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Japanese news

Inhae reads the news: September 2020

Note: I haven’t been able to translate all the extracts I chose by lack of time. I also found the

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Inhae reads the news: August 2020

I only had time for two topics this month: Korean court ruling on forced labour victims: aftermaths 75th anniversary of

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Inhae reads the news: July 2020

This month’s topics are: Tokyo court rejects a damage lawsuit by a victim of the Eugenic Protection Law Yuriko Koike

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Inhae reads the news: June 2020

The three topics I chose to study this month are: the George Floyd protests, the death of Shigeru Yokota and North Korea’s threats.

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Inhae reads the news: May 2020

This month main topic is the revision of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Law.

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Inhae reads the news: April 2020

The main topic of April was the State of Emergency declared by Abe on April 7th. We study 5 topics this month, 4 of which are related to the coronavirus and the state of emergency.

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Inhae reads the news: March 2020

This month’s topic are Abe’s press conference on Coronavirus, the couple Kawai, the State of Emergency and the trial of Satoshi Uematsu.

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Inhae reads the news: February 2020

Let’s compare what different newspapers say on the same topic!

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Inhae reads the news: January 2020

In this post, I compare editorials from different newspapers for the same day.

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Inhae reads the news: November 2019

The topics for this month are: The Cherry Blossom Party, political scandals, the Ministry of Education and customer harassment.

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  • Cover of 寝台特急殺人事件. The cover illustration is a picture of a train wagon taken at night. There is a logo on the train that represents a blue bird with the name はやぶさ written on it.
  • Cover of 김대리가 죽었대. The cover illustration depicts a city with tall buildings at night or dawn. There are lights on several floors.
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I haven’t read as much as I wanted today, but I did finish the first chapter of 고통에 관하여 by Bora Chung (정보라), and I only have one chapter left in 寝台特急殺人事件 by Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎), so I’ll be able to finish it tomorrow. #ReadingUpdate
Also waiting for my planner to become available 🐈… #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

30 September 2023 @ 9:00 am

#3GoodThings
🏡 Day at home.
📖 Started a Korean novel. I had to look up a lot of words so I haven’t progressed much (only read 30 pages), but things start to get smoother.
🪛There was a problem with my aquarium light that I managed to solve, so everything is working well now.

29 September 2023 @ 11:49 am

#3GoodThings
🎉 Enjoying the Holidays!
📖 Bought a new book, and I’m looking forward to starting it this weekend.
🌳 Walk in the woods. It was quite pleasant and refreshing. Also saw a squirrel, but I was not quick enough to take a picture of it, so instead, this is just a picture of the trail we took.

28 September 2023 @ 12:36 pm

  • Black and white drawing of a cat resting its head on a pile of books. There are house plants on each side of the pile of books.
    Korean reading challengeSeptember 26, 2023
    In this post, I’m talking about my Korean reading challenge and go through several collections of short stories I bought for this challenge.

Latest book reviews

Cover of 白光. Cover illustration: a background of blurred leaves with white light coming through them and pink flowers on the foreground.

Book review: 『白光』by Mikihiko Renjo

Author: Mikihiko Renjo (連城三紀彦)

A really great book if you like mysteries that deal with psychology and family secrets.

Cover of 背いて故郷. The cover illustration depicts a round rearview mirror on a grey sky. In the reflection of the mirror, there is a man standing near a road.

Book review:『背いて故郷』by Tatsuo Shimizu

Author: Tatsuo Shimizu (志水辰夫)

One of the rare hardboiled novels that I enjoyed reading, 背いて故郷 starts with an engrossing investigation which turns into more action in the second hal

Cover of チョコレートゲーム. The focus of the cover image is a small desk and two chairs facing the desk, typically the kind that are used in classrooms. On the table there is some kind of board game involving chocolate bars. There are also bank notes and chocolate around it.

Book review:『チョコレートゲーム』by Futari Okajima

Author: Futari Okajima (岡嶋 二人)

チョコレートゲーム is an engrossing mystery with a fast pace. Recommended!

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