Note: I haven't been able to translate all the extracts I chose by lack of time. I also found the articles rather difficult to read and quite long for most of them. I got discouraged more than once, not being able to understand the articles by simply reading them. Even after looking up words, some..
Inhae reads the news: August 2020
I only had time for two topics this month: Korean court ruling on forced labour victims: aftermaths75th anniversary of the end of WWII. News 1: Korean court ruling on forced labour victims: aftermaths This might not have been a breaking news in Japanese media, but this is one of the topics I am the most..
Inhae reads the news: July 2020
This month's topics are: Tokyo court rejects a damage lawsuit by a victim of the Eugenic Protection LawYuriko Koike re-elected as Governor of TokyoCoronavirus cases in US military bases in Okinawa Topic 1: Tokyo court rejects a damage lawsuit by a victim of the Eugenic Protection Law I first learned about the Eugenic Protection Law..
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.
Inhae reads the news: May 2020
This month main topic is the revision of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Law.
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.
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.
Inhae reads the news: February 2020
Let’s compare what different newspapers say on the same topic!
Inhae reads the news: January 2020
In this post, I compare editorials from different newspapers for the same day.
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.
Inhae reads the News: October 2019
I have chosen two topics for this month’s article: anti-Korean sentiment in Japan and the re-opening of the exhibition 表現の不自由展・その後 of the Aichi Triennale.
Japanese News: July week 2 (終)
Introduction This week's post is very short, only two topics, and it will be the last post in the section "Japanese News"... The reason why I stop is that I think this exercise already bore its fruits. I started it to help me read the news, and it worked better than I could say: Studying..