マイあさ! 午前6時のNHKニュース 2026年9月25日

U.S.-China Summit: Maneuvering Over Taiwan and AI

President Trump and President Xi Jinping (習近平) met at the White House on September 24. At the welcoming ceremony, Trump said that the pursuit of common interests had bound the two peoples together and made them allies in World War II, calling on both sides to remember their shared history of fighting alongside each other. Xi echoed the sentiment, recalling how China and the United States stood together against fascist aggression during the war, and emphasized the importance of a positive bilateral relationship. Xi also stated that both countries are major AI powers with the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI appropriately, signaling openness to cooperation in that field.

According to Xinhua, Xi told Trump at the summit that he hoped the United States would uphold its correct position of opposing Taiwan independence, handle the Taiwan question prudently, and lay a solid foundation for strategic cooperation and the development of relations between the two countries. Trump's specific response was not disclosed. After the meeting, Trump walked with Xi through the White House garden and, when a reporter asked whether they had discussed Taiwan, replied only that it had been a wonderful meeting. The summit's media coverage was complicated by the Trump administration's decision to ban three outlets—including CNN—from access, which overlapped with Xi's visit and led several major television networks to air only partial coverage of the leaders' joint appearances.

Domestic Politics and Administration

Komeito approved the return of 28 members of the House of Representatives who had left for the now-fractured Chudo Kaikaku Rengo (中道改革連合), bringing its total membership to 49 and making it the second-largest opposition party after the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. The minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs made his first post-appointment visit to Okinawa Prefecture, meeting with newly inaugurated Governor Koja Gentaro (古謝元太郎) and expressing his intention to work toward building a stronger Okinawa by reflecting the wishes of local residents.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a corrective order to Echizen Town in Fukui Prefecture after it was found that more than half of the Echizen crab processed products offered as furusato nozei return gifts did not meet labeling standards. The town was ordered to rescind the improper labeling.

International Affairs

Nauru President Adeang announced at the UN General Assembly leaders' summit that his country intends to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Trump had called on member states to withdraw immediately, and attention is now focused on whether other countries will follow suit. In Kyiv, Ukraine, a Russian ballistic missile strike hit a hospital and other sites, killing two people. President Zelenskyy posted on social media urging international support, writing that interceptor missiles are urgently needed. Iwaya Takeshi (岩屋毅), former foreign minister and chairman of the Japan Association for Trade with Russia and China (日本国際貿易促進協会), announced that he will lead a delegation to China from September 27, with the aim of normalizing economic exchanges.

Typhoon No. 25: Damage and Recovery

Record rainfall accompanying Typhoon No. 25 triggered landslides and river flooding across Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, leaving eleven people dead and three others missing. At Inba Lake (印旛沼) in Chiba, where a levee broke, water levels are slowly receding but surrounding areas remain inundated as recovery work continues. In Yokosuka, Kanagawa, a woman in her sixties died when a landslide swept into her home. Yokosuka City disclosed that it had received a consultation from the woman's husband in June of this year, warning that soil was eroding from a slope nearby, and said it would investigate how that report was handled. Typhoon No. 26 is expected to track northward from waters south of Okinawa, and residents are urged to monitor the latest updates.

Sports, Markets, and Weather

At the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, 17-year-old Ohashi Shin (大橋新) won gold in the men's 200m breaststroke with a world-record time of 2 minutes 4.83 seconds. In men's team table tennis, Japan defeated China to claim gold for the first time since the 1966 tournament—a 60-year gap. In sumo's Autumn Basho on day 13, Yokozuna Onosato (大の里) moved into sole first place with 12 wins; if all three wrestlers sitting at three losses are defeated, he will be crowned champion before the final day, ending a year-long title drought.

On the markets, the dollar traded between 158.88 and 159.30 yen, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 161 dollars and 61 cents at 51,349 dollars and 98 cents. In Hokkaido, Numakawa in Wakkanai recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius—the nation's first sub-zero reading of the season, more than a week earlier than last year. Today is also the Mid-Autumn Festival, the night of the harvest moon. Typhoon No. 26 is moving westward through waters east of the Philippines and may continue to affect the Okinawa area into next week.