2018-05-22 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-03 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 日本映画「万引き家族」がカンヌで最高賞を受賞【Japanese movie “Shoplifters” wins top prize at Cannes】 A Japanese director’s “Shoplifters”, a story of an impoverished family, won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The film portrays human connections through a Tokyo family that lives in poverty.
2017-12-04 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 天皇陛下が2019年4月に譲位へ【Emperor to abdicate in April, 2019】 The government announced on Friday that the Emperor is set to abdicate on April 30, 2019, after a meeting of the Imperial House Council. His eldest son, the Crown Prince, will ascend the throne a day later.
2017-11-15 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 「チバニアン」が地質年代を表す見通しに 【”Chibanian” likely to represent geological age】 A Japanese national research institute said on Monday that a geological period from 126,000 to 770,000 years ago will soon be called “Chibanian.” The name is based on a stratum discovered in Chiba Prefecture.
2017-10-10 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-07 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 カズオ・イシグロ氏がノーベル文学賞を受賞 【Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in literature】 日本生まれのイギリス人作家 / カズオ・イシグロ氏が受賞した、/ 今年のノーベル文学賞を、/ 木曜日、/ 彼の「偉大な感情の力を持つ小説」に対して。/ 著者は述べた、/ 最初は思ったと、/ それは間違いではないかと、/ フェイク・ニュースのこの時代に。
2017-05-22 / 最終更新日 : 2019-06-06 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 眞子さまの婚約が皇族縮小の論議の引き金に【Princess Mako’s engagement triggers debate on shrinking imperial family】 The planned engagement of Princess Mako has triggered a debate on the male-only succession to the imperial throne. After her marriage, the number of imperial family members is expected to drop to 18
2016-07-18 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-20 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 陛下退位の意向を宮内庁関係者が否定【Imperial official denies Emperor’s intention to step down】 The Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday dismissed media reports that the Japanese Emperor, 82, intends to abdicate the throne before he dies.
2016-04-13 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-19 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 米国務長官が広島を訪問【US secretary of state visits Hiroshima】 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Monday along with other G7 foreign ministers as the highest-level American official to travel to the city.
2015-10-19 / 最終更新日 : 2020-02-06 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 南京虐殺登録で日本がユネスコ拠出金削減か【Japan may cut UNESCO funding over Nanjing Massacre listing】 Japan’s government said on Tuesday that it may cut its funding for UNESCO after the organization added Chinese documents on the Nanjing Massacre to its Memory of the World Register.
2015-06-15 / 最終更新日 : 2020-01-28 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 国税庁が 「日本酒」の定義へ【Tax Agency to define “Japanese sake”】 The National Tax Agency plans to define “Japanese sake” as a home-brewed alcoholic drink made from local ingredients in order to differentiate it from foreign-made sake.
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.
2012-12-04 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-15 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 ナポレオンの暗号文がパリの競売で落札【Napoleon’s coded letter sells at Paris auction】 A secret code letter written in 1812 by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte vowing to “blow up Moscow’s Kremlin” sold for 187,500 euros, 10 times the expected price, on Sunday at Paris auction.
2012-09-26 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-14 Aki@英語ニュース 歴史文化 古典的な東京駅駅舎がまもなく再開業【Classic Tokyo Station building to reopen】 After five and a half years of restoration work, the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building, famous for its classic red-brick structure, is now preparing for the grand re-opening on October 1.