2012-12-26 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 「はだしのゲン」の作者が73歳で死去【Author of “Barefoot Gen” dies at 73】 The author of “Barefoot Gen”, a famous comic strip depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, died of lung cancer at the age of 73 on December 19th.
2012-12-25 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 社会 宮崎で6人の患者がノロウイルスで死亡【Norovirus kills six patients in Miyazaki】 A norovirus outbreak at a hospital in Miyazaki prefecture, southwestern Japan, claimed the lives of six male patients in their 70s and 80s, officials reported on Sunday.
2012-12-20 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-16 Aki@英語ニュース 復習シリーズ 今週の復習284【Weekly Review 284】 復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。 1. DPJ suffers crushing defeat in general election 2. Polling rate in Lower House election hits postwar low 3. Japanese man becomes world’s oldest person at 115
2012-12-19 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 社会 日本人男性が115歳で世界最高齢に【Japanese man becomes world’s oldest person at 115】 A 115-year-old Japanese man, who lives in Kyoto, Western Japan, was on Tuesday officially recognized as the oldest person in the world.
2012-12-18 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 政治 衆議院選の投票率が戦後最低を記録【Polling rate in Lower House election hits postwar low】 The Internal Affairs Ministry said on Monday that the voter turnout in Sunday’s Lower House election marked a new postwar low of 59.32 percent.
2012-12-17 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 政治 民主党が総選挙で惨敗を喫す【DPJ suffers crushing defeat in general election】 The largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party scored a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election, while the ruling Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat that reduced its seats to 57 from 230.
2012-12-13 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-16 Aki@英語ニュース 復習シリーズ 今週の復習283【Weekly Review 283】 復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。 1. Otani chooses Nippon Ham Fighters over MLB 2. Fault under Tsuruga plant likely active 3. Math, science scores for Japanese children improving
2012-12-12 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 社会 日本の生徒の数学と理科の得点が向上【Math, science scores for Japanese children improving】 Japanese schoolchildren have improved their scores in math and science over the past four years, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study showed on Tuesday.
2012-12-11 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 自然環境 敦賀原発下の断層が活断層の可能性【Fault under Tsuruga plant likely active】 A team of seismologists concluded on Monday that a fault under the Tsuruga nuclear power plant is likely to be active, which would make the resumption of its reactors difficult.
2012-12-10 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース スポーツ 大谷が米大リーグより日本ハムファイターズを選択【Otani chooses Nippon Ham Fighters over MLB】 Prized high school right-hander Shohei Otani announced on Sunday that he has decided to join Japan’s Nippon Ham Fighters, reversing his earlier decision to go straight to Major League Baseball.
2012-12-06 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-16 Aki@英語ニュース 復習シリーズ 今週の復習282【Weekly Review 282】 復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。 1. Expressway tunnel collapses in eastern Japan 2. Napoleon’s coded letter sells at Paris auction 3. Lower House election campaigning kicks off
2012-12-05 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 政治 衆議院選挙戦が公示【Lower House election campaigning kicks off】 Campaigning for the Dec. 16 Lower House election officially kicked off on Tuesday, with some 1,500 candidates expected to run for 480-seats.