On Wednesday (January 17th), officials from South Korea and North Korea have met and discussed the Olympics for 11 hours. Two major decisions came out of this meeting, both turned towards friendship: first, South and Nord Korea will enter the opening ceremony together, under a "flag of the unification" (a white flag with a blue..

I found this page on NHK about the news that received the most attention in Japan in 2017. I have decided to go through the 10 first results and see if I can understand what it is about. This implies to understand the titles in Japanese but also, to have followed the news in Japan..

Yesterday, I searched for an article to study today and I found this: 相撲協会 貴乃花親方の理事解任を評議員会に提案へ on NHK. This kind of article really makes me want to cry 😭! I don't understand the title, I don't understand at all what it is about, I recognize many kanji but I am too lazy to think about what they..

You probably read or heard about it if you follow the news about Japan: the kanji of the year 今年の漢字 is officially 北・きた. Link to the NHK article on the subject. The 今年の漢字 is a kanji chosen at the end of each year by the Japanese kanji proficiency society 日本漢字能力検定協会 to represent the year that is..

I have found an interesting article this morning. Published on Asahi, the article's title is 年間ベストセラー発表 １位は「九十歳。何がめでたい」. Link to the article The title would not have caught my attention if I hadn't read recently an article about the "アラハン" (around hundred) phenomenon in Japan. I read about this in the magazine 일본어 저널, which is a..

This is an article published on Asahi website yesterday evening about the Tokyo Olympics countdown clock. Link to the article I don't know why the clock was unveiled yesterday, that is, 981 days before Tokyo Olympics. The article does not say whether this date was strategic or not. Anyway, let's see what words I can..

In this post, I am studying the video where Nintendo announced and presented its new game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.

Friday’s article news! Today, I am studying an article about the release of the film 「劇場版　世界ネコ歩き」.