January, 2007
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NHK News Headlines / Wednesday, January 31, 2007 #3,105
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1) On the second day of talks on U.S. financial sanctions against North
Korea, negotiators for the two sides are believed to be focusing on ways
to handle North Korean assets frozen at a Macau bank.
2) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised new relief measures for Japanese
nationals who were left in China as young children at the end of World
War ll.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) financial sanctions 金融制裁
2) Japanese nationals who were left in China as young children at the end
of World War ll 「中国残留孤児」のこと
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NHK News Headlines / Tuesday, January 30, 2007 #3,104
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1) In Beijing U.S. and North Korean officials have ended the first day
of their talks on U.S. financial sanctions against North Korea.
2) The Tokyo District Court has rejected a damage suit filed by a group
of Japanese who say the government failed to repatriate them from China
soon after the end of World War ll.
3) A new suspected outbreak of bird flu has been reported in Miyazaki Prefecture,
southwestern Japan.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) damage suit 損害賠償訴訟
2) repatriate 本国へ帰還させる
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NHK News Headlines / Monday, January 29, 2007 #3,103
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1) Japan's Lower House of Parliament has opened a debate on Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe's policy speech of last Friday.
2) The Japanese government has told China that it agrees to resume the
six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program on February 8.
3) U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney suggested that the possibility of air
raids on Iranian nuclear facilities has not been eliminated.
<Words & Phrases>
1) policy
speech 施政方針演説
2) air raid 空爆
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NHK News Headlines / Sunday, January 28, 2007 #3,102
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1) Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso says the six-party talks on North
Korea's nuclear program will probably resume on February 8.
2) The Unites States will post security staff at Narita Airport to screen
people traveling to the country.
<Words & Phrases>
1) resume 再開する
2) post
security staff 保安要員を配置する
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NHK News Headlines / Saturday, January 27, 2007 #3,101
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1) Scientists have detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu in chickens that
died at a poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
2) The United Nations says it will audit all of its operations in North
Korea, following allegations that aid money is being used inappropriately
there.
<Words & Phrases>
1) audit 監査する
2)
allegation 申し立て、疑惑
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NHK News
Headlines / Friday, January 26, 2007
#3,100
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1) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for a bold review of postwar Japanese society
to create a beautiful Japan, while giving top priority to education reform.
2) The first international conference on ways to conserve tuna resources
has closed in Kobe City, after adopting an action plan.
3) The former president of Internet firm Livedoor has insisted on his innocence
at the end of a four-month trial for allegedly breaking the Securities
and Exchange Law.
<Words & Phrases>
1) bold review of postwar Japanese society 戦後日本社会の大胆な見直し
2) break the Securities and Exchange Law 証券取引法に違反する
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NHK News Headlines / Thursday, January 25, 2007 #3,099
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1) Japan and China have started three-day vice foreign ministerial talks
in Beijing. They are to discuss how to carry out tangible projects for
environmental protection and energy conservation.
2) Japan's ordinary session of parliament convened on Thursday with issues
of education reform, correcting social disparity and handling of political
funds high on the agenda, with an eye on the Upper House elections in the
summer.
<Words & Phrases>
1) ordinary session of
parliament 通常国会
2) social disparity 社会的格差
3) high on the agenda 主要議題
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NHK News Headlines / Wednesday, January 24, 2007 #3,098
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1) Japan's prime minister says he hopes U.S. President George W. Bush's
policy to help Iraq restore stability achieves results.
2) In Beijing the Japanese and Chinese chief delegates to the six-party
talks have agreed that the next talks must produce concrete results on
North Korea's nuclear program.
<Words & Phrases>
1) restore
stability 安定を回復させる
2) chief delegate 首席代表
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NHK News Headlines / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 #3,097
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1) Japan and Russia began the first round of strategic dialogue at the
vice-ministerial level on Tuesday.
2) North Korea's chief delegate to the six-party nuclear talks has suggested
his country will be more flexible in the next round of talks.
3) The Japanese government is seeking clarification from China over its
missile test that destroyed a satellite.
<Words & Phrases>
1) vice-ministerial
level 次官級
2) seek clarification 説明を求める
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NHK News Headlines / Monday, January 22, 2007 #3,096
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1) The first international conference to discuss ways to conserve tuna
resources has opened in Kobe, western Japan.
