News in October 2026

Japan's health ministry is studying a big question.3 mins to read

Wild storks are flying again in Japan.2 mins to read

Okayama Prefecture, in western Japan, has announced a big road race for people who use wheelchairs and people who do not.2 mins to read

Japan's transport ministry, the part of the Japanese government that looks after roads and transport, has a new plan for cars that almost drive themselves.2 mins to read

A strong earthquake hit southern Panama on October 9, 2026.2 mins to read

Nishiyama, a top player of shogi in Japan, has kept her Hakurei title.2 mins to read

A special train in the north of Japan is stopping after 37 years.3 mins to read

Many more people in Japan are getting the flu.2 mins to read

A crested ibis has been seen in Shiga Prefecture in Japan.3 mins to read

A new high school in Japan will open in April 2027.3 mins to read

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the country's national center for studying the sky, has explained a meteor shower called the October Draconids.2 mins to read

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a group of weather scientists from around the world, gave a new report on October 8, 2026.2 mins to read

NASA has shown a new picture of early morning on Mars.2 mins to read

A Japanese scientist will receive the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.2 mins to read

Measles is spreading in New York, a state in the eastern United States.2 mins to read

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on September 30 that some vegetables will cost more than usual in October.3 mins to read

An underpass is a road that goes under another road or a railway.2 mins to read

Scientists in Japan have found how food with too many calories can make the brain work less well.3 mins to read

Francis Halzen will receive the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.2 mins to read

A company in Japan has made a new kind of disaster drill.2 mins to read

Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center is a national hospital in Japan.2 mins to read

On October 5, the Karolinska Institute in Sweden announced the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.2 mins to read

Fukushima Hachimangu is a shrine in Yame, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture in the south of Japan.3 mins to read

A rare mole has been found in the Shirakami Mountains for the first time.2 mins to read

All public phones in Toei Subway stations will be taken away by November 2028.2 mins to read

Okazaki, a city in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, is asking people not to touch mushrooms in its parks.2 mins to read

Trains are not running on one part of the Uchibo Line, a train line in Japan.2 mins to read

The top of Asahidake, a mountain in Japan, turned white with snow on October 2, 2026.2 mins to read

Japanese can be written in two ways.3 mins to read

Scientists have made a new material that shows bright colors.2 mins to read