kenso_soai_shares_the_nobel_prize_in_che.jpg", "title": "Henri Kagan, left, of the Université Paris-Sud, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University of Science, the 2026 laureates in chemistry", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition; portraits: Franklin Institute, Tokyo University of Science", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Kenso Soai Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Molecules That Multiply Their Own Handedness; Japan's Tenth Laureate in the Field, and Its Second in Two Years", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/article/2026-10-08/kenso_soai_shares_the_nobel_prize_in_che", "caption": "Henri Kagan, left, of the Université Paris-Sud, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University of Science, the 2026 laureates in chemistry, as shown at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' announcement in Stockholm on Wednesday evening, Japan time. The citation reads 'for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis'.", "width": 1400, "height": 766, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/photo_kenso_soai_shares_the_nobel_prize_in_che.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/photo_nolo_regains_strength_and_turns_north_aw.jpg", "title": "Two storms at 6 a.m. on Thursday and their forecast tracks", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency typhoon bulletins issued between 6:45 and 7:05 a.m. on October 8, and the final Choi-wan bulletin of 9:45 p.m. on October 7", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Nolo Regains Strength and Turns North, Away From Japan; Koguma Grows Into a Very Strong Typhoon and Heads for the Waters East of the Ogasawara Islands", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/article/2026-10-08/nolo_regains_strength_and_turns_north_aw", "caption": "Two storms at 6 a.m. on Thursday and their forecast tracks, in the map supplied for this edition: Typhoon No. 28 (Nolo), a severe tropical storm near Minamitorishima, forecast to strengthen, turn north and become an extratropical low about 890 km east of Tokyo by early Sunday; and No. 29 (Koguma), near Wake Island, forecast to be very strong by early Saturday and about 510 km east-north-east of Chichijima early on Tuesday. The shaded discs are each storm's present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent; the outlines enclose the areas that could have storm winds.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/photo_nolo_regains_strength_and_turns_north_aw.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/photo_takaichi_calls_a_cut_in_the_consumption_.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Takaichi Calls a Cut in the Consumption Tax 'the Best Method' and Says Its Funding Will Be Designed After Deliberation", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/article/2026-10-08/takaichi_calls_a_cut_in_the_consumption_", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. Answering the first of the party leaders' questions on her policy speech, she called a cut in the consumption tax the best method and said its funding would be designed after deliberation.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/photo_takaichi_calls_a_cut_in_the_consumption_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/photo_henri_kagan_95_receives_the_prize_that_p.jpg", "title": "Henri Kagan, 95, professor emeritus of the Université Paris-Sud", "attribution": "Image supplied for this edition; portrait: Franklin Institute", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Henri Kagan, 95, Receives the Prize That Passed Him by in 2001", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/article/2026-10-08/henri_kagan_95_receives_the_prize_that_p", "caption": "Henri Kagan, 95, professor emeritus of the Université Paris-Sud, as shown in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' announcement on Wednesday.", "width": 358, "height": 508, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/photo_henri_kagan_95_receives_the_prize_that_p.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/photo_nikkei_gives_back_648_yen_but_holds_abov.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Nikkei Gives Back 648 Yen but Holds Above 70,000 as Chip Makers and Banks Are Sold; TOPIX Touches a New High in the Morning", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/article/2026-10-08/nikkei_gives_back_648_yen_but_holds_abov", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average fell 648 yen on Wednesday to 70,035.71, its first fall in three sessions, but held above 70,000; the TOPIX rose briefly in the morning above its August 14 high.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/photo_nikkei_gives_back_648_yen_but_holds_abov.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Thursday, October 8, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/weather/2026-10-08", "caption": "Japan weather, Thursday, October 8, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Thursday, October 8, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/weather/2026-10-08", "caption": "United States weather for Thursday, October 8, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, with gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-08/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-08", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 280", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Long Watch. The Prize Is the Work.", "story_link": "archive/2026-280/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-08", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-08/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/photo_american_forces_in_okinawa_halt_operatio.jpg", "title": "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa, seen from the air in May 2010", "attribution": "Photo: Sonata, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "American Forces in Okinawa Halt Operations for Three Days and Order a Midnight Curfew for a Month", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/article/2026-10-07/american_forces_in_okinawa_halt_operatio", "caption": "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa, seen from the air in May 2010. The American forces in Okinawa suspend operations from today until Friday and will impose a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. for 30 days from Friday, after the arrest of a Marine from the base.", "width": 1400, "height": 1050, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/photo_american_forces_in_okinawa_halt_operatio.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/photo_no_27_turns_extratropical_and_heads_for_.jpg", "title": "Three storms at 6 a.m. on Wednesday and their forecast tracks", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition; data: Japan Meteorological Agency typhoon bulletins issued between 6:45 and 7:15 a.m. on October 7", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "No. 27 Turns Extratropical and Heads for the Aleutians; No. 28 Fades Towards Minamitorishima; No. 29 Grows and Aims for the Ogasawara Islands", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/article/2026-10-07/no_27_turns_extratropical_and_heads_for_", "caption": "Three storms at 6 a.m. on Wednesday and their forecast tracks, in the map supplied for this edition: Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan), turning extratropical and heading for the Aleutians; No. 28 (Nolo), weakening near Wake Island; and No. 29 (Koguma), forecast to be very strong by early Saturday and about 550 km east of Chichijima early on Monday. The shaded discs are each storm's present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/photo_no_27_turns_extratropical_and_heads_for_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/photo_governing_parties_resume_talks_on_revisi.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "Governing Parties Resume Talks on Revising the Constitution, With the Prime Minister's Eye on Next Year's Party Convention", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/article/2026-10-07/governing_parties_resume_talks_on_revisi", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. The governing parties have resumed their talks on revising the constitution, and the parties have held their first meeting on reducing the number of lower-house seats.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/photo_governing_parties_resume_talks_on_revisi.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/photo_america_and_china_are_discussing_visits_.jpg", "title": "Military aircraft over the White House during a state visit in September", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "America and China Are Discussing Visits to Each Other's Nuclear Facilities, CNN Reports", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/article/2026-10-07/america_and_china_are_discussing_visits_", "caption": "Military aircraft over the White House during a state visit in September, in a file image. The United States and China are discussing mutual visits to nuclear facilities, CNN reports.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/photo_america_and_china_are_discussing_visits_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/photo_nikkei_closes_above_70_000_for_the_first.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "Nikkei Closes Above 70,000 for the First Time Since July 1, and This Time Three Shares in Four Rose With It", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/article/2026-10-07/nikkei_closes_above_70_000_for_the_first", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average rose 737 yen on Tuesday to 70,683.98, its first close above 70,000 since July 1, with about three-quarters of Prime market issues higher.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/photo_nikkei_closes_above_70_000_for_the_first.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Wednesday, October 7, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/weather/2026-10-07", "caption": "Japan weather, Wednesday, October 7, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for 19 cities, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Wednesday, October 7, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/weather/2026-10-07", "caption": "United States weather for Wednesday, October 7, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, with gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-07/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-07", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 279", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Files Walked Out. The Allies Are Bolting the Gate.", "story_link": "archive/2026-279/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-07", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-07/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/photo_takaichi_promises_a_cut_in_the_tax_on_fo.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "Takaichi Promises a Cut in the Tax on Food and Tells Markets There Is 'No Need to Worry'; She Does Not Say Where the Money Will Come From", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/article/2026-10-06/takaichi_promises_a_cut_in_the_tax_on_fo", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. She delivered her policy speech to both houses on Monday, the first day of the extraordinary session, promising a cut in the consumption tax on food and protesting to the United States over the killing in Naha.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/photo_takaichi_promises_a_cut_in_the_tax_on_fo.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/photo_the_three_storms_at_6_a_m.jpg", "title": "Three storms at 6 a.m. on Tuesday and their forecast tracks", "attribution": "Data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletins of 6:45 to 7:15 a.m., October 6", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "The Three Storms at 6 a.m.", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/article/2026-10-06/the_three_storms_at_6_a_m", "caption": "Three storms at 6 a.m. on Tuesday and their forecast tracks: Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan) in red, No. 28 (Nolo) in purple and No. 29 (Koguma) in green. The shaded discs are each storm's present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/photo_the_three_storms_at_6_a_m.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/photo_governor_hands_the_general_a_protest_and.jpg", "title": "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa, seen from the air in May 2010", "attribution": "Photo: Sonata, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "Governor Hands the General a Protest and Asks for the Agreement to Be Reviewed; the General Offers Co-operation, Not an Apology", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/article/2026-10-06/governor_hands_the_general_a_protest_and", "caption": "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa, seen from the air in May 2010. The Marine arrested on Sunday is assigned to the base. The governor of Okinawa protested to the senior American officer on the island on Monday.", "width": 1400, "height": 1050, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/photo_governor_hands_the_general_a_protest_and.