2017-09-06 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース社会

より多くの10代が夏休みの後に自殺【More teens commit suicide after summer holidays】

A government survey shows that more students aged 18 or younger commit suicide on September 1 than any other day of the year. Some teenagers succumb to the pressure of returning to school life after long summer holidays.

2017-09-04 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース事件事故

フィリピン人を2004年の殺人で逮捕【Filipino man arrested for 2004 murder】

Police on Saturday arrested a 35-year-old Filipino man on suspicion of killing a female university student in eastern Japan in 2004. Two other Filipinos, minors at the time of the incident, are likely to be placed on the international wanted list.

2017-08-31 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-24 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習429【Weekly Review 429】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Suspect in Barcelona van attack may be in France
2. Google searches for “my eyes hurt” surge after solar eclipse
3. Some 74 % of Japanese people satisfied with their life

2017-08-28 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース社会

約74％の日本人が自分の生活に満足【Some 74 % of Japanese people satisfied with their life】

A Cabinet Office survey released on Saturday showed that nearly 74 percent of Japanese people are more or less satisfied with their current lifestyle, the highest level since the annual survey began in 1963.

2017-08-23 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース自然環境

「目が痛い」の検索が日食後に急上昇【Google searches for “my eyes hurt” surge after solar eclipse】

Many Americans may have looked directly at the sun during the total solar eclipse without safety glasses on Monday. Searches for the phrase “my eyes hurt” peaked on Google right after the event.

2017-08-21 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース事件事故

バルセロナ車両暴走の容疑者はフランスに潜伏か【Suspect in Barcelona van attack may be in France】

Spanish police are hunting for a main suspect from Morocco after a van attack in Barcelona that killed 14 people and injured more than 120 others on Thursday. They say he may have crossed the border into France.

2017-08-10 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-24 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習428【Weekly Review 428】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Foreign Minister doubles as Defense Minister
2. Former head of school arrested over subsidy fraud
3. Powerful typhoon hits southern islands

2017-08-07 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース自然環境

強力な台風が南部の諸島を直撃【Powerful typhoon hits southern islands】

A slow-moving typhoon accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds hit southern Japanese islands on the weekend, where about 9000 people were ordered to evacuate and at least two people were killed. Over 100 flights for Sunday were cancelled in the region.

2017-08-02 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-06 Aki@英語ニュース政治

外務大臣が防衛大臣を兼務【Foreign Minister doubles as Defense Minister】

Japan’s Defense Minister resigned on Friday to take responsibility for a cover-up scandal involving daily activity logs of GSDF units in South Sudan. The Foreign Minister has taken over her duties to serve the two posts until a Cabinet reshuffle scheduled for next week.

2017-08-02 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-06 Aki@英語ニュース事件事故

前理事長が補助金詐欺で逮捕【Former head of school arrested over subsidy fraud】

The special investigation squad of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office arrested the former head of an educational institution and his wife on Monday. The couple is suspected of illegally receiving public subsidies to build an elementary school in Osaka.

2017-07-27 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-24 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習427【Weekly Review 427】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Japan executes two death-row inmates
2. Party held to celebrate 50 years of Licca-chan
3. Promotional video for Miyagi receiving mixed reaction

2017-07-24 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-06 Aki@英語ニュース芸能

宮城の宣伝動画に反響【Promotional video for Miyagi receiving mixed reaction】

A tourism promotion video for Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan featuring a well-known model is receiving mixed reviews. Seven assembly women asked the governor on Friday to remove it because of some sexually suggestive scenes.