11/08/20 19:48:12.67 .net
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03: Former Land Minister Sumio Mabuchi has decided to run for the presidency of his party. He said
that the party should consider reviewing its decision to suspend the party membership of former
party leader Ichiro Ozawa. Mabuchi says it's natural to change decision if there are new facts.
16: A clerk at a local store says Suzuike was very positive about nurturing the girl and always said
the girl was her family. She says Suzuike didn't seem to have a problem looking after the child.
The foster care system is administered by local governments in Japan. The authorities entrust
children who can't be nurtured at their own homes to foster parents.
301: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/21 19:57:55.75 .net
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15: Hirakawa says researchers have heavy responsiblity. He says they should use the data from
March 11th as a basis for retriactively investigating past tsunami going back thousands of years.
21: There are also reports that some people took to the streets in an armed uprising and have
occupied a museum in the centre of the capital, showing solidarity with the anti-government forces.
In response, state-run television broadcast an audio massage by Qadhafi. The message stressed that
Qadhafi's goverment had the full control of the capital. Qadhafi says his forces have fought with
what he calls the rats and have eliminated them.
27: Some areas today had torrential rain and gales.
302: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/22 22:38:10.09 .net
...φ(。。)
03: University of Tokyo Associate Professor Yasuhiro Kato says soil collected off the coast of Hawaii
contains a rich supply of rare earth metals. Kato and his reserch group made the discovery in the
seabed of Hawaii. He says rare earth metals have great potential as a resource. He says it's right to
say that this dirt contains his dream.
34: In the World Cup Nadeshiko Japan climbed to the top with the pack of astonishing perseverance
and cohesion.
35: Sasaki has higher hopes and Nagasato is saying that she has recently been improving in
leaps and bounds.
44: Hiroshi's made it a rule to turn back whenever Setsuko says she wants to go home.
Hiroshi imitates the sound of a bush warbler which makes Setsuko laugh.
303: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/23 22:29:54.14 .net
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21: So this is sovereign risk since the example of Greece emerged. This is about the confidence towards
a nation. We must regain the confidence not in our economy but our politics as well.
22: An active stationary rain front has brought heavy rain to places across the country.
Before dawn cars were plowing through the water like boats on a road in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture.
24: This man says that when he woke up with the sound of the downpour. The rain was falling like
cats and dogs. This woman says the rain was pounding very hard. The intensity was unprecedented.
53: Hijirisawa's squeeze came as a surprise to Nippon Ham players. He drove in a run.
304: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/24 22:31:45.46 .net
...φ(。。)
04: The leadership election campaign will start in three days. Other prospective candidates are trying
to garner support from party members.
12: This resident says that it's good to have power generating facilities as a backup. And this woman
says the plans are conducive to building a community that's well prepared and secure.
16: Over the years the power industry and the ruling government party have nurtured a cozy
relationship. So the power industry was allowed to become a monopoly. Government agencies were
eager to protect their existing rights, so they advocated the continuation of restrictions.
33: Retirement of a popular celebrity has highlighted the ties between the entertainment industry and
organaized crime. This woman says she was surprised that something like this may be common. This
man says it may be just the tip of the iceberg.
305: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/25 22:28:01.37 .net
...φ(。。)
41: The Osaka High Court has overturned the lower court decision that for first time held the
government resoibsible for asbestos-related health problems.
In today's ruling the court said the state obliged factories to install ventilation in1971, and said
the state's anti-astestos measures were not particularly slow.
56: He blasted a three-run homer reversing the game to 4-3.
306: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/26 22:19:56.72 .net
>>305
=> for the first time
=> responsible
307: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/26 22:20:56.55 .net
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12: Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano, a middle-of-the-roader, is calling for reconciliation in the party.
13: Mabuchi says his junior status due to his being elected only three times may be his strength
because he can maintain policies that are free of constraints.
51: Forward Naomi kawasumi says one of Japan's advantages is that the team can maintain its playing
stuff whoever joins the team.
308: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/28 19:47:59.43 .net
...φ(。。)
08: Kaieda says the next party leader can decide on the election pledges after discussing with the
opposition parties whether to restart the debate from scratch.
20: Asked about plans to move factories out to other country, 27 companies or nearly 30 percent
said they have either decided to do so or are considering it. 21 of those are manufacturers.
This underscores the growing concern about the risk of hollowing out of industry.
309: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/29 22:20:25.98 .net
...φ(。。)
04: Noda was considered to be out of the running when Seiji Maehara joined the race. But his appeal
for former politics to transcend deep seed of grudges apparently resonated with many party lawmakers
who were fed up with their party's infighting.
09: Another member says many people say they don't want politics to move forward based on
traditional political rationale.
310: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/30 22:30:24.32 .net
...φ(。。)
00: Japan's new prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has likened himself to a loach, a freshwater bottom-
growing fish. Noda says he will do his utmost in order to make progress in politics with a down-to-earth
approach.
24: The company pulled the plug whenever its powe consumption topped its limit. Hirata says this is
the opposite to what a manufacturer is supposed to do.
31: He always pays attention to the angle of the stone. He always tries to put a good spin on the stone.
And he makes it a rule to maintain a 15 degree angle between the stone and the surface of the water.
This is the ultimate technique.
311: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/08/31 22:34:34.57 .net
...φ(。。)
01: Noda says lots of people, himseld included, want to be a centerforward as it were. But he is
after midfielders who can keep an eye on the whole field.
28; One building owner says the slamp in the property marked its worst in the already slack management
to multi-tenant building.
54: Aoki was tagged out.
312: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/01 22:20:27.44 .net
...φ(。。)
08: The meeting began in an amicable atmosphere but the LDP wasted no time in trying to keep DPJ
officials in check.
24: Nahomi kwasumi scored the first goal of the match. And with the goal Japan restored its rhythm.
33: He says giving more than ten times of recommended dosage is quite unheard-of.
41: Mitsubishi Electoric says it will raise the price of shipment of air conditioners to be released
this autumn by 5-15 percent due to the rising procurement cost of rare earths.
313: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/02 23:04:42.05 .net
...φ(。。)
46: --Why is the typhoon moving so slowly this time?
--Well, typoon itself doesn't have any mechanism to move on its own. It is being blown by the wind
that is surrounding it. And there is a high pressure system at sea to the south of Japan, and this is
what is moving the typhoon. If the westerly wind blows, then the typhoon will speed up. However, the
westerly wind is blowing further north, and this situation is not going to change much. Therefore the
typoon will continue to move on only very slowly.
52: The Osaka Regional Tax Bureau says Kansai Electric Power Company has failed to report about
4.5 billion yen in income over the past five years. Kansai Electric allegedly sold iron scrap from the
construction project of its nuclear power plant cheaper than the market price. The tax bureau said
the gap between the actual and market prices was about 1.1 billion yen, and that this amount shouldn't
have been considered as tax-deductable. Including the other items pointed up by the tax bureau Kansai
Electric has already paid the additional and penalty taxes. They said the company and tax authorities
had different interpretations on tax regulations and it's regrettable the tax bureau didn't accept the
company's opinions.
72: Japan's head coach Alberto Zaccheroni says the game was very tough but Japan notched up a beautiful win.
314: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/03 19:57:36.79 .net
...φ(。。)
The mercury topped thirty-five degrees Celsius in Niigata Prefecture and along Sea of Japan coast
Tohoku region. This is due to what is known as the foehn phenomenon triggered by the typhoon.
Tohoku University Professor Hitoshi Oshitani, an expert on influenza says the fact that the new flu
includes the gene from H1N1 strain means it could be transmitted easily between people. He also says
that because people are not immune to the strain of the virus it could produce an epidemic.
315: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/05 22:26:51.13 .net
...φ(。。)
29: The clinic says they have developed hypertension and diabetes as a result of stress and lack of
excercise during their prolonged stay in the shelters.
52; Japan ended the first half without being able to capitalize a number of decisive chances.
316: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/06 22:23:01.43 .net
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30: Most of its 5,500 residents evacuated the town immediately after the accident took place.
Some of them are now returning, but the community remains desolate with no signs of life
returning to normal.
38: Prime Minister Noda invited top bureaucrats from ministries and agencies to the prime minister's
office today and asked for their all-out cooperation. He says politicians alone can't make society
better by themselves and that the support of all bureaucrats is indispensable. He says he wants them
to work together for the sake of Japan.
56: Nippon Ham Manager Masataka Nashida said it was a heavy loss as he counted on Darvish to win
today's game.
317: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/07 22:29:54.91 .net
...φ(。。)
25: Sakai says people are constantly expressing concern about the future. They wonder what will become
of them. He says people are managing to scrape by, but a lot of them will find that impossible over the long
term.
35: The exodus of people could create a negative spiral. The situation is casting a shadow over survivors
in the disaster-hit regions who want to rebuild the communities.
43: He says the government should present a more objective view pointing out both the risks and the merits
of nuclear power. He says a good educator should help children grow into adults who can consider various
factors and decide by themselves how they want deal with nuclear power.
