News Anchor Japanese
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 20: The Lone Sumo (Hitori-zumo)
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Japan, a nine-year-old boy has won an online sumo wrestling contest. This is the first time Japan is holding a nationwide virtual sumo wrestling co...
Episode 19: Separate surnames for spouses in Japan?
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Japan is the only country in the world known to have a law forcing married couples to share a surname - a provision that is more than a hundred years ...
Episode 18: Combating food wastage in Japan
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Japan, food products have deadlines within which they should be shipped to stores. Products that miss these delivery deadlines get discarded althou...
Episode 17: Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai receives approval from US FDA for drug to treat Alzheimer’s Disease
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On June 7 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Aducanumab, co-developed by Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai and U....
Episode 16: Japan passes law for flexible paternity leave for new fathers
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new paternity leave bill passed by Japan’s House of Representatives in June 2021 allows new fathers to take a total of four weeks off within eight...
Episode 15: The Top 10 Japanese Salarymen Poems (Senryu) in 2021
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Senryu is a type of traditional Japanese poetry originating in the Edo Period, made up of three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively. ...
Episode 14: LGBT legislation gets shelved in Japan
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Plans to pass a bill protecting LGBT individuals in Japan were shelved by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan in June 2021. The ruling party’...
Episode 13: Japan’s new natural World Heritage sites
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Local residents rejoice as Japan looks to welcome Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, as well as the northern part of the mai...
Episode 12: The Moritomo Gakuen scandal and the disclosure of the ‘Akagi’ file that tells it all
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Moritomo Gakuen is a Japanese private school operator located in Osaka, Japan, which found itself at the center of a scandal in 2017 involving a steep...
Episode 11: Japanese kids try working remotely with Kidzania’s first online program
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Japanese adults embrace remote work due to COVID-19, their children also get their taste of working remotely with family entertainment center opera...
Episode 10: Japan’s 2030 greenhouse gas emission targets
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that Japan will target a 46% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 2013 levels at a 2-day virt...
Episode 9: Japanese Princess Mako's fiancé Komuro Kei and his family's money troubles
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The planned marriage between Princess Mako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito, and Kei Komuro has been postponed for over three years since they became in...
Episode 8: Japan’s strange school rules
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Japanese schools have strange rules such as only having one keychain on your school bag, or not being able to wear a scarf without y...
Episode 7: Abe’s drive to amend the Japanese Constitution
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On 27 March 2021, former Japan prime minister Abe gave a speech in Niigata where he stressed once again the need to add a reference to Japan’s Self-...
Episode 6: Japan’s groundbreaking marriage equality ruling
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our resident news anchor discusses the Sapporo's District Court ruling on 21 March 2021 that the current law, which does not recognize same-sex...
Episode 5: Addressing the gender disparity in Japanese society
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On February 3rd 2021, then president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, Yoshiro Mori, made disparaging remarks toward women, saying that meeti...
Episode 4: What is Hina-matsuri (Girls' Day) and how is it celebrated in Japan?
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the third of March every year, Japan celebrates hina-matsuri, also known as Doll's Day or Girls' Day. Our resident news anchor discusses the origin...
Episode 3: How severe was the recent earthquake in Fukushima?
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our resident news anchor discusses the latest earthquake to hit Fukushima on 13 February 2021: - Why we picked this news topic ニュースを選...
Episode 2: How Japanese national university entrance examinations are changing in 2021
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our resident news anchor discusses the latest changes to Japanese university entrance examinations in 4 parts: - Why we picked this news topic...
Episode 1: How working remotely is affecting eyesight in Japan
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our resident news anchor discusses the trend of working remotely in Japan, and its impact on eyesight. - Why we picked this news topic リモー...
Trailer
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to our resident Japanese news anchor introduce herself and what "News Anchor Japanese" is about!