NEWS ARCHIVE
Selected by the editor from events, announcements and reports. This is not a traffic ranking.
IllustrationJAXA launched the MMX Mars-moon probe from Tanegashima at 04:41:03 JST on October 20. H3 Flight 10 followed its planned flight and successfully separated the spacecraft about one hour and 11 minutes later.
IllustrationPrime Minister Sanae Takaichi explained on October 20 who would take responsibility for restoring the food consumption-tax rate to 8%. She said a successor from the current ruling parties would do the same if she had left office by April 2029.
IllustrationIshigaki Airport announced on October 20 that approaching Typhoon No. 30 could affect arriving and departing flights from around October 22. Terminal opening arrangements may also change depending on its track; passengers should check with their airline.
IllustrationTrustbank announced on October 20 that unauthorized access to Furusato Choice had exposed 4,454,097 member records. The data includes names, contact details and hashed passwords. The company is still investigating the number of records and scope of the incident.
IllustrationJapan’s Digital Agency announced AI-agent environments for its Gennai government platform on October 20. Agent Chat is being introduced gradually; the more advanced Gennai Kobo environment is targeted for introduction by around December.
IllustrationOctober 20 coverage introduced LINE Manga’s byUs AI story-chat service. Announced by its operator on October 19, it lets users converse with characters from author-approved works and create their own stories.
IllustrationJapan won three gold, one silver and five bronze medals in swimming on October 19, the opening competition day at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games. October 20 reporting highlighted golds by Takayuki Suzuki, Ayano Tsujuchi and Aira Kinoshita.
IllustrationMeiji announced drinks marking its milk chocolate’s centenary on October 20. The chocolate flavour is planned for selected sales channels on October 27, followed by a nationwide all-channel release with the strawberry flavour on November 10.
IllustrationThe Nikkei average ended Tokyo trading on October 20 at 64,075.42, down 841.28 points from the previous close, or about 1.30%. TOPIX also fell, while brokerage market summaries reported selling across a broad range of stocks.
IllustrationJR East’s teppay code-payment service launched on October 20. Available within Mobile Suica, it is a separate payment mechanism from conventional Suica IC transactions. Press presentations and hands-on reporting also took place that day.