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/photo_all_twelve_american_bombers_leave_a_base.jpg", "title": "A B-1B Lancer bomber of the United States Air Force, in a file photograph from March 2003", "attribution": "Photo: U.S. Air Force", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "All Twelve American Bombers Leave a Base in England; Trump Says a Threat Was Detected and Points to Iran", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/article/2026-10-06/all_twelve_american_bombers_leave_a_base", "caption": "A B-1B Lancer bomber of the United States Air Force, in a file photograph from March 2003. All twelve B-1s stationed at Fairford, in England, were flown back to the United States over the weekend, American newspapers report.", "width": 525, "height": 339, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/photo_all_twelve_american_bombers_leave_a_base.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/photo_nikkei_jumps_1_637_yen_and_touches_70_00.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "Nikkei Jumps 1,637 Yen and Touches 70,000 for the First Time in Three Months, Closing Just Short", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/article/2026-10-06/nikkei_jumps_1_637_yen_and_touches_70_00", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average rose 1,637 yen on Monday to 69,946.86, after trading above 70,000 during the afternoon.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/photo_nikkei_jumps_1_637_yen_and_touches_70_00.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Tuesday, October 6, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/weather/2026-10-06", "caption": "Japan weather, Tuesday, October 6, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for each city, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Tuesday, October 6, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/weather/2026-10-06", "caption": "United States weather for Tuesday, October 6, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, with gridded forecast highs issued at 11:30 a.m.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-06/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-06", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 278", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Brought the Plot to England. Washington Moved First.", "story_link": "archive/2026-278/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-06", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-06/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/photo_u_s_marine_arrested_over_the_killing_of_.jpg", "title": "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the centre of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa, seen from the air on May 26, 2010", "attribution": "Photo: Sonata, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "U.S. Marine Arrested Over the Killing of a Woman in a Naha Hotel; Tokyo Protests and Okinawa's New Governor Summons the Americans", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/article/2026-10-05/u_s_marine_arrested_over_the_killing_of_", "caption": "Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the centre of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa, seen from the air on May 26, 2010. The Marine arrested on Sunday on suspicion of robbery and murder in Naha is assigned to the base, whose return to Japan was agreed in 1996 and awaits a replacement at Henoko.", "width": 1400, "height": 1050, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/photo_u_s_marine_arrested_over_the_killing_of_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/photo_typhoon_no_27_at_a_glance.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan): its position at 6 a.m. on Monday, the track so far, and the Japan Meteorological Agency's forecast to Thursday", "attribution": "Data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletin of 6:45 a.m., October 5", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "Typhoon No. 27 at a Glance", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/article/2026-10-05/typhoon_no_27_at_a_glance", "caption": "Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan): its position at 6 a.m. on Monday, the track so far, and the Japan Meteorological Agency's forecast to Thursday. The red and yellow discs are the present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent; the red outline encloses everywhere that could have storm-force winds.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/photo_typhoon_no_27_at_a_glance.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/photo_the_diet_convenes_today_with_a_longer_li.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "The Diet Convenes Today With a Longer List Than the Government Wanted", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/article/2026-10-05/the_diet_convenes_today_with_a_longer_li", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. The extraordinary session of the Diet convenes today.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/photo_the_diet_convenes_today_with_a_longer_li.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/photo_trump_creates_a_superintelligence_force_.jpg", "title": "A luncheon for technology executives at the White House in September", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "Trump Creates a 'Superintelligence Force' to Co-ordinate Washington's Policy on AI, Under the Intelligence Chief and the Trade Regulator", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/article/2026-10-05/trump_creates_a_superintelligence_force_", "caption": "A luncheon for technology executives at the White House in September, in a file image. President Trump announced on Sunday a body to co-ordinate the government's policy on artificial intelligence, Kyodo News and Jiji Press report.", "width": 1200, "height": 800, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/photo_trump_creates_a_superintelligence_force_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/photo_the_topix_is_being_rebuilt_from_this_mon.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "The TOPIX Is Being Rebuilt From This Month: Fewer Companies, Chosen by Size and Trading, and a Call to Rethink Growth", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/article/2026-10-05/the_topix_is_being_rebuilt_from_this_mon", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The exchange begins this month the second stage of its reform of the TOPIX index.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/photo_the_topix_is_being_rebuilt_from_this_mon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Monday, October 5, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/weather/2026-10-05", "caption": "Japan weather, Monday, October 5, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for each city, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1600, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Monday, October 5, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/weather/2026-10-05", "caption": "United States weather for Monday, October 5, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in the map supplied for this edition. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, with gridded forecast highs issued at 1 p.m.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-05/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-05", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 277", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: COMMENTARY: What Is Owed to Okinawa", "story_link": "archive/2026-277/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-05", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-05/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/photo_hanshin_win_their_first_back_to_back_pen.jpg", "title": "Hanshin players toss their manager in the air at Koshien after clinching the Central League pennant", "attribution": "Photo supplied", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Hanshin Win Their First Back-to-Back Pennant From a Hotel Room; 'Very Strong' Typhoon No. 27 Closes on the Ogasawara Islands", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/article/2026-10-04/hanshin_win_their_first_back_to_back_pen", "caption": "Hanshin players toss their manager in the air at Koshien after clinching the Central League pennant, in a photograph supplied for this edition. The manager wears No. 80 and the picture is from the club's celebration of 2023. Saturday's title, the club's first in consecutive years, was decided while the team was at its hotel in Hiroshima, when the Giants lost at Tokyo Dome.", "width": 1300, "height": 864, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/photo_hanshin_win_their_first_back_to_back_pen.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/photo_typhoon_no_27_at_a_glance.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan): its position at 3 a.m. on Sunday, the track so far, and the Japan Meteorological Agency's forecast to Thursday", "attribution": "Data: Japan Meteorological Agency bulletin of 3:45 a.m., October 4", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Typhoon No. 27 at a Glance", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/article/2026-10-04/typhoon_no_27_at_a_glance", "caption": "Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan): its position at 3 a.m. on Sunday, the track so far, and the Japan Meteorological Agency's forecast to Thursday. The red and yellow discs are the present areas of storm-force winds and gales; each dashed circle is where the centre is expected to be at that time with a probability of 70 per cent; the red outline encloses everywhere that could have storm-force winds.", "width": 1400, "height": 1400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/photo_typhoon_no_27_at_a_glance.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/photo_the_diet_opens_tomorrow_to_a_minister_s_.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "The Diet Opens Tomorrow to a Minister's Remark, a Missile and a Typhoon", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/article/2026-10-04/the_diet_opens_tomorrow_to_a_minister_s_", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. The extraordinary session of the Diet convenes on Monday.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/photo_the_diet_opens_tomorrow_to_a_minister_s_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/photo_xi_criticised_japan_at_the_white_house_t.jpg", "title": "Military aircraft over the White House during September's state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Xi Criticised Japan at the White House; Trump Told Him to Talk to Takaichi, Tokyo Officials Say", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/article/2026-10-04/xi_criticised_japan_at_the_white_house_t", "caption": "Military aircraft over the White House during September's state visit, in a file image. President Trump told President Xi to speak directly to Japan's prime minister, Japanese officials say, according to Yomiuri Shimbun.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/photo_xi_criticised_japan_at_the_white_house_t.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/photo_markets_are_shut_today_on_monday_they_re.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Markets Are Shut Today. On Monday They Reopen to a Weak American Jobs Report, a Missile and a Storm", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/article/2026-10-04/markets_are_shut_today_on_monday_they_re", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. Markets are closed today and reopen on Monday; the Nikkei average ended last week at 68,309.46.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/photo_markets_are_shut_today_on_monday_they_re.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Sunday, October 4, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/weather/2026-10-04", "caption": "Japan weather, Sunday, October 4, 2026: the sky, forecast high and morning low for each city, in a detail of the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1600, "height": 1638, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Sunday, October 4, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/weather/2026-10-04", "caption": "United States weather for Sunday, October 4, 2026: the sky, forecast highs and morning lows in degrees Fahrenheit for 26 cities, in a detail of the map supplied for this edition. The colour of the land shows the forecast high. Data: U.S. National Weather Service selected-cities forecast issued at 8:50 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday.", "width": 1400, "height": 694, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-04/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-04", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 276", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Easy to Take, Hard to Fight", "story_link": "archive/2026-276/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-04", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-04/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/photo_typhoon_no_27_strengthens_towards_very_s.