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Japanese media is fixated on the granular textures of daily life — land prices, tax hikes on food, baseball streaks, sumo, and a retiring jockey — while quietly tracking institutional cracks like SDF drone crashes, USB malware, and a newspaper's ad-fraud scandal. Foreign coverage is thin and framed through US tech (CES, Emmy) and China friction.
  1. The number of locations with rising standard land prices increases, with a price map of 21,000 sites nationwide available here (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  2. Professional baseball results: The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Orix Buffaloes to win their seventh straight game. (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  3. Rejected by all eight faculties at three universities: 'What I realized after becoming a ronin student' (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  4. Panasonic to skip next year's CES, ending 60 consecutive years of exhibiting at the major US tech trade show (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  5. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) to sell the publisher of cooking magazine 'Orange Page' (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  6. Japan Racing Association's oldest active jockey, 60-year-old Yoshiomi Shibata, to retire (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  7. Interview with LDP Tax Commission Chairman Onodera on the aim of the planned 1% consumption tax on food in Japan (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  8. Fans can role-play as Bekkehan agents or Public Security officers: 'VIVANT' immersive experience event opens in Tokyo (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  9. Japan's government releases for the first time data on land and building ownership by foreigners and other entities. (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  10. Malware found on a USB drive used by Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, brought in by a service member without following proper procedures. (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  11. Precious nesting footage captured of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Japan, with climate change cited as a growing threat to the species. (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  12. Japan's ruling LDP Tax Commission Chairman Onodera discusses the aim behind a proposed 1% consumption tax on food items. (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  13. Cold front moves south; Japan's atmosphere expected to remain unstable through the 16th, with attention also called to a developing tropical depression. (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  14. The publisher of the journal 'Shisō no Kagaku' (Science of Thought), co-founded by philosopher Tsurumi Shunsuke and others, has been ordered to begin bankruptcy proceedings. (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  15. Citing the crisis in publication distribution and saying 'three elements are needed,' Japanese trading company Marubeni and three publishers move toward greater efficiency. (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  16. Tokyo-born Japanese-American director Hiro Murai wins a U.S. Emmy Award for directing in the comedy category. (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  17. A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has crashed, with parts of the airframe found off the coast of Tottori Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  18. Chinese Foreign Ministry official says 'erroneous statements regarding Taiwan are the problem' (NHK News, 2026-09-15)
  19. Feature on the alarming prospect of being overtaken by AI: 'Even without malicious intent, AI can cause harm.' (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)
  20. Japan's Labor Standards Inspection Offices issued around 6,000 advisories on capping overtime at 45 hours in fiscal 2025, a practice to be discontinued in September. (Asahi Shimbun, 2026-09-15)