Year: 2018

昨日の北海道[ほっかいどう]地震[じしん](= earthquake)について、今日のニュージーランド・ヘラルド紙でも読めます。今日になって、その大きさがさらにわかってきました。先日の台風[たいふう](= typhoon)の問題[もんだい](= troubles)がまだ解決[かいけつ]して(= to solve)いないのに。。。 It has now been revealed how big the Hokkaido earthquake was. A powerful earthquake hit Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, yesterday (6 September 2018) and has caused a lot of troubles. The New Zealand Herald reports the earthquake today again (you can read it here). Japanese people still […]

日本はつい2日前に大きな台風[たいふう](= typhoon)を経験[けいけん]しました(= experienced)。今度は地震[じしん](= earthquake)です。今朝、北海道[ほっかいどう]でM6.7の地震がありました。この地震についてニュージーランド・ヘラルド紙で読めます。 みなさんが無事[ぶじ](= fine)でありますように。 Japan has not got over the typhoon which hit on Tuesday yet and now Hokkaido, the northern island, experienced a powerful earthquake (M6.7) this morning. You can read about the earthquake on the New Zealand Herald page. We all hope people there are all right…

As you know, Japan was hit by an extremely big typhoon yesterday (4 Sep 2018). The Kansai areas (including Kyoto and Osaka) were badly damaged. Apparently around 5,000 people have been stranded at the Kansai International airport. You can watch some footage here (the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper site). We all hope that the weather will […]

ニュージーランドで働[はたら]くお母さんについて、日本の新聞[しんぶん]で読みました。記事[きじ](= article)は、昨日（9月3日）の朝日新聞に出ました。ここでこの記事を読めます（日本語です）。インタビューの動画[どうが](= footage)もあります。 I read an article about working mothers in New Zealand on Japanese newspaper. The article appeared on Asahi Shimbun Newspaper yesterday (3 Sep 2018). You can read the article here (written in Japanese). It shows an interview footage with Japanese subtitles.

Did you know that Dan Carter is now playing rugby in a Japanese team in Kobe, Japan?