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan): the track so far, the Japan Meteorological Agency's forecast circles and the storm warning area", "attribution": "Map: The Japan Morning Post; data: Japan Meteorological Agency via tenki.jp and Digital Typhoon; base map: Natural Earth, NOAA", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "Typhoon No. 27 Strengthens Towards 'Very Strong' and Turns for the Ogasawara Islands as Tokyo's 37 Days of Rain Give Way to Sun", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/article/2026-10-03/typhoon_no_27_strengthens_towards_very_s", "caption": "Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan): the track so far, the Japan Meteorological Agency's forecast circles and the storm warning area, drawn for today's edition from the agency's bulletin of 6:45 a.m. on Saturday. The red disc and yellow ring show the present storm-force and gale-force wind areas. Distances in the lower panel are calculated from the forecast positions; the centre may pass anywhere inside the circles.", "width": 1400, "height": 942, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/photo_typhoon_no_27_strengthens_towards_very_s.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/photo_opposition_to_open_the_diet_session_on_m.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "Opposition to Open the Diet Session on Monday With the Farm Minister's Remarks and the Prime Minister's Choice of Him", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/article/2026-10-03/opposition_to_open_the_diet_session_on_m", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. The opposition parties intend to question her responsibility for appointing the agriculture minister, Kazuo Yana, when the extraordinary session convenes on Monday, Kyodo News reports.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/photo_opposition_to_open_the_diet_session_on_m.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/photo_a_month_before_the_midterms_trump_takes_.jpg", "title": "A luncheon for technology executives at the White House in September", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "A Month Before the Midterms, Trump Takes to the Road in States He Already Holds", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/article/2026-10-03/a_month_before_the_midterms_trump_takes_", "caption": "A luncheon for technology executives at the White House in September, in a file image. President Trump has begun campaigning for the November 3 midterm elections in states his party already holds, Bloomberg reports.", "width": 1200, "height": 800, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/photo_a_month_before_the_midterms_trump_takes_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/photo_nikkei_falls_647_yen_to_68_309_its_first.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "Nikkei Falls 647 Yen to 68,309, Its First Decline in Three Days; More Than 80 Per Cent of Prime Shares Lose Ground", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/article/2026-10-03/nikkei_falls_647_yen_to_68_309_its_first", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average fell 647 yen on Friday to 68,309.46, its first decline in three sessions, with more than 80 per cent of Prime market shares lower, Yomiuri reports.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/photo_nikkei_falls_647_yen_to_68_309_its_first.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Saturday, October 3, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/weather/2026-10-03", "caption": "Japan weather, Saturday, October 3, 2026: the sky, forecast high and low for each city, in the map supplied for this edition.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Saturday, October 3, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/weather/2026-10-03", "caption": "United States weather forecast map supplied for this edition, for Saturday, October 3, 2026: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit. The Honolulu box carries a drafting note and no forecast. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-03/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-03", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 275", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Complaint Department Never Closes", "story_link": "archive/2026-275/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-03", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-03/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_the_heroes_that_saved_180_people.jpg", "title": "Passengers leave flydubai Flight FZ1073 by the rear stairs at Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday", "attribution": "Supplied image", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "The Heroes That Saved 180 People", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/the_heroes_that_saved_180_people", "caption": "Passengers leave flydubai Flight FZ1073 by the rear stairs at Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, after the emergency landing. A section of the rudder is missing from the tail fin.", "width": 972, "height": 895, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_the_heroes_that_saved_180_people.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_the_captain_who_opened_the_door_smit_mac.jpg", "title": "Captain Smit Machchhar, who unlocked the cockpit door after he was wounded, in an undated photograph", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "The Captain Who Opened the Door: Smit Machchhar, From a Mumbai Textile Family to the Left-Hand Seat", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/the_captain_who_opened_the_door_smit_mac", "caption": "Captain Smit Machchhar, who unlocked the cockpit door after he was wounded, in an undated photograph.", "width": 860, "height": 793, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_the_captain_who_opened_the_door_smit_mac.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_a_plumber_a_banker_an_insurance_agent_an.jpg", "title": "The plumber Yaniv Hayun, right, in the stained T-shirt he was still wearing when he was welcomed home on Wednesday evening", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "A Plumber, a Banker, an Insurance Agent and a Dentist: The Four Passengers Israel Has Named", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/a_plumber_a_banker_an_insurance_agent_an", "caption": "The plumber Yaniv Hayun, right, in the stained T-shirt he was still wearing when he was welcomed home on Wednesday evening.", "width": 860, "height": 804, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_a_plumber_a_banker_an_insurance_agent_an.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_u_s_weighs_up_to_10_000_more_troops_and_.jpg", "title": "Military aircraft over the White House during September's state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "U.S. Weighs Up to 10,000 More Troops and a Third Carrier for the Middle East; Iran's Foreign Minister Signals Openness to Nuclear Inspections", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/u_s_weighs_up_to_10_000_more_troops_and_", "caption": "Military aircraft over the White House during September's state visit, in a file image. The United States is weighing the dispatch of up to 10,000 more personnel and a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East; the Yokosuka-based George Washington is already there.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_u_s_weighs_up_to_10_000_more_troops_and_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_proactive_cyber_defence_is_now_law_258_o.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "Proactive Cyber Defence Is Now Law: 258 Operators in 15 Sectors Must Report Signs of Attack, and Police and the Self-Defense Forces May Neutralise Hostile Servers", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/proactive_cyber_defence_is_now_law_258_o", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. The laws on proactive cyber defence took effect on Thursday; she said the threat cannot be met by the government, the private sector or any one country alone.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_proactive_cyber_defence_is_now_law_258_o.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_nikkei_leaps_2_203_yen_to_68_956_its_hig.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "Nikkei Leaps 2,203 Yen to 68,956, Its Highest in a Month and a Half; Advantest Alone Accounts for About 700 Yen of the Rise", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/nikkei_leaps_2_203_yen_to_68_956_its_hig", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average closed at 68,956.72 on Thursday, up 2,203 yen, its highest in about a month and a half, with Advantest alone adding about 700 yen.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_nikkei_leaps_2_203_yen_to_68_956_its_hig.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/photo_typhoon_no_27_choi_wan_forms_near_the_ma.jpg", "title": "Track graphic for Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan)", "attribution": "Graphic: supplied", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "Typhoon No. 27, Choi-wan, Forms Near the Marianas and Is Forecast to Become 'Very Strong' as It Moves North Towards the Ogasawara Islands", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/article/2026-10-02/typhoon_no_27_choi_wan_forms_near_the_ma", "caption": "Track graphic for Typhoon No. 27 (Choi-wan) supplied for this edition. Its text panel gives the storm as a tropical storm expected to peak as a very strong typhoon and to approach the Ogasawara Islands on October 5 and 6. The line drawn on its map lies near 134 to 135 degrees east, well west of the agency's forecast positions near the Ogasawara Islands. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/photo_typhoon_no_27_choi_wan_forms_near_the_ma.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Friday, October 2, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/weather/2026-10-02", "caption": "Japan weather, Friday, October 2, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Friday, October 2, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/weather/2026-10-02", "caption": "United States weather forecast map supplied for this edition, titled for Friday, October 2, 2026: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit. The Philadelphia box carries a condition and no temperatures. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1400, "height": 942, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-02/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-02", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 274", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Heroes Saved the Flight. Vigilance Has to Save the Next One", "story_link": "archive/2026-274/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-02", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-02/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/photo_october_s_rules_take_effect_residency_ti.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "October's Rules Take Effect: Residency Tightened, Attack Signs Must Be Reported, the 1.06-Million-Yen Wall Falls and Harassment Countermeasures Become Mandatory, as Takaichi Promises an AI Plan by Year-End", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/article/2026-10-01/october_s_rules_take_effect_residency_ti", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives, in a file image. She has announced that an action plan for the social implementation of high-performance AI will be formulated by the end of the year, Yomiuri reports, on the morning the cyber act, the new residency requirement and the unified beer tax take effect.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/photo_october_s_rules_take_effect_residency_ti.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/photo_at_the_long_table_the_white_house_lunche.jpg", "title": "President Trump speaks at the White House luncheon with the heads of AI companies", "attribution": "Photo: White House", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "At the Long Table: The White House Luncheon With the AI Companies, Where a Voluntary Agreement Was Signed and From Which the Trade Commission's Inquiry Now Follows", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/article/2026-10-01/at_the_long_table_the_white_house_lunche", "caption": "President Trump speaks at the White House luncheon with the heads of AI companies, with Elon Musk at his left and the executives ranged along the table. Kyodo reported that about 20 executives signed a voluntary agreement at the meeting; the Federal Trade Commission is now investigating major AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic.", "width": 1200, "height": 800, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/photo_at_the_long_table_the_white_house_lunche.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/photo_a_unified_force_of_ai_drones_and_robots_.jpg", "title": "Military aircraft over the White House during the arrival ceremony of last week's state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "A Unified Force of AI Drones and Robots: The Pentagon's Announcement, Read From Tokyo", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/article/2026-10-01/a_unified_force_of_ai_drones_and_robots_", "caption": "Military aircraft over the White House during the arrival ceremony of last week's state visit, in a file image. The United States defence secretary has announced the creation of a unified force of AI drones and robots, placing the services' autonomous systems under one command.