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Back to SearchEP 092: 夏の全国高校野球「甲子園」がまもなく開幕
Episode 92
Japan's most beloved summer sports event is almost here: the national high school baseball tournament, played every year at a famous stadium in weste…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 093: 情報活動の司令塔「国家情報局」が発足
Episode 93
Japan has just launched a new intelligence agency — a single command center for gathering and analyzing information about national security and diplo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 090: 沖縄美ら海水族館がアカマンボウの人工ふ化に世界で初めて成功
Episode 90
An aquarium in Okinawa has done something no one in the world had ever done: it hatched the babies of a big, beautiful ocean fish called the opah. Le…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 091: 日本人の人口、42年ぶりに1億2000万人を下回る
Episode 91
Tonight's story is about a historic milestone for Japan: the country's population has fallen below one hundred twenty million for the first time in f…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 088: 多摩動物公園でトキのひな7羽が元気に育つ
Episode 88
This week, a zoo in Tokyo shared some happy news: seven chicks of the crested ibis, a very special Japanese bird, are growing up healthy. Learn Japan…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 089: 熊本県で震度7の大地震、避難生活が続く
Episode 89
Today's story is a serious one. A powerful earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan earlier this week, and rescue and relief work …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 087: 日本三大祭りの一つ「天神祭」が大阪で開催
Episode 87
Tonight in Osaka, one of Japan's three biggest festivals reaches its main night, with a parade of about one hundred boats on the river and three thou…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 085: 皇居千鳥ヶ淵で夏の夜の「灯ろう流し」
Episode 85
This week, on two summer evenings, about two thousand glowing lanterns floated on the moat of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Learn Japanese with nativ…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 086: サッカー日本代表の次期監督に大岩剛氏が就任へ
Episode 86
Today's story is from the world of football. The Japan Football Association has chosen Go Oiwa as the next manager of the national team, with an unus…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 083: 神戸どうぶつ王国でマヌルネコの赤ちゃん5匹を公開
Episode 83
Five fluffy kittens of a rare wild cat have just made their public debut at an animal park in Kobe. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocab…
1 month, 3 weeks ago