Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP 052: リニア中央新幹線、静岡県の知事が県内での着工を容認 大井川の水めぐる問題に区切り、2036年の開業へ前進
Episode 52
There's big news about the maglev bullet train. The governor of Shizuoka has finally approved construction in his prefecture, and the whole project c…
1 week, 3 days ago
EP 051: 2026年の富士山の登山シーズンが始まる、今年から全ルートで一人4000円が必要に 安全のための新ルール
Episode 51
Japan's climbing season for Mount Fuji has just begun, and this year every route has new rules — including a fee for everyone who climbs. Learn Japan…
1 week, 4 days ago
EP 050: 2026年の路線価が発表、全国平均が2.9%上昇で現行方式で過去最大の伸び 地方やリゾート地にも波及
Episode 50
Japan's National Tax Agency just released this year's official land values, and prices rose nationwide by the most in over a decade. Learn Japanese w…
1 week, 5 days ago
EP 049: すみだ水族館で今年生まれたペンギンの赤ちゃん2羽が、今日から順番に「プールデビュー」
Episode 49
At an aquarium in Tokyo, two baby penguins born this spring are about to swim in front of visitors for the very first time. Learn Japanese with nativ…
1 week, 5 days ago
EP 048: 大企業の今年の夏のボーナスが平均100万円を超え、初めて大台突破で過去最高に 経団連第1回集計
Episode 48
Japan's big companies just posted their highest summer bonuses on record, topping one million yen on average for the first time ever. Learn Japanese …
1 week, 6 days ago
EP 047: 埼玉・飯能のムーミンバレーパークで夏の水遊びイベント開幕、「ニョロニョロ」のスコールで涼しく
Episode 47
At a Moomin theme park in Saitama, near Tokyo, a summer water event began yesterday. After a rumble of thunder, a sudden downpour falls from above, a…
1 week, 6 days ago
EP 046: 神奈川・藤沢市がGPS発信機付きライフジャケットの無料貸出を開始、海水浴場では全国初
Episode 46
The city of Fujisawa, near Tokyo, has started lending out life jackets with built-in GPS trackers at its beaches this summer. For a public beach in J…
2 weeks ago
EP 045: 神奈川・平塚で「湘南ひらつか七夕まつり」が今日開幕、3日間で日本有数の夏祭り
Episode 45
In Hiratsuka, a city in Kanagawa near Tokyo, one of Japan's biggest star festivals opens today, with about a hundred giant paper decorations lining t…
2 weeks ago
EP 044: 気象庁が40度以上の日を「酷暑日」と決定、今年の夏の天気予報から使用
Episode 44
Japan's weather agency has created a new word for days when the temperature climbs past forty degrees, and forecasts will start using it this summer.…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
EP 043: 東京・日本科学未来館で「大南極展」開幕、南極観測70年を記念
Episode 43
A big new exhibition about Antarctica opens in Tokyo today, celebrating seventy years of Japanese research at the South Pole. Learn Japanese with nat…
2 weeks, 1 day ago