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/photo_a_unified_force_of_ai_drones_and_robots_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/photo_from_160_to_153_50_and_back_to_157_97_th.jpg", "title": "The dollar-yen rate through October 1", "attribution": "Chart: WPM Productions", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "From 160 to 153.50 and Back to 157.97: The Yen's September, on the Chart", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/article/2026-10-01/from_160_to_153_50_and_back_to_157_97_th", "caption": "The dollar-yen rate through October 1, on the chart supplied for this edition: 162.35 at the end of July, 160.03 on September 1, 153.50 on September 9, 158.92 on September 25 and 157.97 on October 1, marked in orange. The chart notes that data for January to March is not available in its source. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1400, "height": 933, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/photo_from_160_to_153_50_and_back_to_157_97_th.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/photo_the_nikkei_opens_352_higher_at_67_106_on.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "The Nikkei Opens 352 Higher at 67,106 on Semiconductor Buying as Nidec Reports a 564.6-Billion-Yen Loss and Its Auditors Decline, for a Second Year, to Give an Opinion", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/article/2026-10-01/the_nikkei_opens_352_higher_at_67_106_on", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average opened 352 yen higher at 67,106 this morning with semiconductor stocks leading the buying, and Osaka's December futures opened at 67,340; Nidec reported a net loss of 564.6 billion yen with its auditors declining to express an opinion for a second year.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/photo_the_nikkei_opens_352_higher_at_67_106_on.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Thursday, October 1, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/weather/2026-10-01", "caption": "Japan weather, Thursday, October 1, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Thursday, October 1, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/weather/2026-10-01", "caption": "United States weather forecast map supplied for this edition: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit, with arrows showing changing conditions. The map is titled for Friday, October 1, 2026, which is a Thursday; it carries two boxes labelled Denver and places snowflake symbols in several boxes labelled rain. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1400, "height": 942, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-10-01/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-10-01", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 273", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Seating Is Policy, the Cartoonist Says, and He Is Right; So Japan Should Write Its Seating Chart in Law, as It Did This Morning for Cyber Attacks", "story_link": "archive/2026-273/index.html#/cartoon/2026-10-01", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-10-01/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/photo_takaichi_and_mongolia_s_ochilar_agree_ai.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Mongolian Prime Minister Ochilar shake hands before their talks at the Prime Minister's Office", "attribution": "Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "Takaichi and Mongolia's Ochilar Agree Airport Loans, Power Asia Energy and AI Co-operation as the Census Counts 122.97 Million, Tokyo Logs 34 Days of Rain and Typhoon No. 26 Nears the Izu Islands", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/article/2026-09-30/takaichi_and_mongolia_s_ochilar_agree_ai", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Mongolian Prime Minister Ochilar shake hands before their talks at the Prime Minister's Office. The two governments discussed yen loans for the expansion of Mongolia's airport, energy co-operation with Power Asia and a plan for co-operation on artificial intelligence, Mainichi and Sankei report.", "width": 1000, "height": 667, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/photo_takaichi_and_mongolia_s_ochilar_agree_ai.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/photo_twenty_companies_and_a_voluntary_agreeme.jpg", "title": "President Trump in the Oval Office during last week's state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "Twenty Companies and a Voluntary Agreement: The Administration Meets the AI Industry as a Newspaper Reports the Next GPT Cancelled", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/article/2026-09-30/twenty_companies_and_a_voluntary_agreeme", "caption": "President Trump in the Oval Office during last week's state visit, in a file image. The administration has met about 20 executives of artificial intelligence developers, including OpenAI and Anthropic, and the companies signed a voluntary agreement on development, Kyodo reports.", "width": 880, "height": 587, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/photo_twenty_companies_and_a_voluntary_agreeme.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/photo_the_track_map_point_by_point_from_north_.jpg", "title": "Track of Typhoon No. 26, spelled Surigae on the map, as forecast by the Japan Meteorological Agency and tenki.jp at 3 a.m. on September 29", "attribution": "Map: Japan Meteorological Agency / tenki.jp", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "The Track Map, Point by Point: From North-East of Minamidaito to the Kurils in Three Days", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/article/2026-09-30/the_track_map_point_by_point_from_north_", "caption": "Track of Typhoon No. 26, spelled Surigae on the map, as forecast by the Japan Meteorological Agency and tenki.jp at 3 a.m. on September 29: north-east of Minamidaito at 970 to 975 hPa and 35 to 40 metres a second, near 29.3N 136.4E at midnight tonight, near 35.5N 143.5E at 9 p.m. on Thursday at 990 hPa, and off the Kurils by Friday evening. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1400, "height": 942, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/photo_the_track_map_point_by_point_from_north_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/photo_the_nikkei_falls_396_to_65_481_on_the_ex.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "The Nikkei Falls 396 to 65,481 on the Ex-Dividend Date and Rising American Rates, and the Long-Term Rate Passes 3% — Above the Rate the Budget Assumed for Its Bond Payments", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/article/2026-09-30/the_nikkei_falls_396_to_65_481_on_the_ex", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei average fell 396 yen to 65,481 on Tuesday, its second consecutive decline, on the ex-dividend date and rising American rates, with more than 80% of prime stocks lower, Yomiuri reports.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/photo_the_nikkei_falls_396_to_65_481_on_the_ex.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/photo_across_the_table_airport_loans_power_asi.jpg", "title": "The Japanese and Mongolian delegations across the table at the Prime Minister's Office", "attribution": "Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "Across the Table: Airport Loans, Power Asia and an AI Plan in the Takaichi-Ochilar Talks", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/article/2026-09-30/across_the_table_airport_loans_power_asi", "caption": "The Japanese and Mongolian delegations across the table at the Prime Minister's Office, with Prime Minister Takaichi at the centre of the Japanese side and Prime Minister Ochilar opposite. The talks covered yen loans for the airport expansion, energy co-operation with Power Asia and a plan for co-operation on artificial intelligence.", "width": 1000, "height": 667, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/photo_across_the_table_airport_loans_power_asi.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Wednesday, September 30, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/weather/2026-09-30", "caption": "Japan weather, Wednesday, September 30, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Wednesday, September 30, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/weather/2026-09-30", "caption": "United States weather forecast map supplied for this edition: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit, with arrows showing changing conditions. The map is titled for Thursday, September 30, 2026, which is a Wednesday; it carries two boxes labelled Denver and prints Anchorage's condition as 'Show'. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1400, "height": 942, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-30/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-30", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 272", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Scale Is Rigged, and That Is the Joke: A Pulled Model and a Priced Species Do Not Weigh the Same, and Japan's Job Is on the Bench in the Corner", "story_link": "archive/2026-272/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-30", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-30/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/photo_takaichi_announces_a_national_informatio.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "Takaichi Announces a 'National Information Strategy', the Diet Convenes October 5 on the Food-Tax Cut and a Smaller House, and in Beijing Wang Yi Tells Iwaya That Japan and China Are 'Once Again in a Difficult Situation'", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/article/2026-09-29/takaichi_announces_a_national_informatio", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the rostrum of the House of Representatives. She has announced the formulation and publication of a National Information Strategy to bring Japan's information activities up to par with Europe and the United States, Sankei reports, and the extraordinary Diet session convenes on October 5 with the consumption tax cut on food and a reduction in lower-house seats on its agenda.", "width": 900, "height": 506, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/photo_takaichi_announces_a_national_informatio.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/photo_once_again_in_a_difficult_situation_wang.jpg", "title": "President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan leave the United States at the end of last week's state visit", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "'Once Again in a Difficult Situation': Wang Yi Receives Iwaya in Beijing and Demands a Correction on Taiwan", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/article/2026-09-29/once_again_in_a_difficult_situation_wang", "caption": "President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan leave the United States at the end of last week's state visit. In Beijing, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told former Foreign Minister Iwaya that Japan and China are 'once again in a difficult situation' and that a correction of statements and actions regarding Taiwan is necessary, TV Asahi reports.", "width": 894, "height": 622, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/photo_once_again_in_a_difficult_situation_wang.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/photo_the_framework_is_on_paper_sharing_inform.jpg", "title": "President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan in the Oval Office during the state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "The Framework Is on Paper: Sharing Information on Major AI Accidents Is Documented as a Summit Outcome, and the OpenAI Cases Become Grounds for Regulation", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/article/2026-09-29/the_framework_is_on_paper_sharing_inform", "caption": "President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan in the Oval Office during the state visit. A framework for sharing information on major AI accidents is documented as an outcome of the summit.", "width": 1400, "height": 933, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/photo_the_framework_is_on_paper_sharing_inform.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/photo_the_five_arrested_near_fairford_are_rele.jpg", "title": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi's state visit to the White House", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "The Five Arrested Near Fairford Are Released; the Investigation Continues", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/article/2026-09-29/the_five_arrested_near_fairford_are_rele", "caption": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi's state visit to the White House. B-2s and B-52s deploy on rotation to RAF Fairford in England; the five people arrested near the base on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack are to be released as the investigation continues.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/photo_the_five_arrested_near_fairford_are_rele.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/photo_why_the_dow_fell_347_rates_inflation_and.