44: The Democratic administration has introduced a tuition fee waiver program for virtually all high
school students.
318: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/08 22:29:13.08 .net
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04: TheKii Peninsula is bracing for more heavy rain after being battered by record-setting downpours
late last week. Evacuation orders are already in fact in parts of Totsukawa Village in Nara Prefecture
due to fears that a blocked river may burst its banks.
39: Ichikawa says that the Defence Ministry is not really the type of institution that takes an upfront
role. But he hopes his ministry will offer firm support to keep the public truly sefe and prop things up
from below.
43: He says unexpected contingencies must be avoided at all costs.
319: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/09 22:27:51.26 .net
00: Hachiro described the visit at a press conference this morning. Hachiro says the streeets and
the communities around the stricken plant are wholly devoid of people. They are effectevely shi-no-
machi, or dead communities.
30: U.S. media have been reporting credible but uncofirmed information that a terrorist attack is
planned to coincide with the tenth anniversary.
23: The players were kept busy and some players were not in top form as they entered the Asian
qualifiers. But that didn't make them mess up the strategies.
35: But when having a good look at the buoys, Tobita found oyster and scallap shells attached to them.
He soon recognised the buoys once have been used at cultivation farms in the Tohoku region.
320: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/10 20:04:20.89 .net
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02: Noda met with city and prefectral officials at a prefabricated two-story structure that serves as
the temporary city office. The officials requested thatample reconstruction funds be included in
third supplementary budget and the fiscal 2012 budget so that rebuilding efforts can be expedited.
03: A tree called "the miracle lone pine" stands in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture whre the
prime minister recently visited.
The tree was close to withering away but efforts to restore it have born fruit. Branches were grafted
onto another pine trees and two new shoots have emerged.
321: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/12 22:32:52.35 .net
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41: More than 300 clients were introduced by Saito and others in the one-year period till March
last year. Kondo earned more than 120 million yen. He paid 80 million yen to the crime syndicate
and the consulting farm, and kept the rest for himself. In an interview with NHK Kondo says he is
struggling to make ends meet. He says he didn't think much about the problem when he started this
as he was in financial difficulties.
45: Two former senior prosecutors have pleaded not guilty to charges of covering up data tampering
by one of their subordinates.
57: He says he wants to show the strength of a person who suffered the pain of losing.
322: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/13 22:29:10.73 .net
...φ(。。)
00: Shuichi Soryo from Wajima Fisheries Cooperative says a local fisherman reported that he spotted
an unfamiliar boat at sea. He says seven local fishing boats belonging to the cooperative kept an eye
on the boat until the coastguard arrived.
05: The extraordinary Diet session convened after haggling between the ruling and opposition camps
over its duration.
17: The projection shows that it would be more than 100 billion yen cheaper to build the dam than the
alternative proposals.
27: He says nowhere is safe and the country is riddled by the explosions, assassinations and roadside bombs.
42: The bureau says its investigation has found that the dam is over 20 meters high and could cause
serious damage to communities downstream if it breaks. But it says it doesn't know how much rain
will cause a rupture.
323: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/14 22:38:47.53 .net
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00: There is no laid-up in the blistering heat across the Japanese Archipelago today.
07: A fishing boat skipper who was at the site when the nine were rescued says there was a man
dressed in what looked like a military uniform at the stern of the boat.
31: This student says going to an elite university will help him advance in a society that values
academic achievement.
31: He got hired by a mid-sized company but it went bankrupt in six months. Since then he sent
job applications to six hundred companies but to no avail.
55: SoftBank Manager Koji Akiyama says Matsuda's homer was the only good thing about the game
today. He says he's sorry his teammates made mistakes in putting two abroted sacrificed bunts.
324: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/16 22:29:49.51 .net
...φ(。。)
00: Yesterday many parts of South Korea were subjected to unexpected rolling power cuts. The
surprise cuts caused widespread havoc. Thousand were trapped in lifts.
01: Roads became gridlocked after traffic ligths went out. The blackout was caused by the unseasonably
hot conditons which caused demand exceeding anticipated levels.
22: An excerpt from Yuta's speach: People are completely powerless in face of nature's furies. People
and things precious to us were taken away unrelentingly. The trials posed by the heavens are too cruel.
It's hard and we're frustrated. Yuta says their mission is to bear their fate without resenting the heavens
even in the face of hardship and to help each other out.
48: Naha will also be buffeted by strong winds and can expect rough conditions.
325: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/17 19:51:32.16 .net
...φ(。。)
07: The organizeres of the event say the plane seemed to have spiraled out of control without any
warning.
10: Many people have been voicing concerns over lack of safety measures at air shows. Accidents at
similar events claimed the lives of four pilots in the two years from 2007.
11: Takaharu Ando, the Director General of the National Police Agency says the fallen officers brave
the threat of the monstrous tsunami and chose not to flee and kept escorting residents to safety.
326: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/18 19:55:40.06 .net
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23: In the first set it was neck and neck early on. And then in the 11th game Nishikori finally got a
chance to break. With that shot Nishikori won the first set. And this seemed to spur him on. His
powerful forehands secured Japan a return to the world group for the first time in 27 years
29: Children try to find a way through a maze in a field of two-meter-tall pampass grass at the theme
park in Fuji City. They finally made it to the finish line.
327: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/19 22:31:28.01 .net
...φ(。。)
01: Three days after the disaster struck, Taiwan dispatched a rescue team to search for victims in
Miyagi Prefecture. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou calls on the public to do everything to assist
friends who are in distress. TV stations jointly aired a special program to raise donations for Japan.
During the four-and-a-half hour show celebrities and prominent figures urged the taiwanese people
to reach out to Japan. The efforts have raised 18 billion yen so far. Taiwan is by far the largest donor
to the disaster-affected region.
50: Between the matches people in the audience take up their pens to check a list of answers.
This person say it's going pretty well. Another says she feels satisfied. 1,000 questionnaires are
distributed each day. All the bouts in the top Makuuchi division and the Juryo division are valuated
by four levels ranging from "very satisfied" to "dissatisfied." The names of the three wrestlers who
get the best reactions from the crowd each day are posted on the internet and anounced to the
media.
328:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/09/20 00:53:00.70 .net
NHKのニュースを見ていますが、ここ連日頻発していて、なんとなく聞き取れた「ミネソパラティ」のスペリングが分かりません。
どなたか見当がつく方がいらっしゃいましたら教えて下さい。宜しくお願い致します。
329:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/09/20 01:34:15.60 .net
つ>>97-98
330:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/09/20 02:36:57.77 .net
>>329
ありがとうございます。スッキリした～。
331:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/09/20 04:53:17.40 .net
ミネソパラティーって、そんなに聞き取りづらいのか
332: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/20 22:57:08.57 .net
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42: Toshiaki Nakayama is head of the private research firm Tokyo Kantei. He says that as a result of the
March disaster there is little to suggest land prices will recover anytime soon. Nakayama says land
prices will probably increase a start in next year when reconstruction in the disasterphit areas goes
in a full swing. However, he says for the time being the likely scenario is that land prices will contine
to decline at a relatively slow pace.
47: Tohoku University Professor Emeritus Nobuo Shuto says many people claim the scale of the March
tsunami was beyond their imagination, but they will not be able to prepare for major disaster with such
a mindset.
50: Tokyo Police say some of Mitsubishi Heavy Industry servers that came under a cyber attack last
month were automatically connected to websites in China and other nations. The company says so far
no data has been compromised by the attack. Police suspect that someone was trying to steal data.
333: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/22 22:29:15.47 .net
13: Miura says he got up at dawn today and he found that the hill had alomost given way, the entrance
of the housing was buried in mud and a nearby road had collapsed.
24: Japan usually keeps a low profile at the United Nations.
A leading U.S. newspaper says in its editorial that the U.S. is tired of the revolving door of prime
ministers in Japan.
49: Asked how he managed to beat almost invincible Hakuho, he says that it's just the way it happened.
53: Ahead of the game Chunichi announced that Manager Hiromitsu Ochiai will step down at the end of
the season. The club's representative Ryohei Sato says he wants to blow some fresh air to the team.
334:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/09/23 10:12:27.97 .net
>>331
municipal (ミュニシュパゥ) で覚えてるから、
municipality (ミネソパラティ) って言われると？あれっ…てなっちゃう
個人的には eligibility もNHKだと(アレジビリティ)って聞こえる様な気がする
335: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/23 22:34:29.44 .net
...φ(。。)
16: Markets want the Greek debt to be dealt with in a planned, instructed way including debt
cancellation. Markets want Greece to default in an orderly manner.
17: But this time, the last bastion threatens to collapse, meaning governments cannnot put in
any more money. No one can help, the ailing financial institutions nor the governments, and no one
knows what lies ahead.
41: The United States is continueing last-minute efforts to dissuade the Palestinians from making
their bid.
54: In the eighth inning was a watershed moment.
336:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/09/24 05:47:28.59 .net
URLﾘﾝｸ(cgi2.nhk.or.jp)
ニュースで英会話 2011年09月23日(金)の放送内容
CROCS ESCAPE FROM THAI PARK 「タイ 洪水でワニが大脱走」
A local newspaper says people are staying indoors as the missing creatures may be hiding in the area.
これのビデオの方 hiding が hygiene に聞こえた
読み直し音声の方は普通に聞こえる
337: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/24 19:58:04.02 .net
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02: In a historic move the Palestinians have applied for full U.N. membership as an independent state.
What drove them to sidestep peace negotiations with Israel to take such a bold move.
06: The United States, which strongly opposes the Palestinians' bid, is urging the other counsil
members not to support the move and threatening to veto it if it is approved.
17: Einstein's theory of special relativity says no substances with mass can travel faster than light.
But their results contradict his theory. The findings have prompted a global debate about whther a
substance that can travel faster than light really exists.
338: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/26 22:32:00.44 .net
...φ(。。)
10: At the same time, lawyers reprisenting Ozawa called the rulling totally unfair. They said it is just
a mishmash of faithless assumptions and they have no doubt that it will be thrown out by the appeals
court.
15: Attorney Masaru Wakasa says the court determined certain facts based not on confessions but
only on circumstantial evidence.
24: But a new development may concern many users. Some U.S. phone carriers are discontinuing the
flat fee rate plan and starting to introduce a pay-as-you-go plan. Some Japanese carries are also
taking measures. They are restricting traffic speed for certain period for heavy users.
SMBC Nikko Security Senior Analyst Shinji Moriyuki says there is a disparity between heavy users and
others.
339: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/27 22:33:04.34 .net
...φ(。。)
14: The fire department says the structure houses spray cans containing combustible gas. It is
trying to confirm the contents of the warehouse and determine the extent of the damage.
23: His uncle is the third-generation Ennosuke who has had that stage name for nearly half a century.
He is known as the founder of a new genre of Kabuki, known as Super Kabuki, which combines modern
wording and electronic music with traditional theatrical methods. Kamejiro says that he considers the
name Ennosuke to be equivalent to god. He says that whatever he does, he will never be able to depart
from the framework of the third-generation Ennosuke.
340: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/28 22:40:58.87 .net
...φ(。。)
01: And the plane tilted some 131.7 degrees to the left. This meant the plane was virtually flying
upside-down.
10: More than 50,000 Japanese live in Shanghai, the largest population of expatriate Japanese
in the world.
22: A document provided by an alibi shop was allegedly used in a fraud case. Sixty-four-year-old
construction firm president Mikihiro Sawada in Sapporo has been arrested. He allegedly asked an
alibi shop to fake a withholding slip and othe income tax documents to borrow money from a
housing loan company. Police believe the suspect swindled the total of 250 million yen from the
victims.
25: Flogging is the punishment still carried out for various offenses in a nunber of conservative Islamic
areas. In Saudi Arabia a woman has been sentenced to flogging for defying the kingdom's ban against
women's driving.
44: Kotoshogiku says he will make every possible effort to attain the state of banri-ikku, and never
tarnish the title as ozeki. The phrase banri-ikku was used by the Edo-period swordsman Miyamoto
Musashi.
341: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/29 22:26:26.15 .net
...φ(。。)
04: He apologized for causing trouble, pleading ignorance. He said he'll equip his bicycle quickly
so that he doesn't violate traffic laws again. At a bicycle shop in Tokyo, fixed-gear bikes are displayed
in the best possible spot to catch people's eyes.
28: NHK has fully learned that the cyber attack was meticulously planned and executed.
42: The housewives of salaried workers are entitled to receive basic pension benefits wihout paying
contributions themselves. Some people are critical of the current pension system for non-working
wives of salaried workers because such wives are treated better than those of self-employed people
or unmarried women who have to pay pension contributions themselves. The ministry has been
reviewing this system in response to such cause.
48: It is the tournament that Miyazato won six years ago as the youngest player on record and
gave her a foothold for the U.S. tour.
342: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/30 22:32:26.15 .net
...φ(。。)
00: Sushi is familiar to people around the world. However, today another Japanese food product wasabi
got the world by surprise. Wasabi, a green paste resembling horse radish, is indispensable in making sushi.
Researchers who studied making use for one of wasabi's characteristics were awarded a prize. The
presentation ceremony for the annual Ig Nobel Prize was held at Harvard University in Massachusetts on
Thursday. The U.S. Science Magagine initiated the annual prize twenty years ago. It's a parody of the Nobel
Prize. The Ig Nobel is for honoring creative studies and achievements that first make people laugh and
then make them think.
44: Food is more savoury as appetites growing. In Akita the local specialty kiritanpo, mashed rice pressed
on ceder skewers and toasted, is being produced.
48: It's maybe time to replace your summer clothes with wamer gear.
343: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/09/30 22:45:09.93 .net
>>342
=> cedar, warmer
51: Hirokazu Ibata bungled an easy grounder.
344: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/10/01 19:57:15.62 .net
...φ(。。)
15: The head of the hospital Hiroyasu Muramatsu says smoking leads to an addiction to nicotine.
He says whether people are able to quit often depends not on the patient's will power but on how
strong the patient's addiction is.
22: Two Japanese firms have pleaded guilty to price fixing. The U.S. Justice Departmet says Hitachi
LG Data Storage has agreed to pay the fine equivalent to 1.6 billion yen for conspiring with others
to rig bids and fix prices in the sale of optical disk drives.
24: SoftBank won three nothing, securing the Pacific League crown for the second year running.
Manager Koji Akiyama says there were a lot of inuries but the players worked hard to make up for
missing members.
>>6
*** => decimated
>>179
*** => fluorescent
I feel I have made steady progress.
345: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/10/02 19:51:50.57 .net
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08: This person says the government repeatedly says it is considering what to do, but it is not clear
when or what the outcome will be.
13: The funds can be used to support local tourism, agriculture, forestry and fisheries and used as
the prefecture's own discretion.
16: Even at 69, he is full of life and doesn't show his years. Kikugoro says when people began to perform
kabuki many years ago, it went ahead of its time. He says they shouldn't become conservative or
hesittate to incorporate new features. He says they shouldn't forget that pioneering spirit.
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11/10/04 22:31:21.36 .net
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01: These high school students caught the eye for inevitalble way of coping with the chill.
It was so cold this morning. This girl left home with a blanket wrapped around her waist.
30: The section chief says that at first the robot was like a child that was just learning to ride a bike.
He says it would advance a little but soon fall over. He says they looked into why the robot was unable
to balance itself and tackled each problem in turn, and then the robot became able to ride longer
distances. But now the robot can do even more. This year the robot is trying more complex skills
such as negotiating curves and slopes.
33: Ministry officials learned that a tsunami of the same height resulted in different fatality rates in
defferent areas. The coast line of Sendai City was compared with Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture.
The map on the left show Sendai, which is flat land and the one on the right is Ofunato, which has a
ragged coastline.
41: The South Korean government says it will interview the nine to determine their identities and the
motivation for escaping. The government will then help them acclimate to South Korean society.
56: Orix starter was Shinya Nakayama, aiming to stretch his winning streak to six. His teammates gave
him firm support to help him get off the hook.
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347: ◆BONZAKOt7U
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03: The Chinese economy is losing steam somewhat and the Chinese government implemented
money tightening measures. As a result, the rich Chinese are taking enormous amount of their
wealth overseas which is safer.
18: Asked about how he felt when he learned of the charity auction, the official says he was so grateful
and cannot find words to express his gratitude.
26: He says Miyagi Prefecture will need 2.1 trillion yen to finance the projects such as moving the
residents to higher ground or inland areas as well as reclaiming the land which suffered severe subsidence
of the ground after the quake.
33: There is a selling item that's been quoted by office workers in their thirties while consumers remain
tight on their purse strings. They are anxious to have their suits tailored. You may associate made-to-
order clothes with something unaffordable. But now a set of tailor-made suits is available for fairly
reasonable prices of around 30 to 50 thousand yen. Suits are said to be fighting gear for company
employees. Businessmen in their thirties known as "the lost generation" for their scepticism over the
established sense of value had to call on one company from another wearing their fighting gear to land
a job in their extremely tight labor market.
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02: He says his aids' conviction last week has no legal basis and that the judge recognized the evidence
presented based on his suppositions and conclusions. He says it's unprecedented and tantamount to
the death of the judiciary.
37: Why have so many bears been spotted this season? One of the major reasons is believed to be a
poor crop of acorns which are favorite food of bears. Last year's good acorn harvest is also said to be
another reason. Professor Toshio Tsubota of Hokkaido's University Veterinary Department says the
number of cubs increased this year because nutritional conditions were good for bears last year.
He adds that weak bears tend to come down to urban areas as the bear population increases in the
mountains.
41: Defence Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua have agreed
to promote exchanges of defence personnel between the two countries for the development of a
strategically reciprocal relationship.
