昨日[きのう]、東京[とうきょう]近辺[きんぺん]の雪[ゆき]のニュースについて書きました。今は、北日本で大雪が予想[よそう]されて(= forecasted)います。すでに１メートルを超[こ]える(= over)雪が降[ふ]ったところもあります。 東京の近くの群馬[ぐんま]県[けん]でも雪が降りました。そして、昨日は火山[かざん](= volcano)も噴火[ふんか]しました(= erupted)。 I wrote about news of snow falls in the Tokyo areas yesterday. Now the northern areas in Japan are expecting heavy snow and some areas have already got more than a meter snow. Gunma-prefecture, one of the nearby areas to Tokyo, has got snow and also got its volcano […]
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やりました! They did it!
昨日の夜、やっと決まりました、はい、そうです、労働党[ろうどうとう](= Labour Party)が政権[せいけん] (= government)をとることになりました。ジャシンダ・アーダーンさんは、労働党[ろうどうとう]の党首[とうしゅ](= party leader)に数か月前になったばかり、そして、今度はニュージーランドの首相[しゅしょう](= prime minister)になります。37歳の若き首相です! We finally found that which party would form a government – the New Zealand Labour party! Jacinda Ardern, the party leader, landed the party's leadership position just a few months ago and now she will be the prime minister of New Zealand! A full-of-energy 37 yr […]
Continue readingStudio Ghibli New Zealand Film Festival NOW!
We, people in New Zealand, can watch all sorts of films produced by Studio Ghibli on the big screen NOW! From today till September 20, all sorts of cinemas across the country will show various Studio Ghibli's films. If you are interested, please check the following website: http://www.studioghibli.com.au/celebratestudioghibli/ . Isn't it exciting!
Continue reading史上一番若い。。。2 The youngest in the history…2
昨日のニュージーランド・ヘラルド紙です。これで、アメリカズカップで勝[か]ったことが、この国でとても大きなことなんだということがわかってもらえるでしょう！ This is yesterday's New Zealand Herald. Now you can see the Team New Zealand's victory in the America's Cup is indeed a big deal here…
Continue reading日本の食べ物は。。。 Japanese food is…
日本の食べ物と言えば、最近[さいきん](= recent)まで、すし、天[てん]ぷらでした。でも! 今日のワイカト・タイムズを見てください。お好[この]み焼[や]きのレシピです。時代[じだい](= time; era)も変[か]わりました。。。 We all thought just sushi and tempra when it came to Japanese food till recently… Now look at today's Waikato Times! The recipe of Okonomiyaki is there! Times have changed, indeed…
Continue readingプライバシーと権利 Privacy and human rights
There was an interesting court case about privacy in Japan. A man who was arrested and fined about five years ago for indecency with a minor took his claim to the court. His claim was that the current situation on the Internet, which his name and arrest record was accessble, would prevent him from successful […]
Continue readingみかん味魚 Fish with citrus flavour
日本人は魚[さかな]が好きです。でも、魚の臭[くさ]み(= smell)や料理に時間がかかることで、魚を食べる人が減[へ]って(= to decrease)います。そこで、、、どうしたと思いますか? As you might know, Japanese people love fish. But due to its smell and required time to cook, quite a few people now do not have so much fish on their dining table. So, what have the people in the industry done, do you think?
Continue readingNZも猫ニュース Cat news in NZ
日本人はねこが大好き－いろいろなニュースやレポートが(かわいいものから、ちょっと変ったものまで!)日本で見られます。 そして、ニュージーランドにもねこニュースがありました! Japanese people love cats. All sorts of (cuteor weird!) cat's news and reports can be seen in Japanese media all the time. Now, we have got a good one from New Zealand…
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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 […]
Continue readingG7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Hiroshima
G7 Foreign ministers are meeting in Hiroshima right now. The ministers are scheduled to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum today. I hope the meeting would go well and all representatives would understand Hiroshima better.
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