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "Why the Dow Fell 347: Rates, Inflation and the Discounting of the Sprint", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/article/2026-09-29/why_the_dow_fell_347_rates_inflation_and", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. Tokyo opens this morning to a Dow down 347 points on rising rates, to Nvidia's addition of more than 23 trillion yen to its share buyback, and to a yen whose undervaluation correction Japan and the United States have confirmed.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/photo_why_the_dow_fell_347_rates_inflation_and.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Tuesday, September 29, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/weather/2026-09-29", "caption": "Japan weather, Tuesday, September 29, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Tuesday, September 29, 2026", "attribution": "Map supplied for this edition", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/weather/2026-09-29", "caption": "United States weather forecast map supplied for this edition: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit, with arrows showing changing conditions. The map is titled for Sunday, September 27, and its readings are identical to those carried on Sunday and Monday; it carries two boxes labelled Denver and spells New York as 'Rew York'. Reproduced as supplied.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-29/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-29", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 271", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Halt, the Sprint and the Finish Line Are Three American Arguments; Japan's Decision Is a Fourth, and Nobody Has Drawn It Yet", "story_link": "archive/2026-271/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-29", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-29/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/photo_the_summit_s_bill_arrives_tariff_cuts_wo.jpg", "title": "President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping at the start of the Chinese leader's state visit to the United States", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "The Summit's Bill Arrives: Tariff Cuts Worth About 4.7 Trillion Yen and a Duty to Share Serious AI Accidents, as Tokyo's Markets Reopen to a Yen at 156", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/article/2026-09-28/the_summit_s_bill_arrives_tariff_cuts_wo", "caption": "President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping at the start of the Chinese leader's state visit to the United States. Asahi Shimbun reports that the agreement the two leaders reached includes tariff reductions worth approximately 4.7 trillion yen and the sharing of information on serious accidents involving artificial intelligence.", "width": 1267, "height": 748, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/photo_the_summit_s_bill_arrives_tariff_cuts_wo.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/photo_approval_45_disapproval_40_the_cabinet_i.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "Approval 45%, Disapproval 40%: The Cabinet Is Above Water for the First Time in Three Months", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/article/2026-09-28/approval_45_disapproval_40_the_cabinet_i", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week. Mainichi Shimbun's poll puts the cabinet's approval at 45% and disapproval at 40%, the first time in three months that approval has exceeded disapproval.", "width": 1400, "height": 677, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/photo_approval_45_disapproval_40_the_cabinet_i.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/photo_raf_fairford_the_runway_in_the_cotswolds.jpg", "title": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi's state visit to the White House", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "RAF Fairford: The Runway in the Cotswolds Where America's Bombers Land", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/article/2026-09-28/raf_fairford_the_runway_in_the_cotswolds", "caption": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi's state visit to the White House. B-2s and B-52s deploy on rotation to RAF Fairford in England, near which five people have been arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/photo_raf_fairford_the_runway_in_the_cotswolds.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/photo_markets_reopen_at_156_to_a_truce_with_a_.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "Markets Reopen at 156 to a Truce With a Price Tag and a Ministry With Washington's Word", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/article/2026-09-28/markets_reopen_at_156_to_a_truce_with_a_", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. Markets reopen this morning to a yen at the 156 level, after Japan and the United States confirmed that the currency's undervaluation is a problem, and to an American-Chinese agreement that Asahi prices at about 4.7 trillion yen in tariff cuts.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/photo_markets_reopen_at_156_to_a_truce_with_a_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/photo_thirty_billion_dollars_two_months_and_a_.jpg", "title": "President Xi Jinping and President Trump in the Oval Office during the state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "Thirty Billion Dollars, Two Months and a Chip Wall: The Truce in Numbers", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/article/2026-09-28/thirty_billion_dollars_two_months_and_a_", "caption": "President Xi Jinping and President Trump in the Oval Office during the state visit. Asahi Shimbun reports that the agreement reached at the summit includes tariff reductions worth about 4.7 trillion yen and the sharing of information on serious accidents involving artificial intelligence.", "width": 880, "height": 587, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/photo_thirty_billion_dollars_two_months_and_a_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Monday, September 28, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/weather/2026-09-28", "caption": "Japan weather, Monday, September 28, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1600, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Monday, September 28, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/weather/2026-09-28", "caption": "United States weather forecast for Monday, September 28, 2026: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit, with arrows showing changing conditions. The readings are identical to Sunday's map.", "width": 1400, "height": 942, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-28/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-28", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 270", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Season Is Old, the Sermon Is New, and the Sandbags Are Older Than Both", "story_link": "archive/2026-270/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-28", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-28/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/photo_allies_of_the_great_war_respect_and_a_mi.jpg", "title": "President Trump and Mrs. Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan in the Oval Office during the state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "'Allies of the Great War', 'Respect', and a Missing Word: The Outcome Document Read in Tokyo", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/article/2026-09-27/allies_of_the_great_war_respect_and_a_mi", "caption": "President Trump and Mrs. Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan in the Oval Office during the state visit. The summit's outcome document includes an AI dialogue framework and, on the American side, the phrase 'Allies of the Great War'; Sankei reports it uses the word 'respect' and drops North Korea's denuclearisation.", "width": 1400, "height": 933, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/photo_allies_of_the_great_war_respect_and_a_mi.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/photo_american_missile_launchers_to_be_stored_.jpg", "title": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi's state visit to the White House", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "American Missile Launchers to Be Stored at Kadena, and Japan Weighs Long-Range Missiles in Joint Exercises", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/article/2026-09-27/american_missile_launchers_to_be_stored_", "caption": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi's state visit to the White House. Closer to home, the Okinawa Defense Bureau plans to store American missile launchers at Kadena, Kyodo reports.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/photo_american_missile_launchers_to_be_stored_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/photo_the_yen_touches_156_after_the_finance_mi.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "The Yen Touches 156 After the Finance Ministers Confirm Its Undervaluation Is a Problem", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/article/2026-09-27/the_yen_touches_156_after_the_finance_mi", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The yen briefly traded around 156 to the dollar after the Japanese and American finance ministers confirmed at their meeting that its undervaluation is a problem, Kyodo and TBS report.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/photo_the_yen_touches_156_after_the_finance_mi.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/photo_takaichi_and_trump_speak_by_telephone_af.jpg", "title": "President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan wave from the door of their aircraft as they leave the United States at the end of the state visit", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "Takaichi and Trump Speak by Telephone After the Summit: 'The Most Trustworthy Allies', as the Outcome Document Calls America and China 'Allies of the Great War'", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/article/2026-09-27/takaichi_and_trump_speak_by_telephone_af", "caption": "President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan wave from the door of their aircraft as they leave the United States at the end of the state visit. The summit's outcome document, published as they departed, includes an AI dialogue framework and states on the American side that the two countries were 'Allies of the Great War'; Sankei reports it reflects China's claims and omits North Korea's denuclearisation.", "width": 894, "height": 622, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/photo_takaichi_and_trump_speak_by_telephone_af.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/photo_the_call_in_detail_what_the_prime_minist.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "The Call in Detail: What the Prime Minister Asked For, and What She Said Afterwards", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/article/2026-09-27/the_call_in_detail_what_the_prime_minist", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week. In a telephone conversation with President Trump she received a detailed explanation of the American-Chinese talks, and afterwards called Japan and the United States 'the most trustworthy allies'.", "width": 1400, "height": 677, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/photo_the_call_in_detail_what_the_prime_minist.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Sunday, September 27, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/weather/2026-09-27", "caption": "Japan weather, Sunday, September 27, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1600, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Sunday, September 27, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/weather/2026-09-27", "caption": "United States weather forecast for Sunday, September 27, 2026: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit, with arrows showing changing conditions.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-27/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-27", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 269", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: A Government That Cannot Keep the Lights Has Already Lost the Street", "story_link": "archive/2026-269/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-27", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-27/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/photo_xi_demanded_opposition_to_taiwan_indepen.jpg", "title": "President Trump and Mrs. Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan in the Oval Office during the state visit", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Xi Demanded 'Opposition to Taiwan Independence'; Trump Kept His Answer to Himself, and Called China a Wartime Ally", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/article/2026-09-26/xi_demanded_opposition_to_taiwan_indepen", "caption": "President Trump and Mrs. Trump with President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan in the Oval Office during the state visit, a model of the presidential aircraft on the table. Xi demanded 'opposition to Taiwan independence'; the President did not disclose his reply, Yomiuri reported.", "width": 1400, "height": 933, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/photo_xi_demanded_opposition_to_taiwan_indepen.