This Week’s Archives

The past seven editions — each opens on its own page

Edition	Vol. / No.	Pages	Stories	Files
Wednesday, September 30, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 272	22	130	PDF · DOCX
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 Thirty-Four Days of Rain in Tokyo, the Longest Streak Since Records Began in 1886, With September's Rainfall Three Times the Average; Typhoon No. 26 Passes the Izu Islands Tomorrow and May Approach Kanto, and Today Is the Peak of the Rain The Census Meets the Diet: A Vote-Value Disparity Above Two to One in 18 Constituencies, Five Days Before the Session on Seats A Warm Welcome, a Second Day and the Same Demand: Wang Yi and He Lifeng Receive Iwaya Fifty-Four Years, a Third Neighbour and a Sumo Ring: Japan and Mongolia Before the Summit
Tuesday, September 29, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 271	23	134	PDF · DOCX
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' Surige Weakens to a Strong Typhoon at 975 Hectopascals and Turns Toward the Izu Islands for October 1, With a Wide Forecast Cone, Great Uncertainty in Its Speed and the Possibility of Warning-Level Rain in Chiba; the Transport Ministry Asks for Help Securing Buses as Rail Suspensions Are Expected to Be Prolonged What the Prime Minister Promised: A Strategy to Bring Japan's Information Work 'Up to Par' With Europe and America 'Information Activities': What Europe and America Have That Japan Is Setting Out to Build Koja Takes Office in Okinawa: 'A Prefectural Government Capable of Negotiation', and Co-operation on the Designated Airports and Ports
Monday, September 28, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 270	22	130	PDF · DOCX
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 Surige Becomes a Very Strong Typhoon at 945 Hectopascals North-West of Minami Daito, Passes Off-Centre From Okinawa and Turns for the Kurils; a Week After Typhoon No. 25, the Toll Is 13 Dead, Two Missing and 4,000 Households Without Power Yamanaka Will Run Again: The Former Yokohama Mayor Seeks the Office He Resigned Over Power Harassment Allegations How a Five-Point Lead Is Measured: Mainichi's Poll, and What Moves the Cabinet's Numbers A Sunday at the Residence: The Prime Minister Waits on a Storm and a Market
Sunday, September 27, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 269	21	126	PDF · DOCX
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' Surige, a Strong Typhoon, Sits 250 Kilometres South of Naha and Will Reach Okinawa on Tuesday; Chiba Counts a Twelfth Death and Says 'Please, No More' Against Cognitive Warfare: The Government Will Strengthen External Communications With Overseas Partners The Counterattack Capability: What the 2022 Documents Authorised, and What Exercising It Would Mean Three-Quarters Full: Emergency-Assignment Personnel's Accommodation and the Initial-Response Gap
Saturday, September 26, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 268	22	133	PDF · DOCX
Xi Demanded 'Opposition to Taiwan Independence'; Trump Kept His Answer to Himself, and Called China a Wartime Ally Eleven Dead, a Severe-Disaster Designation Planned, and Chiba Under Warning-Level Rain Today as Typhoon Surige Turns Toward Okinawa Unofficial and Essential: Japan's Ties With Taiwan Since 1972 The Prime Minister's Weekend: A Designation, a Typhoon and a Sentence September 2008: Shenzhou 7 and China's First Walk in Space
Friday, September 25, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 267	21	125	PDF · DOCX
At the White House, Trump and Xi Talk AI, Security and Taiwan, and Buy Two More Months of Trade Truce Months to Mend Chiba's Roads and Rails, No Outlook for 150 Areas Without Power, and Typhoon No. 26 Has Formed Motegi Draws a Line: No Extra Japanese Money for Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Police Study Group Recommends Legislation for Remote Analysis of Smartphones A Week Without Power: Life in the 150 Areas With No Outlook
Thursday, September 24, 2026	Vol. 2026, No. 266	21	128	PDF · DOCX
Xi Arrives in Washington: Trump and the Chinese Leader Meet Today With Trade, Taiwan and AI on the Table Toll Rises to Ten as Inbanuma's Levee Fails for the First Time on Record, Flooding Two Kilometres Inland Beijing Objects: The Former Enemy Clauses Are 'Important for the Post-War Order' 1995 and 2005: The Two Times the World Agreed the Clauses Should Go Takaichi and Erdoğan Confirm Co-operation on Defence Equipment

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