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03: The iPhone has become a worldwide social phenomenon. We asked users why they signed up with
either Japan's two iPhone providers. This man says KDDI has better coverage. It's very improtant that
calls get through. This man says SoftBank probably offers better high-speed data transmission.
12: In Cleveland several hundred people gathered to protest the widening wealth disparity.
"We really fought that, you know. He was, because he's a black man, you know. He's going to do a lot
of things for minorities. He's going to do a lot of things for, you know, the trampled population.
He didn't do that."
23: Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii says the government should revoke its former tax reduction
policies including corporate tax reduction for large companies and securities transaction tax reduction
for wealthy investors.
24: Former Democratic Party leader Ichiro Ozawa has been diagnosed with a ureteral calculus. He was
taken to a hospital by ambulance last night.
39: A group of high school students visited Kesennuma on a school trip earlier this week. They became
the first group to visit the port town for a school excursion after the disaster. Students saw the badly
damaged town. The student says the situation was much worse than expected. Another student says
actually seen the scene rendered him speechless.
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02: Since Maehara's announcement, no substantial progress has been made. Sumio Mabuchi
became Land Minister a year ago. He decided to temporarily shelve the decision of Maehara and
make a final decision within a year whether or not the dam will be built.
04: Maeda says some of what the gavernment has said may be correct. He says the government
needs now to responsibly carry through the projects already decided on.
21: Japanese pop culture has a deeply rooted popularity in Asian countries. But compared to rival
South Korea, Japan has been slow in making it sales pitch. It's also been slow in taking counter
measures against piracy and so far hasn't been very succcesful businesswise.
25: This afternoon a fire broke out at a brewery in Fukuoka City. No one was hurt. The two-story
wooden building in Hakata Ward was built in the 1870s and was registered as a tangible cultural asset.
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00: A centuries-old sacred dance performance that was on the brink of disappearing due to the March
disaster has been revived.
02: A doctor is examining children's thyroid glands by ultrasounds for tumors or other normalities.
Doctor says the white area shows a thyroid gland and that a tumor will register as black.
15: In the old lunar calender morning dew cold around this time of year people can feel the autumnal air
and expect winter is coming soon.
21: Back in September Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said that once the stress tests are complete
and the host communities give their consent, the government will give the greenlight to operations.
352: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/10/09 20:22:43.96 .net
I wonder whether #647 at a certain thread saw my response and trial translation: I'm the 862,957&996.
It would be better the last line to be as follows:
...And a Korean claims it originated in his motherland!!
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02: Residents of Sumida Ward are attending a briefing on a draft city ordinance to protect the city
landscape. Tokyo Sky Tree is set to open in May next year. The ward office hopes to instate a zoning
code restricting the types of buildings that can be constructed in the tower's vicinity. The ordinance
would ban advertisements and signs that are not related to the area. The height and building ratio of
all structures are restricted. And sex establishments would be prohibited.
27: In addition Noda visited a firming corporation that has achieved large scale farming by amalgamating
several smaller firms.
46: Saito says he should thank to Brewers Manager for sending him to the pithcer's mound in such a
crucial time. After allowing a hit, Saito faced the tough spot with runners on first and third. Cardinals
slugger Albert Pujols stepped up to the plate.
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00: People can bring their own foods to this shop in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, to test
them themselves for radiation. Consumers flooded to the shop just after its open today.
The company in the city opened the shop in the commercial area near the station.
There are six dosimeters here that people can use to test foods that they bring with themselves.
05: Pension benefits are an important source of imcome for retirees. However, the eligible age
to receive pension payments may have to increase in the future.
25: This resident was involved in the planning. He says the plan should be implemented promptly
to give residents the strength to overcome the predicament.
35: Akimoto says he disposed of the crops on the zone in the presence of a prefectual official
except one kilogram of rice for radiation tests. He says he's sorry about the rise on which he
lavished so much care for so many months. Akimoto says someone had to pave the way for the
farmers in this remote village to hold on to rice farming.
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03: An expert told Setagaya Ward that rainwater gathered at the spot in question raised the
radiation level.
08: He says he is worried that unfounded rumors may hurt sales.
10: This man says the situation may be worse than the aftermath of the March 11th disaster in Japan.
11: Jetro's senior official in charge of Asia-Pacific region says As was known from the March 11th
disaster, makers cannot complete production when even one part is not available.
27: Until now, car makers have focused their efforts on producing plug-in electric vehicles as the
key to make them appealing to the general public. Now the companies are shifting their attention to
producing models that supply powers to households by discharging electricity.
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00: Seiji Maehara says he cannnot help but feel concerned about the prospect of Japan losing its
competitiveness. Why is the Democratic Party policy chief expressing such strong concern?
33: The Himalayan country with the population of only 700,000 is known for its unique idea of
Gross National Happiness, or GNH, which emphasizes people's well-being.
36: Butan is facing an uncontrolled wave of modernization. The ban on televison and internet was
lifted in 1999. Information obtained from these communication networks prompted young people to
seek material well-being.
38: Many youths cannot find jobs while a number of well-off who own automobiles thanks to the
nation's modernization on the rise.
48: The main reason why he has not won any tournaments so far is his drive which he has been
very good at.
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00: Gohara says he is frankly flabbergasted by the report produced by Kyushu Electric. He says the
utility has cherry-picked their findings and made it appear it is willing to act on their recommendations.
09: (In the booklet made last year) only two pages are dedicated to explaining radiation and they say
little about the effect of radiation to the human body. The new book is different. It explains that
exposure to massive radiation can cause burns or cancer and that is important to minimize exposure
to radiation. The book include tips on evacuation and readiness in case of an accident at a nuclear
power plant.
19: On the tape the prosecutor says it depends on the extenuating circumstances. Ishikawa says
he will say what he has to say and leave the matter to the judges.
358: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/10/15 10:18:28.62 .net
It's not bad sometimes to apply vocablaries and sentence structures I learned from those news
contents to my English writing.
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Nothing can extenuate what you did. You cherry-picked from theses of others and it is only plagiarism.
The main reason why people fear radiation hysterically is that it is invisible and they cannot find
its effect on the human body until noticeable symptoms appear.
I am flabbergasted to see you flabbergasted at the alteration. As is well known, the revised
specifications went open to the public last year, so you could have found the point in question
with adequate attention.
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00: The U.S. government is set to urge Japan to take specific steps to relocate U.S. Futenma air
station in Okinawa. NHK has learned that Washington will soon ask Japan to seek Okinawa's
permission by June next year to reclaim waters off Nago City where the bases due to be moved.
03: The more time it takes to transfer the troops, the more it will cost. The U.S. Government
Accountability Office estimates that the U.S. cost burden has already trippled to some one trillion yen.
06: Earthquake experts are questioning why the March erthquake could not be predicted. The
Seismological Society of Japan is holding a symposium in Shizuoka City where they review their
past research and their role in the nation's disaster management. Nagoya University Professor
Takeshi Sagiya says the Magnitude 9 quake was beyond any of their expectations. He says they
must identify the problems that led to their failure to predict it and invites candid opinions from
participants.
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00: Paper product and diaper maker Daio Paper Corporation is filing a criminal lawsuit against the
former chairman who allegedly failed to repay his personal loans from the group companies.
The former chairman who borrowed more than eight billion yen, also allegedly failed to explain how
he spent the money. A special squad from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has begun
investigating the case and asked the company to voluntarily release documents on the case.
07: The Thai government in a whirl is trying to help stem flood-related damage. About 500 ships
have been positioned in many spots on the river and their propellers activated to send river water
into the ocean.
19: In Iwate Prefecture about thirty people walked along the tracks of Sanriku Railway. Most of
the company's lines have been stopped since the quake and tsunami hit the Sanriku coast.
The crowd walked the 2.5 kilometers stretch, writing prayers and messages of encouragement
on sleepers and stones along the tracks.
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04: One of Japan's best-known home appliance brand has been bought by a leading Chinese
electronics firm as part of its marketing strategy for Asia.
Now that Chinese shopping sprees have extended to buying up a well-known Japanese electronics
brand.
11: The heart of the problem is not on what the governor said or did not say but is about the
collusive relations between electric companys and the government.
28: Hamada says there are over 5,000 hazardous sites on manmade reclaimed land where no measures
have been taken to counter liquefaction.
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00: The police launched a crackdown on illegal cyclists in Tokyo's Nakano Ward today. The traffic
light has turned red but cyclists don't pay any attention. They've been stopped for ignoring the
red light.
21: Newborn babys' antibodies passed from their mothers protect them from infectious diceases
such as measles. The immune system can work against infections until babies turn around six months.
In the case of the RS virus, it is difficult for people to have antibodies even after they become
infective with the virus. For that reason the amount of antibodies to be passed from mothers to
babies is small, causing serious infections in babies under age one and some cases.