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/photo_within_expectations_why_tokyo_chose_calm.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier this week", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "'Within Expectations': Why Tokyo Chose Calm as Its Answer to the Wartime Frame", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/article/2026-09-26/within_expectations_why_tokyo_chose_calm", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier this week. Her government described the summit's wartime remark as 'within expectations', declining to be provoked.", "width": 1400, "height": 677, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/photo_within_expectations_why_tokyo_chose_calm.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/photo_cairo_1943_the_alliance_xi_invoked_and_t.jpg", "title": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi Jinping's state visit to the White House", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Cairo, 1943: The Alliance Xi Invoked, and the Government That Was Actually There", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/article/2026-09-26/cairo_1943_the_alliance_xi_invoked_and_t", "caption": "A B-2 bomber and its fighter escorts pass over the flag during the arrival ceremony for President Xi Jinping's state visit to the White House. In the talks that followed the honours, Xi said the two countries had fought against 'the Japanese militaristic aggressors' and Trump said China 'was an ally'.", "width": 600, "height": 400, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/photo_cairo_1943_the_alliance_xi_invoked_and_t.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/photo_washington_s_fraud_task_force_2_2_billio.jpg", "title": "Vice President JD Vance announces the recovery of $2.2 billion in fraudulent Affordable Care Act payments at a White House event", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Washington's Fraud Task Force: $2.2 Billion in Obamacare Fraud Recovered, the Vice President Announces", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/article/2026-09-26/washington_s_fraud_task_force_2_2_billio", "caption": "Vice President JD Vance announces the recovery of $2.2 billion in fraudulent Affordable Care Act payments at a White House event, flanked by officials of the administration's task force against Obamacare fraud.", "width": 1200, "height": 800, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/photo_washington_s_fraud_task_force_2_2_billio.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/photo_katayama_and_bessent_agree_that_the_yen_.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Katayama and Bessent Agree That the Yen's Undervaluation Is a Problem", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/article/2026-09-26/katayama_and_bessent_agree_that_the_yen_", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. Finance Minister Katayama and the U.S. Treasury Secretary confirmed by telephone that the yen's undervaluation is a problem, after the currency touched 159.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/photo_katayama_and_bessent_agree_that_the_yen_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Saturday, September 26, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/weather/2026-09-26", "caption": "Japan weather, Saturday, September 26, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/weather_map_us.jpg", "title": "United States weather map, Saturday, September 26, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/weather/2026-09-26", "caption": "United States weather forecast for Saturday, September 26, 2026: highs and lows in degrees Fahrenheit, with arrows showing warming, cooling and little change.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/weather_map_us.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-26/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-26", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 268", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: If It Needs a Blockade, It Is Not Peace. And an Answer Nobody Publishes Is Not an Answer.", "story_link": "archive/2026-268/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-26", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-26/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-25/photo_at_the_white_house_trump_and_xi_talk_ai_.jpg", "title": "President Xi Jinping and President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday", "attribution": "White House Official", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-25", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 267", "story": "At the White House, Trump and Xi Talk AI, Security and Taiwan, and Buy Two More Months of Trade Truce", "story_link": "archive/2026-267/index.html#/article/2026-09-25/at_the_white_house_trump_and_xi_talk_ai_", "caption": "President Xi Jinping and President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, during the Chinese leader's state visit to the United States. The two discussed artificial intelligence and security with Taiwan a central focus, and the trade truce is expected to be extended by two months.", "width": 880, "height": 587, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-25/photo_at_the_white_house_trump_and_xi_talk_ai_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-25/photo_oppose_taiwan_s_independence_xi_s_reques.jpg", "title": "President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping at the start of the Chinese leader's state visit", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-25", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 267", "story": "'Oppose Taiwan's Independence': Xi's Request, and the Co-operation Both Leaders Chose to Stress", "story_link": "archive/2026-267/index.html#/article/2026-09-25/oppose_taiwan_s_independence_xi_s_reques", "caption": "President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping at the start of the Chinese leader's state visit. In Thursday's talks at the White House, Xi called on the President to oppose Taiwan's independence and both leaders emphasised co-operation, according to Asahi Shimbun.", "width": 1267, "height": 748, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-25/photo_oppose_taiwan_s_independence_xi_s_reques.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-25/photo_four_gains_in_a_row_the_nikkei_closes_at.jpg", "title": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho", "attribution": "Photo: TG2 (CC)", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-25", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 267", "story": "Four Gains in a Row: The Nikkei Closes at 65,513 as the Yen Touches 159 and Long-Term Rates Reach a 30-Year High", "story_link": "archive/2026-267/index.html#/article/2026-09-25/four_gains_in_a_row_the_nikkei_closes_at", "caption": "The Tokyo Stock Exchange at Kabutocho. The Nikkei 225 closed at 65,513 on Thursday, up 495 and its fourth consecutive gain, after briefly reaching 66,249.", "width": 960, "height": 796, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-25/photo_four_gains_in_a_row_the_nikkei_closes_at.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-25/photo_the_ally_outside_reads_the_menu_what_tok.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier this week", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-25", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 267", "story": "The Ally Outside Reads the Menu: What Tokyo Takes From the White House Talks", "story_link": "archive/2026-267/index.html#/article/2026-09-25/the_ally_outside_reads_the_menu_what_tok", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier this week. Her government is now measuring the Washington summit's results against the position she put on record.", "width": 1400, "height": 677, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-25/photo_the_ally_outside_reads_the_menu_what_tok.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-25/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Friday, September 25, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-25", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 267", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-267/index.html#/weather/2026-09-25", "caption": "Japan weather, Friday, September 25, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1600, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-25/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-25/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-25", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 267", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Banquet Is Long. The Truce Is Short. The Ally Is Outside, Where Allies Do Their Work.", "story_link": "archive/2026-267/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-25", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-25/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-24/photo_xi_arrives_in_washington_trump_and_the_c.jpg", "title": "President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping at the start of the Chinese leader's state visit to the United States", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-24", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 266", "story": "Xi Arrives in Washington: Trump and the Chinese Leader Meet Today With Trade, Taiwan and AI on the Table", "story_link": "archive/2026-266/index.html#/article/2026-09-24/xi_arrives_in_washington_trump_and_the_c", "caption": "President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping at the start of the Chinese leader's state visit to the United States. The two presidents hold their summit today, Washington time, with trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence on the agenda.", "width": 1267, "height": 748, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-24/photo_xi_arrives_in_washington_trump_and_the_c.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-24/photo_consistent_support_for_the_court_and_no_.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-24", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 266", "story": "'Consistent Support' for the Court, and No Mention of Sanctions: Takaichi's Speech to the General Assembly", "story_link": "archive/2026-266/index.html#/article/2026-09-24/consistent_support_for_the_court_and_no_", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In her first speech to the Assembly she appealed for the rule of law, expressed Japan's consistent support for the International Criminal Court, and pledged to seek the prompt removal of the Charter's former enemy clauses.", "width": 1400, "height": 677, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-24/photo_consistent_support_for_the_court_and_no_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-24/photo_trade_taiwan_and_artificial_intelligence.jpg", "title": "President Trump before the flags of the United States and China", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-24", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 266", "story": "Trade, Taiwan and Artificial Intelligence: The Three Subjects on Today's Table", "story_link": "archive/2026-266/index.html#/article/2026-09-24/trade_taiwan_and_artificial_intelligence", "caption": "President Trump before the flags of the United States and China. His summit with President Xi Jinping is held today, Washington time, with trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence on the agenda.", "width": 766, "height": 809, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-24/photo_trade_taiwan_and_artificial_intelligence.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-24/photo_tokyo_reopens_after_four_days_with_a_wea.jpg", "title": "President Trump speaking during his visit to China in May", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-24", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 266", "story": "Tokyo Reopens After Four Days With a Weaker Yen, a New Policy Rate and a Summit to Price", "story_link": "archive/2026-266/index.html#/article/2026-09-24/tokyo_reopens_after_four_days_with_a_wea", "caption": "President Trump speaking during his visit to China in May. Today's state visit by President Xi to Washington returns the courtesy four months later.", "width": 992, "height": 919, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-24/photo_tokyo_reopens_after_four_days_with_a_wea.