被災地に残って寺を継ごうとする娘さんの記事です。NY Times からです。 A Young Monk Finds Her Calling “若い尼、天職を見つける” In Japan, a girl turns to her Buddhist faith to help rebuild her village temple destroyed in the tsunami seven year…

Kobe Steel’s Chief to Step Down as It Discloses Wider Quality Problems 神戸製鋼のトップが辞任。更なる品質管理の問題が浮き彫りになる。 TOKYO — Kobe Steel said on Tuesday that its top executive would resign, after a falsified data scandal th…

NY Times Cooking, How to make rice (ご飯の炊き方) からです。 The foundation of successful rice is a rinse. ご飯を炊く成功の第一はお米を磨ぐことです。 … Pour the rice into a bowl, and fill the bowl with cold water. (You can also use a colan…

A Nearly Invisible Oil Spill Threatens Some of Asia’s Richest Fisheries 「殆ど目に見えない石油の漏れがアジアの最も豊かな漁場を脅かす」 ZHOUSHAN, China — A fiery collision that sank an Iranian tanker in the East China Sea a month ago has re…

NBC Apologizes After Japan Comment Draws Anger in South Korea 「NBC は韓国で憤りを招いた“日本発言”に関して謝罪」 Noting that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan was in attendance, Mr. Ramo described Japan as “a country which occupied Korea …

BOJ Kuroda Says Econ Fundamentals Solid Despite Market Rout (by Reuters) 日銀黒田総裁、市場の暴落にも拘らず、株価の背後にある根幹は安定していると述べる。（ロイター） TOKYO — Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the fundam…

Xerox, an Innovator Hit by Digital Revolution, Cedes Control to Fujifilm 「ゼロックス、創案者、デジタル革命に負け、富士フィルムに所有を譲る」 Xerox, an icon of corporate America that pioneered the office copy machine as well as the graphic…

NY Times Tuesday Briefing (Asia版) Back Storyからです。第二次大戦中の日系人強制収容所で生まれ育った人々は現在では米国で高齢者として暮らしています。 「フレッド・コレマツの日」 The U.S. government had ordered that all people of Japanese ance…

Japan Volcano Eruption Kills Soldier and Injures Skiers at Resort 「日本の火山噴火、自衛隊員一人死亡、リゾートのスキー客怪我」 The eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane triggered avalanches and launched debris that smashed a gondola and hit pe…

Tokyo Holds Evacuation Drill to Prepare for N. Korean Threat 「東京は北朝鮮の脅威に備えて避難訓練を実施する」 "I think these missile drills only fan missile scare among the Japanese people and their animosity toward North Korea," Mari Chih…

NY Times からです。NHKによる北朝鮮ミサイルの誤報を紹介しています。 Days After Hawaii’s False Missile Alarm, a New One in Japan 「ハワイのミサイル誤報の数日後に、日本で新たに誤報」 Japan’s public broadcaster on Tuesday accidentally sent new…

NY Times から、米国トヨタの成功を導いた豊田達郎氏についてです。 Tatsuro Toyoda, Who Led Toyota’s Global Expansion, Dies at 88 「トヨタの世界進出を導いた豊田達郎、88歳で死去」 From the beginning his approach was different. He spoke about co…

The New York Times から。福島県の復興を願う野球チームを紹介しています。 Would You Play Ball at Fukushima? “福島で野球をしますか？” The disaster also damaged the Fukushima name. Tourism declined. The rest of Japan shunned produce or materia…