26: Let's look at how the money was illegally withdrawn. The method that was used involved
infiltrating personal computers with spyware to steal IDs and passwrords unbeknown to bank account
holders. A computer virus is often attached to e-mails disguised as a letter from a bank. If you
access to the bank's web page and input your ID and password on the infected computer, your ID and
password are sent to the perpetrator.
56: Seibu won 4-3. Seibu ended the season in the third place, clinching a slot in the playoffs.
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16: So how can we protect ourselves from those viruses? First, you should download applications
from reliable sites run by mobile phone carriers where virus checks are conducted. Second, use
a virus scanning security software. And conduct frequent updates of basic softwares of your
smartphone.
30: Forty-four local authorities are eligible for government grants that are provided to places
that host or are looking at hosting nuclear facilities. The grant scheme has been a financial bonanza
for local authorities.
50: Ochiai felt the usually cool-headed pitcher was slightly ruffled, so he approached the mound.
Ochiai says that pitchers sometimes send signs to the bench, saying they want help. He says you
have to look closely or you won't notice it. Ochiai urges people to watch baseball with this in mind.
It will be interesting because each player has particular quirks.
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09: The plan aims to reorganize Osaka City and Sakai City in special autonomous districts with
population of 300,000 to 500,000. It calls for reorganizing Osaka Prefecture and the cities in the
prefecture to create Metropolis of Osaka governed by metropolitan governor of Osaka who'd be the
only official exercising command.
42: It is government to come to the rescue when problems take place of banks. So if the cisis of
banks becomes more accute then that will exacerbate state finances. This is a mutual negative
chain reaction between the government and the banks making it difficult to resolve the problem.
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03: Many cameras are manufactured in Thailand. The yearend and newyear shopping season will
no doubt be affected. Sony, for example, was forced to delay the launch of a new product because
of flooding damage. Other manufacturers have also reported delays in the shipment of some
products with some taking up two weeks insted of three days to reach store shelves.
06: More than seven months have past since the March earthquake. Today people participated in
the events to pray the souls of victims in the disaster and remember their hometowns devastated
by the quake and tsunami. The national championships of poetry recitation in the form of a boxing
match were held in Tokyo today. The participants cited their original poems in the ring.
15: Amid the growing cases of illegal withdrawals of money from online bank accounts a new scam to
steal personal identification numbers has been discovered. This shows a table of random numbers
distributed to the depositors which is common in Japan. The use of random numbers has been
provided for internet customers to identify them as depositors. But cases are growing in which the
whole table of random numbers has been stolen.
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00: The taxi ran through a fence and fell onto the rail tracks and the train that came into contact
is still remaining there.
The passengers are still waiting in the train cars. There are no reports of injuries to them.
JR Yokosuka Line remains inoperable between Tokyo and Kurihama on both inbound and outbound
trains.
06: But he says relocating it to Henoko will be prolonged and will be nealy impossible and this
could lead to a mud-slinging match
42: An increasing number of people suffer from depresson triggered by stress from work.The Health,
Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to oblige companies to take measures including stresschecks
to maintain the mental health of their employees.
The number of workers who applied for worker's compensation due to depression or other illnesses
caused by stress from their work hit a record high of 1,181 in the twelve months through March 31.
That was about six times the number ten years ago.
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11: Some of the land is at sea level. Such low-lying areas extend deep in land. This geographical
feature makes it difficult for floodwater to flow smoothly into the sea.
18: The territorial dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands is an everyday issue
for the residents of the Yaeyama District. an Unprecedented situation is underway in the district
over the selection of civics textbooks to be used next year by junior high schools in the district.
It has been screened by the Education Ministrory. But there are differences in the way they write.
For example, on the Senkaku Islands, the currently used textbook says the Senkaku Islands are
Japanese territory, but China is also asserting their position. And the new textbook some of the
board of education are trying to take up says that the Senkaku Islands, though China is asserting
the ownership of them, are inherent territory of Japan historically and due to international law.
41: NHK will also beef up backup power sources of broadcasting facilities to insure continued
service during prolonged blackouts. Secondly, NHK aims to create world-class high quality news
and other programs and to introduce new services that represent a symbiosis between television
and internet.
368: ◆BONZAKOt7U
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13: Market investors say the latest EU package doesn't mean that credit concerns are gone for
good. For Japan, which is trying to recover from the march disaster, the situation remains dire.
15: Until now, the central bank has been using a war chest of 15 trillion yen to purchase government
and corporate debts and investment trusts in financial markets. The aim was to provid ample
liquidity so that financial institutions would lend more money to companies which would in turn
stimulate the economy.
By putting more money into circulation the BOJ is also hoping to dampen the value of the yen.
However, experts say the move didn't halt the yen's rise today because the government did not
intervene in the market simultaneously. Barkleys Capital Chief Economist Kyohei Morita says
Monetary easing wasn't coupled with market intervention. He says that ironically this reinsures
investors that they can keep on buying the yen.
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03: Mori sincerely wants to go on farming as his forfathers did. At the same time he doesn't want
Japan's manufactureing industry to crumble. So he wavers between the pros and the cons.
07: Yamada says Tariffs on lumber were abolished before, and Japanese cypress lumber has come
to be sold at the same price as horseradish, two hundred yen a piece.
14: Sources say most of the withdrawn money was remitted to a bank account with ties to overseas
casinos. The withdrawal was made from seven subsidiaries of Daio Paper. The investigator panel says
Ikawa had the subsidiaries remit designated amounts to his own bank account or an account held
under the name of a Japanese unit of a firm that operates casinos.
30: People are still seeking redress for the leaking one year ago of purported secret intelligent files
amassed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police concerning international terrorist threats. Many people
named in the documents say their privacy was violated or that statements in the files are false or
defamatory.
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15: The operator of this outlet says winter bedding is selling very well with sales having nearly
tripled over the last year. This supermarket official says people seemed to be accustomed to leading
a life without relying much on electricity. He says in light of this he thinks the current trade will
continue.
16: The committee says the auditing firm is said to have already identified his borrowing last year
but it did not ask him about it during a meeting in August of this year.
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00: An early snorstorm has struck the U.S. East Coast, leaving three people dead and two million
hoseholds without power. The center of New York City had about three centimeters of snow.
That's the heaviest snowfall at this time of year since weather observation started in1869.
18: This is Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo drawn in the Edo period. For 400 years it has prospered as the
starting point of five main roads including the Tokaido. And this is the present-day Nihonbashi, the
twentieth in four centuries. Today a festival marked the centennial of the completion of the current
bridge.
26: Kodaira later said that she still had gas in a tank at the end. Her pace did not slow down. Kodaira
didn't allow takagi to catch up and won the race.
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07: The key factor that is pushing up the yen's value is foreign rather than domestic.
But the government and the Bank of Japan went ahead and intervened again. Asked whether
the effects of the intervention will be limited, Finance Minister Jun Azumi says although he isn't
in a positon to comment on what the market think the intervention, we'll continue until the
government is satisfied.
44: In its ruling the Osaka District Court said it is clear that the defendant was fully capable of
being held responsible for what he did. The court said it is debatble whether hanging is the best
method of execution, but it concluded after hearing the lay judges' opinions as well that hanging
does not violate the constitution. The court sentenced Takami to death.
52: His skillful mix of fast balls and curve balls kept the batters off balance.
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00: Land prices are adjusted following major natural disasters and the new rates will apply to people
who acquire lands through inheritance or donation with the aim of reducing their financial burden.
Minus step was taken for the first time following the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The maximum
assessed land price drop was 25 percent. Urayasu City saw its assessed land prices fall as much as
40 percent. This reflected damage caused by liquefaction.
09: The representatives of these regions said that Japan's participation in the TPP would bring about
devastating results. Toshiaki Matsuzaki of Kagoshima Prefecture's agricultural cooperative says
sugar cane is growing to protect other crops from typhoons or other disasters. He says if no tariff is
levied the sugar cane willl disappear.
36: The disaster threw Sato into severe depression. He was totally apathetic and unable to think
about anything, even photographs. He says he felt guilty about persueing his hobby while everyone
else was working hard to help rebuild the community.
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01: It is estimated that the quake and tsunami left behind 23 million tons of debris in Iwate, Miyagi
and Fukushima Prefectures. It is impossible to dispose of all this waste within the region. According
to a survay by the Environment Ministry in April, 572 waste disposal bodies including municipalities
and local cooperatives in 42 prefectures said they would accepte disaster debris. But a recent
survey showed that the number of candidates had declined to 54 in 11 prefectures. The number
dropped to about 10 percent because many local residents fear possible radioactive contamination.
The Tokyo government has received 800 complaints by email and telephone. But the government is
sticking to its decision. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara says people should help each other and
he believes Tokyo should help people in the disaster-hit areas.
25: Metropolitan Police say the robbery was masterminded by the defendant Hideto Ozawa. He is
believed to have hand-selected the actual perpetrators of the crime, funded the getaway and
provided a getaway car. Each person had set a role on the robbery. One of the most important parts
of the plan was the informants. Mastermind Ozawa gained access to inside information. His first
source was a complete stranger, a hair salon manager.
