Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP 062: 2026年7月の飲食料品の値上げは2566品目 帝国データバンク調査、中東情勢の悪化による原油高と円安が要因 年間の値上げは1万4902品目で5年連続1万品目超え
Episode 62
Tonight, a look at Japan's rising food prices, and the global forces pushing them up. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and gram…
5 days, 14 hours ago
EP 061: 東京・浅草寺で夏の風物詩「四万六千日・ほおずき市」 7月9日・10日、この日にお参りすると46000日分のご利益があると言われ、境内には風鈴の音と朱色のほおずきを売る店が並ぶ
Episode 61
Here's a bright summer story from Tokyo: an old festival where a temple fills up with little orange plants and the gentle sound of wind chimes. Learn…
5 days, 14 hours ago
EP 060: 使わなくなったスマホやパソコンを宅配便・引っ越し業者が回収 環境省が7月から北海道・関東・九州・四国で実証事業、トラックの空きスペースで「都市鉱山」からレアメタルを取り出す狙い
Episode 60
Here's a story about turning old gadgets into treasure: Japan is testing a new way to collect used phones and computers using delivery trucks. Learn …
6 days, 14 hours ago
EP 059: 富山市ファミリーパークで、国の特別天然記念物ニホンライチョウのひな7羽がふ化 2年ぶりの成功、絶滅の危機にある鳥の赤ちゃんを大切に育てる
Episode 59
Here's a heartwarming animal story from central Japan. At a park in Toyama, seven chicks of a very rare mountain bird have just hatched. Learn Japane…
6 days, 14 hours ago
EP 058: 大型で非常に強い台風9号が沖縄・先島諸島に接近 11日にかけて最大瞬間風速60メートルの猛烈な風、気象庁が暴風・高波・高潮に厳重警戒を呼びかけ
Episode 58
A large, very powerful typhoon is bearing down on Okinawa's southern islands right now. Today's story is about the warnings and what people there are…
1 week ago
EP 057: 東京の夏の風物詩「第49回 隅田川花火大会」が7月25日に開催 隅田川の2会場からおよそ2万発、浴衣姿の見物客でにぎわう
Episode 57
Summer in Japan means festivals and fireworks. Today's story is about one of Tokyo's most famous fireworks festivals, coming up later this month. Lea…
1 week ago
EP 055: 近畿・中国・九州北部で梅雨明け 気象庁が発表、平年より11日早く これから本格的な夏へ、熱中症に注意
Episode 55
Here's a weather story that tells you summer has truly arrived. In much of western Japan, the long rainy season has just ended, earlier than usual, a…
1 week, 1 day ago
EP 056: 日本を出るときに払う「出国税」が7月1日から3000円に 1000円から3倍に値上げ、観光地の混雑対策の財源へ
Episode 56
Here's a story for anyone who travels abroad: from this month, the tax you pay when you leave Japan has gone up. Learn Japanese with native audio, fu…
1 week, 1 day ago
EP 054: 探査機「はやぶさ2」が小惑星「トリフネ」に無事フライバイ成功 地球を守る技術の実証にも、次は2031年の「1998 KY26」へ
Episode 54
Here's a story from space. Japan's asteroid probe just flew right past a small asteroid, and the mission also helps develop technology to protect the…
1 week, 2 days ago
EP 053: 夏の「土用の丑の日」は今年7月26日 うなぎを食べる習慣に向け、スーパーやお店で予約が始まる
Episode 53
Here's a tasty summer story. Japan has a special midsummer day when people eat eel to beat the heat. This year that day is coming soon, and shops hav…
1 week, 2 days ago