Eight major marriage-service companies, including O-net Inc. and Zwei Co., decided on Friday to adopt a quality-certification system to improve the public trust in the complaint-ridden industry.

2008-05-19 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-13 Aki@英語ニュース自然環境

中国大地震から1週間【One week since China’s strong quake】

More than 32,000 people are confirmed to have died one week after a strong earthquake hit China’s Sichuan Province. A 60-member disaster relief team sent from Japan started rescue and recovery operations on Friday.

2008-04-24 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-13 Aki@英語ニュース復習シリーズ

今週の復習99【Weekly Review 99】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Support for Fukuda plunges to lowest level
2. Offers flood in for Cui-daore Taro
3. Cigarette vending machine to check buyer’s age

2008-04-21 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-13 Aki@英語ニュース社会

タバコの自販機が購買者の年齢確認へ【Cigarette vending machine to check buyer’s age】

The Finance Ministry plans to approve a new type of cigarette vending machine that can check a cigarette buyer’s age when a driving license is inserted in it besides those with the “taspo” IC card function.

2008-04-14 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-13 Aki@英語ニュースビジネス

くいだおれ太郎に申し出が殺到【Offers flood in for Cui-daore Taro】

A restaurant in Osaka has been flooded with offers from around Japan to buy or rent its popular drum-beating doll since the closing of the restaurant was first announced on April 8.