月別: 2016年2月

本当は7時からの30分クラスなんだけど大体15分くらいは延長してくれる。きょうは55分まで話してしまった。マイケル先生は日本にしばらく滞在してみたいそうでトピックが終わった後その話でしばし盛り上がる。

1)   Three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company are set to face a court trial for the March 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

2)   Some members of Japan’s largest organized crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split last summer. But while police are concerned, a lawyer who works for the yakuza says the groups have more pressing issues.

On Tuesday, a gang member affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi was arrested on suspicion of shooting into the office of a new yakuza gang. The new group is made up of members who split from the Yamaguchi-gumi last August.

3)   Japan’s latest census shows its population decreased by nearly one million over a 5-year period.

It is the first population decline recorded in a census since the survey was introduced in 1920.

4)   Two of Japan’s main opposition parties have finalized a plan to merge, to better challenge the ruling coalition in an Upper House election this year.

The leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party, Katsuya Okada, and his Japan Innovation Party counterpart Yorihisa Matsuno agreed on Friday that their parties will merge next month.
5)   Japanese police have added 10 names to the list of missing people who may have been abducted by North Korea.

The National Police Agency said on Friday that it is looking into what happened to the 6 men and 4 women.

The addition raises the number of people on the list to 886.

6)   Railway fans have snapped up tickets for Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train on its first day of operation.

Tickets sales started on Friday for the new Shinkansen line, a month before service starts.

Officials at East Japan Railway Company say tickets for the first train bound for Tokyo from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan, sold out in around 25 seconds.
7)   A motorist sped onto a sidewalk in downtown Osaka on Thursday afternoon, killing himself, one pedestrian and seriously injuring others.

Witnesses say the car first hit pedestrians crossing a busy intersection in front of Hankyu Railway’s Umeda Station, before ploughing into others on the sidewalk.
8)   Japan’s government says it will instruct the operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant to take steps to prevent a recurrence of its failure to swiftly determine that a meltdown occurred.

今週は面白い記事がなかったよー。ということで、これ以外にスキージャンプの高梨沙羅さんと小保方さんの話をした。小保方さん好きだねー。

1)   China’s Foreign Ministry is urging the United States not to invoke sanctions on North Korea.

 

Hong said on Friday that China believes what it calls hot issues cannot be resolved simply by sanctions or pressure.

2)   Police stormed a church in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Friday morning and arrested a 36-year-old man who had taken a woman hostage.

Police say the 51-year-old counselor has been rescued and her injuries are not life-threatening.

3)   A ruling party lawmaker in Japan has got into hot water for a remark that critics say could be taken as insulting toward US President Barack Obama.

Liberal Democratic Party member of the Upper House Kazuya Maruyama was a target of criticism during Diet deliberations on Thursday.

4)   Japan’s government plans to step up defense cooperation with countries around the South China Sea in response to China’s military buildup on an island there.

US officials say their surveillance has confirmed that China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on Woody Island in the Paracel chain. China controls the island, which is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.

5)   Japanese police arrested the head of a Tokyo-based trade firm on Thursday on suspicion of exporting goods to North Korea in defiance of Japan’s trade embargo.

The police allege that 48-year-old male president of Seiryo-shoji violated foreign exchange and trade laws by exporting clothes, tableware and food in January 2014. The exports were worth around 6 million yen, or 53,000 dollars at current exchange rates.

6)   The operator of Universal Studios Japan is considering cancelling its plan to open a new theme park in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Sources cite concerns the park may not be profitable.

The company announced the plan last March. It has since been consulting with the prefectural government over the plan. In July, USJ’s then-CEO visited the Ocean Expo Park in the prefecture, a candidate site.

7)   Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso says the slowing Chinese economy, tumbling oil prices and US monetary policy will be the major themes at next week’s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors.

北朝鮮の女性サッカーチームの入国を許可すべきだと思うかという話で、「うーん、スポーツは政治とは別だから許可すべきかな」と言ったら、じゃあ、ISの女性サッカーチームだったらどう？と聞かれて^^それはダメと即答してしまった。

1)   North Korea says it has halted an investigation into missing Japanese nationals, including those who were abducted by the North

2)   Japan’s government says it will consider on a case-by-case basis whether to grant entry to North Korean women’s soccer team for the Olympic qualifiers in Osaka.

3)   The Japanese city of Sendai is to open a museum that preserves memories of the city as it stood before the earthquake and tsunami hit the area nearly 5 years ago.

4)   People across Japan held events and rallies on Thursday to support or oppose a national holiday honoring the country’s founding.

February 11th is Japan’s National Foundation Day. Before the end of World War Two, it was celebrated as the day the legendary first emperor ascended the throne. Critics say the holiday was used before the war to promote nationalism and militarism.

5)   Finance Minister Taro Aso says the government will respond appropriately to the rapid appreciation of the yen against the dollar.

Aso told reporters on Friday that there have been volatile moves on foreign exchange markets.

6)   Police in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected murder of a Japanese woman musician.

Police and officials at the Japanese embassy say 30-year-old Asami Nagakiya was found dead under a tree in a park in the capital, Port of Spain, on Wednesday morning local time. They suspect Nagakiya was strangled.

7)   A Britain-based group that observes the Syrian civil war says the Islamic State militant group has been deploying local children as fighters on the front lines after a month of training.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says about 100 children are among the roughly 450 people who completed training for new fighters last week.

今日は桜島と中東のホモの話^^）と清原の話をしていたのでトピックは二つ(1)と(5)しか読んでいない。

予約をするのをすっかり忘れてたのだけど、連絡が来て「いーよいーよ今日はフリーで」とサービスディでした。ごめん。先生。

1)   Japan and Iran have sealed a deal to promote investment by Japanese firms in the Middle Eastern nation.

2)   Japan’s Foreign Minister has agreed with South Korea’s ambassador to Japan that their countries will urge North Korea to exercise restraint over its announced launch as early as next Monday. Pyongyang calls it a satellite launch.

3)   Japan’s government is preparing to let visitors tour the State Guest House in central Tokyo throughout the year as part of its policy of promoting tourism.

Also known as the Akasaka Palace, the facility in Minato Ward has hosted numerous summits and provided lodgings to state guests. The Neo-Baroque-style building is also protected as a national treasure.

4)   Japan has about 18 million temporary and part-time workers. But many aren’t happy with their status, preferring to be full- timers.

An estimated 3.3 million staffers would like regular working status. That’s nearly 1 in 5 of all people in temporary jobs.

The government is stepping in with targets to reduce the number of these “unwilling” temps.

5)   Tokyo police say former professional baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara has tested positive for a stimulant drug.

The 48-year-old slugger was arrested on Tuesday for possession of an illegal drug.

The police say his urine sample tested positive.

Investigators say Kiyohara has admitted to the personal use of the drug. He is quoted as saying he injected the substance with a syringe or inhaled it with a glass pipe.

6)   Japan’s health ministry has designated the Zika virus as an infectious disease by law, and plans to require all medical institutions to report patients to the government.

7)   Executives of Japan’s major electronics firm Toshiba say they are forecasting a record loss for the year ending in March.

They say their group is likely to incur a net loss of about 6 billion dollars, considerably worse than their initial prediction of 4.6 billion dollars.