2018-03-13 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-03 Aki@英語ニュース政治

トランプ大統領が金正恩氏との会談を受諾【President Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong Un】

US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Saturday that he agreed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May. Pyongyang had promised to give up its nuclear capability under certain conditions.

2018-03-12 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-26 Aki@英語ニュース政治

土地売却の文書の書き換えを財務省が認める見通し【Finance Ministry to admit altering land sale documents】

The Finance Ministry has decided to report on Monday that documents related to a discounted sale of state-owned land to an Osaka-based school operator were secretly altered. The National Tax Agency head resigned on Friday to take responsibility for the scandal.”

2018-03-09 / 最終更新日 : 2019-02-05 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習452【Weekly Review 452】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Wrestling director accused of harassing four-time Olympic champ
2. Japanese makeup artist wins Oscar

2018-03-07 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-26 Aki@英語ニュース芸能

日本人メイクアップアーティストがオスカーを受賞【Japanese makeup artist wins Oscar】

Japanese makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji won the Academy Award for best makeup and hairstyling on Sunday night. He transformed Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill, Britain’s wartime prime minister, for the film “Darkest Hour.”

2018-03-04 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-26 Aki@英語ニューススポーツ

レスリング強化本部長が五輪４連覇の金メダリストへのパワハラで告発【Wrestling director accused of harassing four-time Olympic champ】

An anonymous complaint has been lodged against a director of Japan Wrestling Federation development for harassing four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho. It said that he began to interfere with her training after she moved her base to Tokyo in 2008.

2018-03-02 / 最終更新日 : 2019-02-05 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習451【Weekly Review 451】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Human head found in Osaka apartment
2. More errors found in labor ministry’s work-hour survey

2018-02-28 / 最終更新日 : 2019-11-04 Aki@英語ニュース経済

厚労省の労働時間調査でさらなる誤りが見つかる【More errors found in labor ministry’s work-hour survey】

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry disclosed on Monday that additional irregularities were found among its work-hour data on the discretionary labor system. The government has rejected opposition calls for a redo of the survey.

2018-02-26 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-26 Aki@英語ニュース事件事故

大阪のアパートで人の頭部が見つかる【Human head found in Osaka apartment】

Police found a severed head at a lodging facility in Osaka on Saturday. A 26-year-old American tourist, who has been held on suspicion of confining a missing Japanese woman, is being questioned in connection with the case.

2018-02-23 / 最終更新日 : 2019-02-05 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習450【Weekly Review 450】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Japan’s defending champion wins gold in men’s figure skating at Pyeongchang Olympics
2. Japanese man wins custody of 13 surrogate children

2018-02-21 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-03 Aki@英語ニュース社会

日本人男性が13人の代理出産の子の親権を取得【Japanese man wins custody of 13 surrogate children】

A Thai court on Tuesday awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. He caused controversy in 2014 when his so-called “baby factory” case came to light.

2018-02-19 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-26 Aki@英語ニューススポーツ

日本の前回覇者が平昌五輪のフィギュアスケート男子で金メダル【Japan’s defending champion wins gold in men’s figure skating at Pyeongchang Olympics】

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu on Saturday became the first male figure skater to win two straight Olympic gold medals in 66 years. He had missed training for two months after an ankle injury last November.

2018-02-18 / 最終更新日 : 2019-02-05 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習449【Weekly Review 449】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Tokyo public school selects pricey Armani uniforms
2. Extreme weather impacts athletes at Pyeongchang Olympics