地震とツイッター Earthquake and twitter

月曜日に大きな地震[じしん](= earthquake)日本でありました。電車[でんしゃ](= train)が止まったりしましたが、今はまたちゃんと動[うご]いて(= to move)います。まだ全部[ぜんぶ](= all)元[もと]に戻[もど]ったわけではありません。1日にも早く、いろいろ元に戻りますように。 As you know, a relatively large earthquake hit Japan a couple of days ago. Almost of all trains in the areas stopped but have now resumed. There are still damages which need to repair, but hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.

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日本での地震 Earthquake in Japan

今朝[けさ]、かなり大きな地震[じしん](= earthquake)が大阪[おおさか]で起[お]きました。マグニチュード5.9です。あちこちで電車[でんしゃ]が止[と]まったり、道路[どうろ]が不通[ふつう]になったり(= closed)しています。実[じつ]は、昨日、群馬[ぐんま]でも地震[じしん]がありました。マグニチュード4.7でした。余震[よしん](= aftershock)が止まって、みなさんが無事[ぶじ]に(= safely)家[いえ]に帰[かえ]れることを祈[いの]っています。 A relatively large earthquake (M5.9) occurred in Osaka, Japan, this morning. Quite a few trains stopped and some roads are closed now. Actually a slightly smaller-scale earthquake (M.4.7) happened in Gunma, Japan, yesterday. We hope that the aftershocks will stop and people can soon go back home safely.

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熊本 Kumamoto

As you know, big earthquakes happened in Kumamoto, Japan last week. There are so many aftershocks still happening there. The massive recovery efforts have been made; quite a few shops are now open. Kumamoto Airport started operating again. But there are still many people having all sorts of difficulties. Tokyo Shimbun Newspaper reports that quite […]

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Three years on… The Great East Japan Earthquake

(c) Yuya Sekiguchi; this photo was taken about 2.5 years ago. 東日本[ひがしにほん]大震災[だいしんさい](= the Great East Japan Earthquake)から3年[ねん]が経[た]ちました。朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]は、ここで写真[しゃしん]や動画[どうが]の特集[とくしゅう](= special issues)をしています。 Japan was hit by big earchquake and tsunami three years ago. Asahi Shimbun newspaper put all sorts of photos and footages together on this page .

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福島原発の問題 Fukushima NPP’s issues

福島[ふくしま]原発[げんぱつ] (= Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants)では今[いま]もいろいろな問題[もんだい]が起[お]こっています。今日[きょう]は、汚染水[おせんすい] (= toxic water)漏[ろう]えい(= leak)についてです。 As I mentioned the other day, there are so many issues occurring at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants these days. I will write about leak of toxic water.  

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福島の子どもとガン Fukushima Kids and cancer

ニュージーランドのテレビ、新聞[しんぶん]、ラジオなどでニュースを見[み]聞[き]きします。しかし、福島[ふくしま]原発[げんぱつ] (= Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants)のニュースは殆[ほとん]どありません。今[いま]もいろいろな問題[もんだい]が起[お]こっています。 I watch/listen to news here, in New Zealand but hardly see/hear anything about Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants now. There are still a lot of problems happening.  

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