2016-01-06 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-03 Aki@英語ニュース 政治 イランとサウジの対立深まる【Iran-Saudi row deepens】 Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two big oil producers in the Middle East, quickly deteriorated following the kingdom’s execution of a top Shiite cleric on Saturday.
2016-01-04 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-03 Aki@英語ニュース 政治 慰安婦合意で反発【Comfort women deal draws backlash】 Japan and South Korea reached a landmark agreement in late December to settle a dispute over “comfort women” during World War II, but the deal is drawing a backlash in Korea.
2015-12-24 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 復習シリーズ 今週の復習389【Weekly Review 389】 復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。 1. UN climate conference reaches historic agreement 2. Two designs for Tokyo National Stadium disclosed 3. Prime minister meets with ex-Osaka mayor
2015-12-21 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 政治 安倍首相が橋下前大阪市長と会談【Prime minister meets with ex-Osaka mayor】 The Japanese prime minister met with the former Osaka City mayor on Saturday night at a Tokyo hotel, only a day after the lawyer-turned-politician left office, ending his stormy political career.
2015-12-16 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 科学技術 国立競技場の２つのデザインを公表【Two designs for Tokyo National Stadium disclosed】 The Japan Sports Council disclosed on Monday two competing designs for the new National Stadium, the main venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Both of them use wood as a structural element.
2015-12-14 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 自然環境 国連の気候会議が歴史的合意に到達【UN climate conference reaches historic agreement】 The UN climate conference in Paris reached on Saturday a landmark agreement that will require all countries, including developing nations, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2015-12-10 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-17 Aki@英語ニュース 復習シリーズ 今週の復習388【Weekly Review 388】 復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。 1. Former cult member acquitted 2. Top buzzwords of 2015 announced 3. Facebook CEO faces backlash over his donation
2015-12-07 / 最終更新日 : 2020-04-17 Aki@英語ニュース 社会 フェイスブックCEOの寄付が反発に直面【Facebook CEO faces backlash over his donation】 Days after the Facebook CEO announced he would donate 99 percent of his company shares to charitable causes, some critics questioned how the money would be used.
2015-12-02 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 芸能 2015年の流行語大賞が発表【Top buzzwords of 2015 announced】 This year’s 10 buzzwords in Japan were announced on Tuesday, and the phrase “explosive buying”, which means a shopping spree by Chinese tourists, shared the top prize with another term “triple three”.
2015-11-30 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 事件事故 元カルト信者が無罪に【Former cult member acquitted】 The Tokyo High Court overturned a guilty verdict and acquitted on Friday a former cult member convicted of a parcel bombing of the Tokyo metropolitan government in 1995.
2015-11-25 / 最終更新日 : 2019-04-17 Aki@英語ニュース 復習シリーズ 今週の復習387【Weekly Review 387】 復習の穴埋めテストをやってみましょう。 1. Paris terror attacks claim over 100 lives 2. Hospital ordered to pay damages over maternity harassment 3. New volcanic island off Japan still growing
2015-11-23 / 最終更新日 : 2019-05-05 Aki@英語ニュース 自然環境 日本沖の新しい火山島がまだ成長中【New volcanic island off Japan still growing】 The Japan Coast Guard said on Friday a remote Pacific island south of Tokyo has grown twelve times in its size since it was formed by an undersea eruption two years ago.