26: Tomatsu's conversation with two of his clients is said to have eventually leaked to the criminal
syndicate tipster Ozawa.
Tomatsu was believed to have confided in his hair salon customers.
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09: Japan's fiscal problems came to the front late last week. The outstanding balance of national
debt was estimated to reach 1,024 trillion yen by the end of the current fiscal year, topping the
1,000 trillion mark for the first time ever. Sovereign debt has triggered a crisis in Greece, thus
spreading concern in other EU nations. Many of these nations are settled with central or local
government debt reaching over 100 percent of their GDPs. In other words, they are borrowing more
than what their economy is worth.
10: Why is Japan, despite its colossal debt, escaping the type of crisis that is hampering Greece?
Analyst Tetsuya Matsunaga of Mizuho Securities says fiscal sustainability is judged by nation's ability
to raise funds. He says the markets believe Japan still has leeway to raise money by hiking the
consumption tax, whose rate of 5 percent is deemed quite low. He says that's why long-term rates
are stable in Japan.
44: You can find clouds of various shapes this season. These ones are called floccus clouds.
*floccus: a tuft of wool or similar clump of fibres. [COD]
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11: Old bridges are becoming a serious problem for the nation. Because they are degraded, some are
closed or traffic is restricted.
And degradation will become a serious issue for the country.
This is Shinnaka Bridge in Tochigi Prefecture. Cracks have developed on the piers and concrete is
coming away.
Steel girders have become rusty and corroded.
14: The government hasn't earmarked the budget for massive renovation projects.
24: This woman won the contest. She says she is learning a bamboo artwork at a vocational school
in Kyoto.
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02: Police said the burnt building was more than 30 years old. There are 26 apartments in this
two-story building. Reports suggest 23 people are living in 22 households there. Many of the
residents are elderly citizens living on welfare.
06: He removed materials from storage. He then clean mud from the files one by one.
Suzuki says they are important documents for the town to carry out legitimate elections.
He says it will take time but he must clean them all.
15: President Barak Obama won the previous election by pledgeing economic recovery. But the
U.S. economy has remained sluggish. With the next presidential race just one year away, voter
frustration is mounting.
21: In men's tennis, Japan's Kei Nishikori pulled off an amazing upset at the Swiss indoor event,
defeating world No.1 Novak Djokovic.
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26: SoftBank leading one-nothing. But in the seventh inning, Chunichi's veteran Kazuhiro Wada
was called on as a pinch hitter. He's a fifteen-year veteran. Tsuyoshi Wada, the SoftBank starter,
hadn't given up a hit at this point. But Wada goes deep, tied the game.
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04: The opposition Liberal Democratic Party Leader Sadakazu Tanigaki says Noda claims that the
TPP will help Japan draw on the power of growth of the Asia-Pacific region, but he doubts that view.
He says it will be very risky for Noda what to decide to join the TPP negotiations just to support
President Obama's reelection.
06: Prime Minister Noda hopes that by responding to President Obama's expectations he could
patch up the bilateral relationship and eventually solidify his own power base.
16: Hiramatsu says he wants to work with people who love Osaka City and help expand the small
activities of such people into bigger movements. He says a black-and-white political stance or
branding those who disagree with U.S.(?) enemies will never brighten people's hearts.
22: At around four-thirty p.m. today, Keihin-Tohoku line train bound for Omiya hit five bicycles
that were on railway near Kaminakazato station. No passenger was hurt. The site was not accessible
to general public.
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12: Participation by Canada and Mexico will supply a tail wind to Obama who tries to expand TPP
in the Asia-Pacific region.
42: A list of the contemporary master craftsmen for 2011 has been announced. They include
craftsmen from around Japan who have outstanding skills. On the list is Seietsu Ishine, an engineer
who oversaw the assembly of the asteroid probe Hayabusa, which returned after seven-year jaourney,
bringing dust samples from an asteroid 300 million kilometers from Earth.
51: At initial charge Goeido tries to duck in low, but Kotoshogiku doesn't let him do this. He crashes
out Goeido from the front just as he planned. Kotoshogiku says he's going to step hard on a gas pedal
tomorrow and for the rest of the tournament.
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00: It's five AM. The police suddenly started clearing the park of demonstrators earlier this morning.
Officers were seen holding down young people by their arms and legs. Some of the young people
were roughly hundled by police offecers as they were bundled into vehicles.
04: Japan's position of starting consultations with member countries to join the TPP talks has left
room for various interpretations.
09: The communication gap between the United States and Japan came to the surface already.
Why should this happen? It's because the Japanese government has been so vague in presenting its
policy. Ambiguous expressions used by Noda only work among those who can tolerate it. The United
States and other countries involved in the TPP negotiations as well as those who oppose to it in
Japan will not accept such vagueness.
24: Preparations for the onset of winter are also underway at the temporary housing area in
Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. Insulation has been installed to ward off the cold weather.
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30: Tokyo Station was completed in 1914. It's made from state-of-the-art steel and reinforced
bricks used in that period. It was designed by Kingo Tatsuno, pioneer of modern architecture. He's
remembered for creating buildings that suited to Japanese environment. He put efforts in making
Tokyo Station earthquake-resistant. Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 destroyed much of Tokyo.
Tokyo Station withstood the huge jolt. So what was the technology behind its steadiness?
This photo was taken during renovation work. Tokyo Station was supported by pine. Ten thousand
piles made of pine were hammered into the ground to supoo35 the building which extends 335 meters
North to South.
34: A surveillance camera shows the Vietnamese shoplifting group making off with merchandise.
Many Vietnamese theft rings of this type have been apprehended throughout Japan.
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00: Under the happy young king, Bhutan has been building a nation that prioritizes the well-being
of its people over economic growth.
12: Japan's decision to start consultation with countries involved in negotiations for the TPP
showed consideration for the United States. But this time Noda is expected to tell leaders in
Indonesia that Japan wants to promote economic ties within the ASEAN plus three framework
as well. How will Japanese diplomatic policies navigate the differences between China and the
United States?
37: The technology tempers concrete with seawater. It was considered to be unworkable. The salt
in seawater was thought to be concrete's greatest enemy. Gravel and other particles in concrete
tend to swell when they react with salt. As a result, concrete easily develops cracks and breaks apart.
But after conducting experiment the construcion firm discovered that mixing cement made with
less alkaline components with special agent can control the reaction caused by salt. The company
also found the use of seawater can increase the strength of concrete.
But when using seawater, rust on reinforcing rods becomes a problem. It could happen that as rust
develops the reinforcing rods will swell and the concrete will break apart. Researchere tried to cover
the rods with special resin.
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00: At four-thirty this afternoon, Giants President Tsunekazu Momoi held a news conference and
said the Giants removed the 61-year-old director from his post effective today. He said it would
become apparent that Kiyotake is not fit to serve as a director. Kiyotake set up a stir by abruptly
holding a news conference last week. Kiyotake then says the Giants chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
told him that he would pick former Giants pitcher Suguru Egawa as new head coach and the current
head coach would be demoted. He says Watanabe also told him negotiations with Egawa were already
underway. Kiyotake says this runs counter to the club's internal control and compliance. Kiyotake
said Watanabe tried to reverse the team's decision on a personnel issue although he is not authorized
to do so.
Later that day, the Giants president Momoi also held a news conference, criticizing Kiyotake. Momoi
says Kiyotake held the news conference withoug informing him and this is unacceptable for the
viewpoint of corporate compliance and internal control. Watanabe said in a statement that the
accusation made by Kiyotake lacks commonsense and is a malicious lie. He said Kiyotake defamed him.
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14: Next, we look at the topic related to iPS cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells, which can
potentially develop into all types of tissues and organs in the body. Speaking at a symposium today,
Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University said he and his colleagues are aiming to start clinical
tests for treating diabetes and other ailments with the cells within ten years. Yamanaka is the
first to successfully create human iPS cells.
20: The priest says he was honestly surprised when the king kindly held up his umbrella for him and
thought the king must be a kind person. He says the king told him war is always going on somewhere
in the world and he wishes the power of Buddhism could end this. Says the priest responded by telling
him he totally agrees with him.
21: And today the king and queen visited a place where Buddha images are on display. Vocational
school students are making the images to pray for reconstruction of the disaster-hit region.
The students are using pine trees from Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, devastated by the
tsunami to create statues. King Wangchuck carefully cut into a Buddha image with a chisel. And the
queen followed suit.
This student says she was touched to see the king and queen treat their handy work with so much
care.
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01: The difference between the current screening and the previous one is the type of issues up for
discussion. Previous screening covered individual projects conducted by ministries and agencies.
This time government policy and systems are being scrutinized. Previously the targets were projects
conducted by ministries and agencies as well as indipendent administrative corporations and those
funded by special accounts. After discussions panel members determined if a specific project was
really necessary or not. They also decided if it should be continued or discontinued. This time the
panel is discussing the goverment's basic policies on nuclear, social security and other issues.
It will examine problems and present proposals on how to fix them.
