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Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #574 幼稚園の子どもが育てたさつまいもを「焼き芋」にして食べた

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #573 高市総理大臣の新しい政府が仕事を始めた：Takaichi takes aim at issues, especially economy

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #572 トランプ大統領「私はロシアとウクライナが話す準備を始めた」：Trump organizing Putin, Zelenskyy summit

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #571 赤澤大臣「アメリカが関税の割Japan PM Ishiba briefed by chief trade negotiator on tariff talks in US合を直すと言っている」：

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #570「日本人も外国人も生活しやすい社会にしたい」：Japan govt. launches new office to deal with foreign resident issues

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #569 東京の駅で「日傘」を借りるサービス：Parasol rental service begins at major train stations in Tokyo

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #568 ロサンゼルスのデモ アメリカの政府が軍を出す：National Guard troops deployed in LA on Trump's order

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #567 日本と中国で魚の輸出のルールを決めた：Japan, China agree on requirements for resuming Japanese seafood imports

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #566 人気の「小型カート」渋谷区がルールを作る：Tokyo's Shibuya Ward to tighten rules for street go-kart businesses

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #565 「子どもが幸せな国」日本は14番：Japan ranks 14th in UNICEF report on child well-being

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #564 裁判所が「旧統一教会」に解散命令：Tokyo court orders former Unification Church to disband

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #561 リスナーと話そう！Podcastの歴史を語ろう

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #560 日本で働く外国人　12年続けて増えた：Japan had record 2.3 million foreign workers in 2024

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #559 ブラジルで日本より早く「紅白歌合戦」を開いた：Japanese Brazilians stage annual Japanese singing contest in Sao Paulo

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #558 「闇バイト」応募した人から相談　警察が守ったのは125件：

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #552 「うまい棒」来月から3円あがって1本15円になる：The price of Umaiboh rises to 15 yen.

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #551 外国人の技能実習生 去年9700人以上がいなくなった：Over 9,700 foreign technical interns in Japan vanished last year

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #550 エミー賞「SHOGUN将軍」が18の賞をもらった：'Shogun' wins record 18 Emmy Awards, including best drama and best actor

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #549 生成AIが入ったスマホが増えている⁠：Apple unveils iPhone 16 powered by generative AI

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #548 たばこを吸う人は14.8% 今まででいちばん低くなった：Japan's smoking rate hits lowest ever

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #547 渋谷駅の周り　10月からは夜に外でお酒を飲むのを禁止：Street drinking at night near Shibuya Station to be banned year-round from Oct.

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #546 男性と女性が平等か　日本は146の国の中で118番：Japan shows improvement in gender equality but progress needed in politics and business

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #545 すばらしい研究を行なった日本の女性の研究者に賞を贈る：“3rd Marie Sklodowska Curie Award” for young female researchers

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #544 アルバイトやパートの時給　2023年度の平均は1125円：英語

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #543 みんながたくさん聞きいた歌うた　1番ばんは「アイドル」：The most listened song in Japan in fiscal Year 2023

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #542 「富士山を見えなくしました」　マナーが悪い人に困っている：Viral scene of Mt. Fuji over convenience store blocked off

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #541 文部科学省「ローマ字の書き方をわかりやすくしてほしい」：Govt. reviewing 'romaji' alphabet for Japanese words

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #540 警察に届いた落とし物もの　犬が1万匹　お金が228億円：Japanese police: Lost property reports hit new record in 2023Japanese police: Lost property reports hit new record in 2023

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #539 ベネチア　旅行に来る人にお金を払ってもらう実験を始めた：Venice tests entry fee for day-trippers to help with overtourism

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #538 「クチコミを消けしてほしい」　医者などがグーグルを訴えた：Google sued in Japan over negative reviews on map app

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #537 7月から新しいお札 カードやスマホだけで払う店が出てきた：Banknote makeover in July, prompts businesses to go cashless

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #536 4月なのに夏のように暑い日：Sunny weather pushes up temperatures across northern, eastern Japan

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #535 「DRAGON BALL」の漫画家 鳥山明さんが亡くなった：'Dragon Ball' artist Toriyama Akira dies at 68

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #534 「ニホンオオカミのはく製かもしれない」中学生の研究けんきゅうでわかる：Teenager helps identify Japanese wolf skin specimen

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #533 雪で作った冷蔵庫からりんごを出す仕事 子どもたちがやってみた：Children Take out apples from the fridge made of snow

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #532 輪島と珠洲 まだ仕事ができない会社が60％以上：Slow recovery from Noto Peninsula quake weighs on businesses

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #531 ファミリーマート プラスチックのスプーンなどを有料にする：FamilyMart in Japan to charge for plastic cutlery

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #530 技能実習生が働く所を変えにくくする案に弁護士が反対：Japan seeks to revise controversial trainee program

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #529 世界せかいの都市としランキング　東京とうきょうは3番ばん：Tokyo remains third in global power index