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-24/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Thursday, September 24, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-24", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 266", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-266/index.html#/weather/2026-09-24", "caption": "Japan weather, Thursday, September 24, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions, with a front bringing rain to Hokkaido and Niigata.", "width": 1254, "height": 1254, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-24/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-24/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-24", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 266", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The War Ended in 1945. The Clause Did Not. Beijing Has Just Told Us Why.", "story_link": "archive/2026-266/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-24", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-24/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-23/photo_thirty_five_minutes_at_the_united_nation.jpg", "title": "President Trump and Prime Minister Takaichi, with their delegations, at their meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-23", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 265", "story": "Thirty-Five Minutes at the United Nations: Takaichi and Trump Put the Alliance on Display", "story_link": "archive/2026-265/index.html#/article/2026-09-23/thirty_five_minutes_at_the_united_nation", "caption": "President Trump and Prime Minister Takaichi, with their delegations, at their meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The two leaders met for about 35 minutes on the margins of the General Assembly.", "width": 1210, "height": 479, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-23/photo_thirty_five_minutes_at_the_united_nation.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-23/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Wednesday, September 23, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-23", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 265", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-265/index.html#/weather/2026-09-23", "caption": "Japan weather, Wednesday, September 23, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions on the last day of the holiday.", "width": 1254, "height": 1254, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-23/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-23/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-23", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 265", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Wanted the Quote. So Did We. The Allies Wanted the Meeting.", "story_link": "archive/2026-265/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-23", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-23/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-22/photo_governor_koike_led_the_capital_through_i.jpg", "title": "Governor Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's typhoon briefing", "attribution": "Photo: WPM Productions", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-22", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 264", "story": "Governor Koike Led the Capital Through Its Storm, From the Zenpukuji River to Izu Oshima", "story_link": "archive/2026-264/index.html#/article/2026-09-22/governor_koike_led_the_capital_through_i", "caption": "Governor Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's typhoon briefing. The capital's response ran from the Zenpukuji River in western Tokyo to Izu Oshima, where up to 611 millimetres of rain fell in 24 hours.", "width": 833, "height": 560, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-22/photo_governor_koike_led_the_capital_through_i.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-22/photo_the_dollar_buys_157_yen_again_erasing_mo.jpg", "title": "The dollar-yen rate in 2026: monthly readings from April to August (left) and daily readings through September 22 (right)", "attribution": "Chart: WPM Productions", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-22", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 264", "story": "The Dollar Buys 157 Yen Again, Erasing Most of September's Recovery", "story_link": "archive/2026-264/index.html#/article/2026-09-22/the_dollar_buys_157_yen_again_erasing_mo", "caption": "The dollar-yen rate in 2026: monthly readings from April to August (left) and daily readings through September 22 (right). The dollar peaked at 162.3518 yen in July, fell to just above 153 on September 9 and has climbed back to 157.3880; the September 22 value is an indicative live quote.", "width": 1400, "height": 933, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-22/photo_the_dollar_buys_157_yen_again_erasing_mo.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-22/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Tuesday, September 22, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-22", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 264", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-264/index.html#/weather/2026-09-22", "caption": "Japan weather, Tuesday, September 22, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions, sunny after the typhoon with showers at Sendai.", "width": 1254, "height": 1254, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-22/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-22/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-22", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 264", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Cannot Grow the Champion. They Can Invoice Him.", "story_link": "archive/2026-264/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-22", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-22/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-21/photo_typhoon_no_25_reaches_kanto_this_afterno.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 25 (Dujuan), updated September 21", "attribution": "Map: WPM Productions", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-21", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 263", "story": "Typhoon No. 25 Reaches Kanto This Afternoon, Large and Powerful, With a Boso Landfall Still Possible", "story_link": "archive/2026-263/index.html#/article/2026-09-21/typhoon_no_25_reaches_kanto_this_afterno", "caption": "Typhoon No. 25 (Dujuan), updated September 21: the Japan Meteorological Agency track with the JTWC warning track alongside it, showing the storm-warning and gale fields over Kanto at its closest approach.", "width": 1376, "height": 1424, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-21/photo_typhoon_no_25_reaches_kanto_this_afterno.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-21/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Monday, September 21, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-21", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 263", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-263/index.html#/weather/2026-09-21", "caption": "Japan weather, Monday, September 21, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions, with rain down the Pacific side as Typhoon No. 25 makes its closest approach.", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-21/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-21/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-21", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 263", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: A Nation That Can Keep Its Elders Has Kept Something Worth Keeping", "story_link": "archive/2026-263/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-21", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-21/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-20/photo_typhoon_no_25_turns_north_for_kanto_and_.jpg", "title": "Typhoon No. 25 (Dujuan): the Japan Meteorological Agency track issued at 00:45 JST on Sunday", "attribution": "Map: WPM Productions", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-20", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 262", "story": "Typhoon No. 25 Turns North for Kanto and Tokai, With Gusts of 50 Metres a Second Possible Monday", "story_link": "archive/2026-262/index.html#/article/2026-09-20/typhoon_no_25_turns_north_for_kanto_and_", "caption": "Typhoon No. 25 (Dujuan): the Japan Meteorological Agency track issued at 00:45 JST on Sunday, with the JTWC warning track alongside it. The storm turns north toward Kanto and Tokai, with the closest approach expected on Monday afternoon.", "width": 1376, "height": 1424, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-20/photo_typhoon_no_25_turns_north_for_kanto_and_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-20/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Sunday, September 20, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-20", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 262", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-262/index.html#/weather/2026-09-20", "caption": "Japan weather, Sunday, September 20, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions. The map describes the morning, before the rain bands ahead of Typhoon No. 25 reach Kanto.", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-20/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-20/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-20", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 262", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Asked for a Speed Limit. Then They Reserved the On-Ramp.", "story_link": "archive/2026-262/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-20", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-20/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-19/photo_bank_of_japan_raises_rates_to_1_25_the_h.jpg", "title": "Governor Kazuo Ueda's press conference in Nihonbashi on Friday afternoon", "attribution": "Photo: Bank of Japan", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-19", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 261", "story": "Bank of Japan Raises Rates to 1.25%, the Highest in 31 Years, and Says More Will Follow", "story_link": "archive/2026-261/index.html#/article/2026-09-19/bank_of_japan_raises_rates_to_1_25_the_h", "caption": "Governor Kazuo Ueda's press conference in Nihonbashi on Friday afternoon, after the Policy Board raised the policy rate to around 1.25%. He told reporters that increases will continue depending on the situation.", "width": 696, "height": 396, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-19/photo_bank_of_japan_raises_rates_to_1_25_the_h.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-19/photo_ueda_increases_will_continue_depending_o.jpg", "title": "The Bank of Japan's headquarters in Nihonbashi, Tokyo", "attribution": "Photo: Bank of Japan", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-19", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 261", "story": "Ueda: Increases Will Continue Depending on the Situation", "story_link": "archive/2026-261/index.html#/article/2026-09-19/ueda_increases_will_continue_depending_o", "caption": "The Bank of Japan's headquarters in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. The new policy rate of around 1.25%, the highest since April 1995, applies from Thursday.", "width": 1400, "height": 846, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-19/photo_ueda_increases_will_continue_depending_o.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-19/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Saturday, September 19, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-19", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 261", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-261/index.html#/weather/2026-09-19", "caption": "Japan weather, Saturday, September 19, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-19/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-19/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-19", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 261", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Condemned the Fortune. They Ignored Where It Lives.", "story_link": "archive/2026-261/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-19", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-19/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-18/photo_takaichi_s_second_cabinet_is_complete_an.jpg", "title": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi", "attribution": "Photo: Japan Prime Minister's Office", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-18", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 260", "story": "Takaichi's Second Cabinet Is Complete, and Hayashi Is Out of It", "story_link": "archive/2026-260/index.html#/article/2026-09-18/takaichi_s_second_cabinet_is_complete_an", "caption": "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Her second cabinet was completed on Thursday with the economic and security core retained, Yoshimasa Hayashi leaving Internal Affairs and Kazuo Yanagi appointed to Agriculture.", "width": 318, "height": 411, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-18/photo_takaichi_s_second_cabinet_is_complete_an.