日: 2025年12月26日

1. Japan’s Cabinet has approved a draft budget for the next fiscal year starting April. It marks a record high of 122.3 trillion yen, or about 780 billion dollars.
2. A survey of survivors of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake in central Japan shows that two-thirds feel there has been little or no progress in recovery and reconstruction, a result similar to a survey conducted a year ago.
3. Pope Leo XIV has used his first Christmas message as the head of the Roman Catholic Church to call on “the parties involved” to advance dialogue on the situation in Ukraine.

1. Santa Claus has set off from Finland to deliver Christmas gifts to children across the globe. His journey started in his home village, which is located on the Arctic Circle in Finland. A video clip shows Santa Claus preparing to deliver gifts by reading letters he has received from children around the world.
2. Thailand and Cambodia have resumed ceasefire talks following a renewed outbreak of military clashes between the two countries this month. Clashes have continued along the border.
3. A Japanese government investigation team has published an interim report on a deadly collision between two aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in 2024. The January 2, 2024 incident involved a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway that was hit by a Japan Airlines passenger plane that had just landed.