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #528 アニメ東京ステーションができた アニメを世界に紹介：New anime center opens in Tokyo

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #527 性同一性障害の人が戸籍の性別を変えることについて裁判所が判断：Japan's top court: Surgery requirement for gender change unconstitutional

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #526 渋谷区 ハロウィーンのときは来ないでと外国にも言う：Shibuya informs foreign press of Halloween party ban

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #525 不登校の小学生と中学生が今までで最も多くなった：School non-attendance in Japan hits record high

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #524 「世界を変える若い人」学校の規則を紹介する高校生が選えらばれた：High school student creates database of Japan's school rules

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #523 電動キックボード 警察が留学生に交通ルールを教える：Tokyo police hold seminar for foreign students on e-scooter rules

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #522 熱い日が続いて牛がたくさん死んだ：The death of dairy cows due to record heat

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #521 日本航空 ニューヨークへ行く飛行機にSAFを使う Japan Airlines flight uses sustainable fuel in 1-week trial

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #520 福島第一原発　処理した水を海に流す作業の１回目が終わった First round of treated water release from Fukushima Daiichi plant completed

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #519 日本のロケット「H2A」月を調べる探査機を宇宙に運んだ Japan's H2A rocket places satellite and probe into orbit

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #518 100年前の関東大震災　東京の様子がわかる写真 Learn Lessons from the pictures of the Great Kanto Earthquake

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #517 環境省「福島県の海のトリチウムの濃度はとても低い」Tritium 'not detectable' in fish caught off Fukushima nuclear plant

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #516 Japan begins releasing treated water from Fukushima Daiichi plant 福島第一原発　24日から処理した水を海に流し始めた

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #515 Japan sets date for treated water release from Fukushima Daiichi plant 福島第一原発の処理した水 24日よりあとに海に流す

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #514 Two years after Taliban retake control in Afghanistan アフガニスタン 多くの人の食べ物が足りない

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #512 NASA says July 2023 was hottest month since 1880

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #512 Say Farewell to Shinkansen Food Carts

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #511 Over 7,200 businesses with foreign trainees violate law: Japan labor ministry

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #510 Japan opening of 'Barbie' marred by controversy ahead of the memorial day

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #509 Russia's halt to grain deal draws flak at UN, raises concerns about food prices

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #508 A picture book drawn by one of the deceased animators

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #507 EU ending import controls on Japan food products

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #506 Tokyo and surrounding prefectures get season's first heatstroke alerts

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #505 Japan's top court: Toilet restrictions on transgender woman illegal

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #504 Meta to launch microblogging service to rival Twitter

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #503 Minimize what to carry and bring only tablets to school (Low quality sound, sorry!)

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #502 Aeon to raise hourly pay for part-time staff by average 7%

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #501 Massive amount of cedar pollen predicted this season in Japan

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #500 Over 1,000 Traditional Dolls Crowd Pyramid Display in Saitama Pref.

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #499 Giant panda Xiang Xiang leaves Tokyo's Ueno Zoo for China

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #498: Valentine gifts for pandas, which are going back to China soon.

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #497 School rule banning coats over uniforms on cold days challenged [⚠this episode lacks of a guest sound due to the technical issues]

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #496 The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #495: Creating Night Junior High Schools in Aichi Prefecture for Students with Foreign Roots

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #494 'War' chosen as the kanji of the year for 2022

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #493 6 racial profiling cases reported in Japan in 2021

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #492 Ghibli fans flock to new theme park in central Japan

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #491 Light-up starts at Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #490 School absences in Japan hit record high

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #489 “Recommended vacation” Sapporo nursery school introduced from November Granted up to 10 days

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #488 Foreign Residents Struggle with Exchange Rate amid Weak Yen

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #487 "Don't Drink and Drive" Applies to Electric

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #486 "Don't call lawmakers 'teacher'"

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #485 Just a 5-minute walk: Science answers how to calm crying babies

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #484 Emperor, Empress leave for Britain to attend Queen Elizabeth's state funeral

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #483 Japan may further ease coronavirus border controls in Oct.

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #482 Japan falls to 12th place in cited scientific papers

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #481 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #480 Study: Men dominate art world among winners, judges

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #479 Japan's consumer affairs agency to probe 'spiritual marketing'

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #478 Scholars and others begin petition to oppose Abe state funeral

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #477 Saury fishing season begins for bigger vessels

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #476 'Hibaku' rice grown to recall horror of atomic bombing

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #475 Ohtani Shohei matches Babe Ruth with double-digit wins and homers

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #474 Former female World Boxing Council champ faces battle to fight as male

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #473 Artists prepare for Aomori Nebuta float festival

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #472 Japan marks world's highest number of weekly COVID cases

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #471 Japan executes Akihabara rampage killer

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #470 Figure skater Hanyu Yuzuru to retire from competition, turn pro

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #469 UN: India will likely surpass China's population in 2023

Azumi’s Easy Japanese Small Talk #468 Former Japanese PM Abe Shinzo confirmed dead