13: The residents will actually be heading towards the troubled nuclear plant and at one point halfway
across the bridge they enter the ten kilometer zone from the plant. If an evacuation order is issued
for the ten kilometer zone, the bridge could be closed. Residents question the route, too. This person
says it doesn't make sense to go the other side when that's where the accident is taking place.
He says it's like getting from the frying pan into the fire.
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02: Why did young people with advanced degrees and expert knowledge blindly follow Aum founder
Shoko Asahara, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, and commit crimes? The tials are over,
but the mystery remains.
How much became clear in the trials that lasted 16 years? Former Aum senior member Seiichi Endo
was given a final death sentence today. He made the sarin used in the 1995 Tokyo subway attacks.
Endo was doing research on AIDS at Kyoto University's graduate school. He joined the Aum cult
attracted by mystical experiences. NHK obtained a confidential tape recording of conversation within
the cult.
The cult founder Matsumoto praised and flattered his followers. Endo who wanted to be right by the
leader is delighted. The tape recording also has parts in which Matsumoto who tells his followers off
using harsh words.
Matsumoto praised and told off his followers skillfully, manipulating their minds.
32: Some critics worry the participating the TPP may have a negative impact on employment.
Noda says Japan's GDP will increase by 2.7 trillion yen in real terms and it will be a positive impact on
employment.
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05: Handreds of thousands of housewives around the country have failed to change their pension
status after their husbands quit their jobs and became self-employed. The government today
anounced measures to resolve the pending issue of housewives' pension payments, putting an end
to a year-long debate. Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoko Komiyama says the cabinet today
approved a long awaited bill to revise the National Pension Law.
Housewives are required to notify the authorities when their salaried husbands leave their employees
pension programs after quitting their jobs and start paying their own contributions to the nation's
basic pension system. If they fail to change their status, their pension contribution records thereafter
are categorized as not paid. This means they will receive less pension payments for the portions they
missed to pay.
37: During five-and-a-half months aboard the international space station, Furukawa carried out
various medical experiments. Among them was a test to produce protein crystals using the Japanese
experimental module Kibou. There are hopes that the research will help in a development of medicine
for intractable diseases.
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00: Popular rakugo storyteller Tatekawa Danshi has died of throat cancer at the age of 75. He arranged
traditional stories for contemporary audiences. Free spirited life also won the hearts of many people.
01: Danshi's public image was someone who rebelled against convention. But his autobiography reveals
another face. In the book Danshi said he would have dropped out of the society if he had not found
rakugo. He said traditional storytelling saved him. Danshi was born in 1936 in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
When he was 16 he became an apprentice of rakugo performer Yanagiya Kosan V. He became a master
at the age of 27 and assumed the stage name Tatekawa Danshi. He started to appear on TV early on
his career. He was the first MC of Shoten, a long-running TV program featuring rakugo performance.
Danshi's specialty was classical rakugo stories. He was considered a leading storyteller along with
Kokontei Shincho and two others. But Danshi left the association of rakugo performers in 1983 because
he opposed the group's promotion system and established his own troop.
04: Danshi's remarks and actions sometimes caused commotion. But his main focus was rakugo, which it
describes is an art that tolerates all sorts of emotions and actions.
22: Today is Labor Thanksgiving Day. The flower arrangement in the studio is the work of ikebana artist
Hiroki Maeno. The red and white tones represen Japan.
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>>389
l.9 => along with the late Kokontei Shincho
l.12 => which he describes
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03: People in Okinawa have had to live with a bilateral agreement on the status of U.S. forces in
Japan. It was revealed today that Japan and the United States have agreed to punch a hole in this
long-standing wall. Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba says this has been important progress in the
crminal sphere of the Satus-of-Forces Agreement, adding that Japan will exercise jurisdiction over
traffic accidents caused by American civilians associated with U.S. military bases in Japan while they
are on duty.
27: News of a rare phenomenon discovered by a high school girl in Ibaraki Prefecture was carried in
at an America's science Journal. The student just stumbled upon the phenomenon during her
ordinary daily routine. The reporter was in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The group of students at a
prefectural high school say they made the discovery by chance.
In the well-known Belousov-Zhabotinsky or BZ reaction, a mixture of several chemicals with distinct
qualities changes color as it oxidizes and deoxidizes in a seemingly interminable cycle.
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00: Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura made the following remarks at the news conference
this morning. He says it's true that there is an urgent issue regarding the activities of the Imperial
Family. And what was he referring to as an urgent issue? Currently the Imperial Family consists of
the Emperor and 22 family members. 15 of them or about two thirds are women. Fujimura says
female members of the Imperial Family are approaching the marrying age.
So what concerns does this situation pause? The Imperial succession is stipulated in the Imperial
Household Law. Article 12 says female members of the Imperial Family abandon their status when they
marry someone other than the Emperor or members of the Imperial Family.
If female members of the Imperial Family leave the Imperial household by marriage one after another,
It may not be possible to maintain the current level of activity.
05: Fujimura says the debate must take into account the various opinions of the Japanese people of
different backgrounds. He says he is aware the government cannot afford to leave the issue untouched
but neither should it hold a hasty debate. He feels now is not the time to say whether it will take
certain number of months or years.
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>>391
l.6 pause => pose
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44: It's 11:28 a.m., the time that the sun rises to the highest point in Tokyo this time of the year.
But it seems the sunlight is not coming from directly above. It's coming from an angle. Famous
tenth to eleventh century Japanese poet Seishonagon wrote the dusk is the best time in autumn.
How do people see autume these days? This man says each day sun that shines into his house
recedes little by little. This is it seems like the sun inches across the tatami mats. This woman says
she feels more rush just as the days get shorter. She feels like she must go home in a hurry, cook
dinner in a hurry and go to bed right away.
There is a reason why people feel the days are getting quite short around this time of the year.
Here is the hours of sunrise and sunset in Tokyo. Today the sun sets at 4:30 p.m., which is earlier
than on the winter solstice when the day is the shortest. The sun sets earlier from late November to
mid-Dicember than in midwinter.
Why does this happen? The sun is supposed to be the highest at noon if the earth's axis is not tilted.
However, the axis on which the earth rotates that connects the north and the south pole is slunted
and the earth's orbit around the sun is not a circle but an oval. Because of this, the sun comes to the
highest spot in the sky a little before noon at this season. On the midwinter day the sun rises later
than now but it also reaches the highest point later. This is why the sun sets earlier at this time of
the year than around midwinter.
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07: Do you have any idea what tamakon, saikon and abikon mean? They are versions of gokon,
a group which is dating or partying that have been set up in Tokyo's Tama City, Saitama City and
Chiba's Abiko City. Gokon on this scale are called Machikon, meaning town dating or partying
because they involve people in the entire town and have become fairly popular among young people.
17: Nishimoto was called a great manager with bad luck. That's because he never managed to lead
his team to claim the Japan Series title. One game that many people remember is the final game
between Kintetsu and Hiroshima in the Japan Series in 1979. In the ninth inning Kintetsu had a
chance to turn the game around with the bases loaded with one out. Sticking to his principle of
staying on the offensive, Nishimoto signaled batter Shigeru Ishiwatari to go for squeeze. Hiroshima
pitcher Yutaka Enatsu sensed the move and deliberately threw a high pitch. So Nishimoto's Kintetsu
blew the opportunity to become Japan's No.1 team.
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01: Like a fingerprint, the pattern on a human palm remains unchanged for a lifetime. Police have
many thousands of palm prints on their computer database. The system allows them to quickly
match prints taken from crime scenes with those of ex-criminals. But it has come to light that a
palm print was falsely registered.
10: The United States launched its most advanceed Mars probe yet on saturday. The 900 kilogram
vessel dubbed Curiosity is about the size of a small passenger car, three meters long and two meters
wide. The probe is a mobile laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for analysis.
Its mission is to seek clues of life on Mars, the fourth planet from the sun in our solor system.
26: Hakuho needed one more win to achieve a perfect record in this tournament.
Hakuho says he wants to aplogize to fans. He says he may have been some reaxed over the last
cupple of days because the championship was decided on the thirteenth day of this tournament.
396: ◆BONZAKOt7U
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>>395
=> some relaxed over the couple of days
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00: Hashimoto has been calling for strong leadership. In June he described it as a dictatorship.
Hashimoto says the most important thing in politics today is dictatorship. He says the thing that is
demanded most of Japanese politics now is enough authority to be called a dictator. Hashimoto's
supporters passed out flyers. The incoming mayor has gained the approval of over 100 members of
the local assembly who joined his party Osaka Ishinno Kai.
05: Hashimoto's approach to promote reforms often considered high-anded and he draws wide range
of opinion. Hashimoto says he's set on achieving the goal of Osaka becoming a metropolis.
Hashimoto's plan for Osaka as a metropolis will not be easy to achieve since it will entail changes for
the relevant laws. Memeber of both the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party are
unwilling to move forward hastily to revise the laws. Hashimoto says at least fifty lawmakers are
needed to submit a bill to the Diet. He says if his group cannot get enough lawmakers to support his
Osaka metropolis plan by the end of March, his political party Oska Ishinno Kai may have to feed its
own candidates for Diet seats.
398:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/11/29 09:14:05.93 .net
基本的なことが分からず情けなく思うのですが、教えて下さい。
頻繁に耳にするフレーズ
sbj （ディストゥ or ディス to） say ～
スペルが分かりません。
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22: Crime organizations are barred from bidding for construction projects whose orders come from
the state or local autonomies. Those projects can be assigned to subcontractors from successful
contractors. And those subcontractors can assign their work to sub-subcontractors. Crime
organizations target those sub-sub or sub-sub-subcontractors. To conceal their identities they ask
a katagi, an average citizen, meaning a non-gang member, to become the president of their
companies. They can win contracts without revealing their true identities. They've been making
unlawful entry into reconstruction businesses, taking advantage of confusion in disaster-hit regions
where secrity clearance tends to be loose and insufficient.
41: Fukubukuro lucky bags have long been a popular new year tradition in Japan. Every year long lines
form at major department stores long befor opening hours on their first business day of the year.
Customers rushing into stores and jostling to grab a lucky bag have long been a common new year
sight. This woman says she buys one every year. Another person says the fact that the contents
are intended to be a surprise gives them the extra allure. The contents make headlines every year.
400: ◆BONZAKOt7U
11/11/29 22:37:26.59 .net
>>398
I suppose you mean "had this to say."
401:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
11/11/30 00:47:22.34 .net
>>400
I'm much obliged for your kindness.
Lloyd George had this to say after meeting Hitler at Berchtesgaden in 1936, after commending Hitler for reoccuping the Rhineland.
sbj had this to say ～
（sbjは～のように述べている・言っている）
402: ◆BONZAKOt7U
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>>399
09: An outlet of leading DVD rental shop chain Tsutaya will be admonished by the Tokyo government
for failing to report an alleged shoplifting scheme to the police. The outlet is accused of buying
from a group of high school students more than a hundred and thirty CDs and other items that
it knew had been stolen.
Shop manager Isamu Sasazawa says dime stores like his operate a narrow profit margin and depend
on a large sales volume. He says they need to sell about twenty items to recover the cost of one
stolen article.
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07: There are many different types of analyses, maybe analyses three to four. Due to dangerous
conditions, it will not be possible to look directly inside of the facility. So it will become necessary to
review many different analyses results. If they are able to achive a cold shutdown, it will take much
longer, thirty years, in order to decommission the reactor. They will need to use robotic arms to
remove the molten fuel. It is crucial to understand accurately what is happening inside the reactor.
10: At first prosecutors refused to tell the attorneys whether there is undisclosed evidence at all.
Five years after Meakawa began his campaign for another hearing, judges urged the prosecutors
office to submit the undisclosed evidence. This came about because the introduction of thelay judge
system, which was accompanied by new disclosure obligations. The public prosecutors office desclosed
99 pieces of evidence some of which were detrimental to the prosecutors' auguments.
58: In the seventieth minute, Leonessa's Ji So-Yun breaks through to score a goal. But eight
minutes later the Arsenal ladies work around the Leonessa's defense to score.
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22: Erika yamase is a junior at university in Hyogo Prefecture. She hopes to land a job at a midium-
sized trading house specializing in food products. Yamase says she's not too concerned about the
company's scale and is focusing more on corporate culture and fields in which young people can be
active. She says she wants to enter the food industry because she believes women's sense can be
useful. But she encountered an unexpected obstacle. Her mother Masami was not happy with the
company name that she heard for the first time. Erika Yamase's mother says when her daughter
mentioned the company name she was take aback because she never heard of it before. She says
she says she could not flatly tell that to her daughter so she searched on a computer. She says
her daughter studies at university and she'll be happier if her child enter a bigger company with a lot
of capital.
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22: The top selling book in Japan this year is a detective story. Tokuya Higashigawa's Nazotoki wa
Dinner no Atode, or We'll Solove This Mystery after Dinner. It's a story about a wealthy young woman
turned detective who pursues a number of defficult cases with the help of her butler. This woman
says it was an easy but great read with flushes of humor in it, a great detective novel.
And other four best-selling titles; No.2 and 3 are low-calorie recipe books produced by Tanita
Corporation, manufacturer of scales, body fat gauges and other health-related equipment. The books
give the recipes of low-calorie meals that are served in the company's cafeteria. This woman says
the books give teriffic tips on how to cut calories. She hasn't actually tried out any of the recipes
but it's the great read about them.
37: Tomono says that when the number of inspection routines and regulation increases businesses
think only about the need to clear those items. He says the businesses might have the false
impression that they are safe as long as they clear the checks and that this becomes their job while
securing over our safety on their own becomes secondary.
40: Analysts say TEPCO was looking at trees, not the forest. They say the company was blinded by
the safety myth.
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44: The list of the ten most popular words for 2011 in Japan was announced today. The top buzzword
was Nadeshiko Japan, the nickname for the women's soccer team. The screening panel said winning
the World Cup title gave Japan hope and courage and that expectations are high throughout Japan
that the Nadeshiko squad's energy will flower further.
>>405
23: Fourth on the list is Kokoro wo Totonoeru, or Maintaining Peace of Mind, by the professional
soccer player Makoto Hasebe. He shares says that's on what it takes to achieve personal goals.
This was Hasebe being interviewed on News Watch 9 in July last year. Hasebe says he realized that
Japan would never be world champions unless the players did more to cultivate their individual talents.
Many people were impressed by Hasebe's cool demeanor during last year's World Cup finals in South
Africa.
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09: The rice cakes were made of rice flour. They were made in Sendai when electricity and gas
stopped. No heat is required. They were able to preserve the rice cakes for a long period as a staple.
This person who invented the mathod says the food is made only with water as no boiled water or fire
was available.
Let's take a look at this food. Soy bean paste which is a Sendai specialty is mixed with garlic, ginger
and yuzu fruit. This special soy bean paste was made in an evacuation center in Sendai City's Taihaku
district. At the center only rice had been stored in case of an emergency and the main food people
had were rice balls without any ingredients or flavor added.
11: One person recalled his experiences during the second world war. This curry was served with
flour dumplings instead of rice. Jin Hashimoto had to stay home for three days after the quake as he
suffered from low back pain and was unable to move to an evacuation center. A kerosine heater was
the only equipment available for cooking.
12: Kashiwa returned to the first division this season. It wanted to become the first team to win the
league title in the same season after being promoted to J1.
28: Sunshine will return to the Pacific coast but the winds will be strong, creating a wind chill effect.
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>>407
20: The survey first asked people if they feel friendly toward the United States. 41.4 percent said yes
and 40.5 percent said they are more inclined to say yes than no. 82 percent of the people polled
made positive responses up about 2 percentage points from last year to hit the highest ever number.
The Foreign Ministry said many people must have felt close ties with the United States when they
watched American soldiers help the Japanese people in the areas devastated by the quake and
tsunami on March 11.
Now let's take a look at China. When asked about their sense of closeness with China, the percentage
of positive answers was up by 6 percentage points from last year to 26.3 percent, while negative
answers dropped by about 6 points to 71.4 percent
The Foreign Ministry said the collision between the Chinise fishing boat and Japan Coast Guard ships
near the Senkaku Islands in September last year aggravated the Japanese people's feelings against
China but the tension between the countries has eased since then and Japanese people are beginning
to feel more positive about China.
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07: The russian constitution bans the president from running for office for third straight term. Putin
has now announced he will run again for the presidential race early next year, while having Medvedev
assume the prime minister's post. He also used his party's parliamentary majority to run through a
constitutional amendment extending the presidential term to six years. This has paved ways for Putin
to hold power until 2024 if elected. But this election has put Putin in an upheld battle.
At a combat sport event his speech was interrupted by boos from the audience. Songs critical of Putin
were performed at this concert in Siberia. The group say everything is such a big deal, they don't
understand at all. Damn heads support for Putin, damn heads love Putin. This man says he wants
government officials to hear the song. In Moscow, this person says people no longer appreciate or trust
the United Russia Party. This person says It's high time the government became aware of its
unpopularity and changed its ways.
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22: The investigation so far has found that sports car aficionados in around twenty vehicles which
were traveling from Kyushu to Hiroshima. The accident occurred in a part of the expressway with
the series of mild uphill curves. A sign just before the crash site warns a 400 meter curve to the left.
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19: Some members of the ruling bloc remain wary of raising the comsumption tax, citing the possible
ill effects on the economy. The public is similarly devided over the matter. This woman says the
consumption tax increase may be inevitable to ease the fears over pensions in the aging of society.
This woman is against the idea. She says across the board tax hike in everyday items would be hard
on the family budget. This woman says she understands. She would have to pay more if you want to
pedal social welfare programs for her child. This man says the government appears rushing to raise
taxes before making visible efforts to cut wasteful spending.