The other day, my wife and I went to Hirata City to see an art exhibition of Mizumori Ado. There were only a few people there besides us becaus it was a rainy weekday morning. Mizumori Ado is a famous TV star for our generation. She would …

Even the newly elected president once landed on Takeshima provocatively, Japan's Prime Minister gently sent him a congratulatory message. Being a Korean president would be really hard. He or her should be hard for Japan but has to ask for …

My son took part in a prefectural high school table tennis competition. It had team taurnament, doubles and singles. My son's school won there men's tournaments all. High ranking winners can advance to the next stage, Chugoku Region Taurna…

I downloaded my next audiobook. It was " Boy" by Roald Dahl. He is a popular author for children's books like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". When I started to learn English again, my first motivation was to read Roald Dahl's children…

The Hiroshima Carp lost against Tokyo Yakult Swallows with a 1-3. The Carp lost two games straight for the first time in this season. I believe they will win the next game. One thing I'm afraid of the Carp is the absence of a good stopper.

I drank with my childhood friend today. We were friends since we were at kindergarten. He's very funny like a comedian. We had a great time tonight.

Recently, a lot of English lerners in Japan show their English speaking on YouTube, TwitCasting or something. I watch and listen their talks and feel they are reall good. I did that four years ago. I made my interview pod casting in Englis…

My son has a table tennis club training camp mow. It will last one week. During the camp, he stayed his school with his team mates at school. The high school has a dormitory for sports camp. The training would be hard, but he might enjoy t…

I finished reading five NYT articles including some editorials this year. I've been studying English readying comprehension with work books and I think it helps me reading English articles a lot.

Seventy-year-old Miu Hirano became the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Champion in Wuxi, China. She was the youngest champion ever and the first Japanese to win in 20 years. What made this win historical was that she beat three top Chinese player …

Chiba prefectural police has arrested 46-year-old neighbor man after killed young Vietnamese elementary school girl in the prefecture. He is the president of parents' association at the elementary school. He also took part in a volunteer g…

I'm reading two English reading comprehension books now. I'm learning sentence structures and grammar rules in these books. And I'm trying to build English vocabulary, too. I didn't like learning English in that way, but I changed my mind.…

Japan's top figure skater Mao Asada had a press conference for her retirement. We have been fascinated by her skating. She has been an iconic athlete in Japan. She became the world champion three times, but unfortunately she couldn't reach…

President Donald Trump tweeted "North Korea is looking for trouble" on Tuesday. And continued "If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! U.S.A". Endorsing the tweet, Trump ordered an Ame…

United Airlines violently removed a passenger from its airplane in Chicago on Sunday. The unusual moment was spread across the world with videos taken by several other passengers. The victim dragged off by authorities with blood in the vid…

City mayoral and council members election campaign has just started here. Campaign cars are shouting candidates' name again and again. That's really annoying.

American President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping finished a two-day meeting in Palm Beach, Florida on Friday. The two leaders agreed on the "urgency of the threat of North Korea's nuclear weapons program". Trump showed the …

I'm trying an English reference book for Japanese high school students. It was first published 80 years ago. It should be completed in 30 days, but that would be almost impossible because its example sentences are really complicated. The b…

The US attacked on Syria's military bases in response to a chemical weapons attack. killed Dozens of civilians including children and babies by the attack earlier this week. Mr. Trump ordered to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles. At first…

The US President Dnald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet for the first time in America. They have tons of problems each other. I don't think they will end up satisfaction, though. And they might discuss North Korea issue thi…

A survey shows that 23% of male people and 14% of female people are unmarried by the age of 50 in Japan. That would be partly because about 40% of people are non-regular workers.

Japan's ambassador to South Korea returned to Seoul. Japanese government recalled the ambassador in response to the placing of the so called comfort women statue in front of Japan's consulate in Busan. Japan and Korea agreed to remove thes…

I'm listening to a Japanese novel, 64, in English. I've never read the original one.

Today, my wife and I went on one day bus trip. We went to Onan-cho, Shimane, to ride Sanko-sen train and watch cherry blossoms along the railway. Sanko-sen line will end next year because only a few people use the line. It's an abandoned l…

My wife and I are going go to a bus trip tomorrow. We are suppressed to watch cherry blossoms, but I don't think we can do it. It's chilly compare to recent years. We are not lucky.

My older son has the flu. He said he had a fever of 39.5 degree. That's awful. My wife and I suggested him to have the vaccination, but he dented that. He dislikes injection. He should have had it. He had to be absent from his job.

Ivanka Trump became an official employee. Her status is the Assistant to the President. She has been advising to his father and that has been a controversial issue of the administration. Her husband, Jared Kushner, is already became the se…

It should be warm around this time, the end of March. My wife and I will go watching cherry blossoms this weekend. I want the trees will be blooming then.

I'm trying to improve my English reading comprehension with an workbook for high school students. The book is a long seller textbook. I didn't like studying English in that way, but I changed my mind because I have too much poor reading sk…

I read an article about taking TOEFL by an English teacher. She said that you should start with reading section. Reading skill is the fundamental thing. While studying reading section with a work book, she said, you should memorize all of …