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-18/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Friday, September 18, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-18", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 260", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-260/index.html#/weather/2026-09-18", "caption": "Japan weather, Friday, September 18, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C) and conditions.", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-18/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-18/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-18", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 260", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Can Yank the String. They Cannot Repeal the Differential.", "story_link": "archive/2026-260/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-18", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-18/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-17/photo_takaichi_keeps_her_core_and_adds_a_partn.jpg", "title": "The second Takaichi Cabinet on the staircase at the Prime Minister's Office after Thursday's inauguration", "attribution": "Photo: Japan Prime Minister's Office", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-17", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 259", "story": "Takaichi Keeps Her Core and Adds a Partner: The Second Cabinet Takes Office", "story_link": "archive/2026-259/index.html#/article/2026-09-17/takaichi_keeps_her_core_and_adds_a_partn", "caption": "The second Takaichi Cabinet on the staircase at the Prime Minister's Office after Thursday's inauguration. Minoru Kihara, Toshimitsu Motegi, Satsuki Katayama and Shinjiro Koizumi all keep their posts, and the Japan Innovation Party takes a cabinet seat for the first time.", "width": 960, "height": 720, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-17/photo_takaichi_keeps_her_core_and_adds_a_partn.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-17/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Thursday, September 17, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-17", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 259", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-259/index.html#/weather/2026-09-17", "caption": "Japan weather, Thursday, September 17, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-17/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-17/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-17", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 259", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Authority Without an Arsenal Is a Speech", "story_link": "archive/2026-259/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-17", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-17/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-16/photo_japan_loses_a_global_hawk_off_tottori_an.jpg", "title": "Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk", "attribution": "Photo: U.S. Air Force", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-16", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 258", "story": "Japan Loses a Global Hawk Off Tottori, and a Third of a Capability It Cannot Simply Reorder", "story_link": "archive/2026-258/index.html#/article/2026-09-16/japan_loses_a_global_hawk_off_tottori_an", "caption": "Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk.", "width": 1028, "height": 498, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-16/photo_japan_loses_a_global_hawk_off_tottori_an.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-16/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Wednesday, September 16, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-16", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 258", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-258/index.html#/weather/2026-09-16", "caption": "Japan weather, Wednesday, September 16, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-16/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-16/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-16", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 258", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: A Verdict for Everything and a Blueprint for Nothing", "story_link": "archive/2026-258/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-16", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1600, "height": 1077, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-16/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-15/photo_chubu_electric_chiefs_quit_hamaoka_resta.jpg", "title": "The Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant on the Shizuoka coast", "attribution": "By IAEA Imagebank - 04780012", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-15", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 257", "story": "Chubu Electric Chiefs Quit, Hamaoka Restart Bid Withdrawn Over Falsified Data", "story_link": "archive/2026-257/index.html#/article/2026-09-15/chubu_electric_chiefs_quit_hamaoka_resta", "caption": "The Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant on the Shizuoka coast. Chubu Electric Power withdrew its application for the safety review that would have cleared the way to a restart after an internal committee found 208 seismic readings had been handled improperly.", "width": 1400, "height": 992, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-15/photo_chubu_electric_chiefs_quit_hamaoka_resta.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-15/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Tuesday, September 15, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-15", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 257", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-257/index.html#/weather/2026-09-15", "caption": "Japan weather, Tuesday, September 15, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-15/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-15/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-15", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 257", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: They Seized the Photograph. They Did Not Seize the Ocean.", "story_link": "archive/2026-257/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-15", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-15/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-14/photo_koja_wins_okinawa_governorship_ending_12.jpg", "title": "Genta Koja raises a victory daruma as supporters applaud on Sunday night after his win in the Okinawa gubernatorial election", "attribution": "Supplied photograph", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 256", "story": "Koja Wins Okinawa Governorship, Ending 12 Years of All-Okinawa Rule", "story_link": "archive/2026-256/index.html#/article/2026-09-14/koja_wins_okinawa_governorship_ending_12", "caption": "Genta Koja raises a victory daruma as supporters applaud on Sunday night after his win in the Okinawa gubernatorial election. Koja, 42, defeated two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki by roughly 147,000 votes.", "width": 1248, "height": 832, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-14/photo_koja_wins_okinawa_governorship_ending_12.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-14/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Monday, September 14, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 256", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-256/index.html#/weather/2026-09-14", "caption": "Japan weather, Monday, September 14, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-14/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-14/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-14", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 256", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: Whoever Wins AI Wins", "story_link": "archive/2026-256/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-14", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-14/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-13/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Sunday, September 13, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 255", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-255/index.html#/weather/2026-09-13", "caption": "Japan weather, Sunday, September 13, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-13/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-13/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-13", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 255", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Climate Changes. The Politics Never Do.", "story_link": "archive/2026-255/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-13", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-13/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-12/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Saturday, September 12, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 254", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-254/index.html#/weather/2026-09-12", "caption": "Japan weather, Saturday, September 12, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-12/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-12/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-12", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 254", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: The Apocalypse Is Always Ten Years Away. The Competition Is Not.", "story_link": "archive/2026-254/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-12", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-12/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-11/photo_twenty_five_years_on_america_reads_the_n.jpg", "title": "Lower Manhattan and the twin towers of the World Trade Center as they stood before September 11, 2001", "attribution": "Archive photograph", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 253", "story": "Twenty-Five Years On, America Reads the Names Again", "story_link": "archive/2026-253/index.html#/article/2026-09-11/twenty_five_years_on_america_reads_the_n", "caption": "Lower Manhattan and the twin towers of the World Trade Center as they stood before September 11, 2001. Twenty-five years on, 2,977 names are read again this morning at the National September 11 Memorial.", "width": 1400, "height": 1103, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-11/photo_twenty_five_years_on_america_reads_the_n.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-11/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Friday, September 11, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 253", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-253/index.html#/weather/2026-09-11", "caption": "Japan weather, Friday, September 11, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-11/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-11/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-11", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 253", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: What Twenty-Five Years of Security Actually Bought", "story_link": "archive/2026-253/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-11", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-11/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-10/photo_apple_unveils_foldable_iphone_duo_japan_.jpg", "title": "The iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable phone, unveiled Wednesday at the company's Cupertino event", "attribution": "Apple", "type": "Photograph", "date": "2026-09-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 252", "story": "Apple Unveils Foldable iPhone Duo; Japan Price Set at ¥364,800", "story_link": "archive/2026-252/index.html#/article/2026-09-10/apple_unveils_foldable_iphone_duo_japan_", "caption": "The iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable phone, unveiled Wednesday at the company's Cupertino event. Japan preorders open Oct. 16, with the base 256GB model listed at ¥364,800.", "width": 900, "height": 900, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-10/photo_apple_unveils_foldable_iphone_duo_japan_.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-10/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Thursday, September 10, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 252", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-252/index.html#/weather/2026-09-10", "caption": "Japan weather, Thursday, September 10, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1536, "height": 1024, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-10/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-10/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-10", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 252", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: You Cannot Print Prosperity. You Can Only Delay the Bill.", "story_link": "archive/2026-252/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-10", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-10/cartoon.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-09/weather_map.jpg", "title": "Japan weather map, Wednesday, September 9, 2026", "attribution": "Not recorded", "type": "Map or chart", "date": "2026-09-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 251", "story": "Weather page", "story_link": "archive/2026-251/index.html#/weather/2026-09-09", "caption": "Japan weather, Wednesday, September 9, 2026: today's high and low temperatures (°C).", "width": 1448, "height": 1086, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-09/weather_map.jpg" }, { "filename": "images/2026-09-09/cartoon.jpg", "title": "Editorial cartoon", "attribution": "Cartoon: Taro Suzuki", "type": "Editorial cartoon", "date": "2026-09-09", "issue": "Vol. 2026, No. 251", "story": "Accompanies the editorial: What Selling Treasuries to Save the Yen Really Tells Us", "story_link": "archive/2026-251/index.html#/cartoon/2026-09-09", "caption": "Editorial cartoon by Taro Suzuki for The Japan Morning Post.", "width": 1168, "height": 784, "thumbnail": "images/thumbs/2026-09-09/cartoon.jpg" } ] }