渋谷のハロウィンは今後、存続が危ぶまれる現状にあります。Shibuya prepares itself to host Japan’s premier and most raucous Halloween celebrationJapan’s rowdy, cosplay-themed Halloween celebrations have become famous around the world, with yo…

Introductory Seminar にて 取り扱っている文学作品 Charles Darwin の Voyage of the Beagleにおいて、いくつかのワードが頻繁に見られたのですが、今回はその１つを紹介します。 zenith /ˈzɛnɪθ/ です。初め、的確な予測を立てるのは困難でしたが、ze から…

外国人が日本で一定の地位を築くには、まだまだ壁があるようです。Indian women in Japan struggle to find their nicheWith an MBA in finance, Nivedita Sharma had been a team leader at a bank in India. She quit her job three months after her arra…

Wednesday, a white man with a history of violence shot and killed two African-Americans, seemingly at random, at a Kentucky Kroger store following a failed attempt to barge into a black church. 中略And Saturday morning, a man shouting anti…

アメリカのペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグにあるシナゴーグで銃乱射事件が発生しました。Gunman attacks Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 peopleA gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pi…

いじめが多くなってきています。The number of bullying cases at schools has reached a record high, according to a survey released by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on Thursday. 中略 Support for truant student…

This spineless sycophancy was on show during the recent hearings on Brett Kavanaugh’s supreme court nomination. (Skip the rest)https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/28/observer-view-donald-trump-vile-rhe…

Foreign residents in Sapporo join disaster drillForeign residents in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido have taken part in a drill to learn how they should act in the event of an earthquake or a fire.中略The participant…

お祭りにも節度を！Tokyo police say a vehicle has been damaged by people wearing Halloween costumes in the Shibuya district.The streets around Shibuya station were crowded with young people and foreigners until the early hours of Sunday mor…