2018-03-28 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-27 Aki@英語ニュース政治

元財務省役人が繰り返し証言を拒否【Ex-Finance Ministry official repeatedly refuses testimony】

The former Finance Ministry bureau chief was summoned on Tuesday as a sworn witness at the Diet. He repeatedly refused to answer questions about a document falsification scandal, citing the possibility of criminal prosecution.

2018-03-26 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-27 Aki@英語ニュース事件事故

雪の山道から13人の登山客が救助【13 climbers rescued from snowy mountain trail】

Thirteen holiday hikers were rescued on Thursday after getting trapped by a heavy snowfall and spent a night outdoors on a mountain trail in western Tokyo. None of them had life-threatening injuries.

2018-03-25 / 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454【Weekly Review 454】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. China reelects Xi Jinping as president with no term limits
2. Pension data entry outsourced to Chinese firm

2018-03-21 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-27 Aki@英語ニュース社会

年金データ入力が中国企業に委託【Pension data entry outsourced to Chinese firm】

An information processing company in Tokyo assigned to process the personal data of about five million pensioners had outsourced the work to a subcontractor in China in violation of the contract with the Japan Pension Service.

2018-03-19 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-03 Aki@英語ニュース政治

中国が習近平氏を任期制限なしの国家主席に再選【China reelects Xi Jinping as president with no term limits】

China’s legislature unanimously reappointed Xi Jinping on Saturday, as president with no limits on how many terms he can serve. The 64-year-old president could now remain in power for life.

2018-03-17 / 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453【Weekly Review 453】

復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。
1. Finance Ministry to admit altering land sale documents
2. President Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong Un

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

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