2) In Beijing, preparations to set the date for resumption of the six-party
talks on North Korea's nuclear development have entered the final stages.
3) Iraqi police say 75 people were killed and more than 160 others injured
in a pair of car bomb explosions in Baghdad.
<Words & Phrases>
1) conserve tuna
resources マグロ資源を保護する
2) car bomb explosion 自動車爆弾の爆発
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NHK News Headlines / Sunday, January 21, 2007 #3,095
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1) The chief U.S. negotiator on North Korea, Christopher Hill, has arrived
in Beijing to discuss ways to resume the six-party talks on the North's
nuclear development.
2) In Iraqi capital Baghdad, two separate car bomb explosions killed at
least seven people on Sunday.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) Christopher Hill 国務次官補(Assistant Secretary of State)
cf.
クリストファー・R・ヒル(Christopher R.
Hill)アメリカの外交官、現在東アジア・太平洋担当国務次官補。北朝鮮核問題をめぐる六者協議のアメリカ代表である。外交官としては、当初東ヨーロッパやバルカン半島などを担当し、後に大韓民国大使となる。1996年〜1999年までマケドニア大使、2000年〜2004年までポーランド大使を務める。ヨーロッパ諸言語に通じているといわれる。(出典：ウィキペディア)
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NHK News Headlines / Saturday, January 20, 2007 #3,094
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1) Japanese and American envoys to the six-party talks on North Korea's
nuclear program have agreed to work together for an early resumption of
the talks.
2) South Korea's Agriculture Ministry suspects that migratory birds transmitted
the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu to a farm in the country, where more
than 150 chickens have been found dead.
<Words & Phrases>
1) migratory bird 渡り鳥
2)
strain 菌株
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NHK News Headlines / Friday, January 19, 2007 #3,093
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1) Chief U.S. envoy Christopher Hill says he expects the six-party talks
on North Korea's nuclear program to resume within weeks.
2) Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso has reiterated that North Korea must
accept inspections of its nuclear facilities by the International Atomic
Energy Agency.
3) A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives
has submitted legislation designed to prevent a U.S. attack on Iran without
Congressional approval.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) envoy 特使
2) bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House
of Representatives 米国下院議員の超党派グループ
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NHK News Headlines / Thursday, January 18, 2007 #3,092
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1) U.S. and North Korean chief delegates to the six-party talks on the
North's nuclear program met in Berlin on Thursday for a third day of bilateral
talks.
2) Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui says the bank decided to keep
a key interest rate unchanged because it needs to further monitor economic
trends.
3) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi
Livni have agreed to cooperate in realizing the peaceful co-existence of
Israelis and Palestinians.
<Words & Phrases>
1) key interest
rate 主要金利
2) peaceful co-existence 平和的共存
3) Tzipi Livni ツィッピー・リヴニ
(1958年7月5日、テルアビブ生まれ、イスラエルの政治家、外務大臣兼副首相、イスラエル歴代2人目の女性の外務大臣)
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NHK News Headlines / Wednesday, January 17, 2007 #3,091
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1) Japan observed the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake,
which claimed more than 6,000 lives.
2) The United States is said to be studying whether to ease some of its
economic sanctions against North Korea.
<Words & Phrases>
1) Great Hanshin
Earthquake 阪神大震災
2) claim more than 6,000 lives 六千人を超える人の命を奪う
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NHK News Headlines / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 #3,090
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1) The bird flu virus detected last week at a poultry farm in southwestern
Japan has been confirmed as being the highly toxic H5N1 strain.
2) The leader of Japan's opposition Democratic Party says he will stake
his political career on winning the Upper House election in July.
3) Japan's first commercial bio-ethanol plant has opened in Osaka Prefecture,
western Japan.
<Words & Phrases>
1) poultry farm 養鶏場
2) highly
toxic H5N1 strain 毒性の強いH5N1型
3) stake his political career 政治生命を賭ける
4)
bio-ethanol plant バイオエタノール工場
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NHK News Headlines / Monday, January 15, 2007 #3,089
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1) The East Asia summit has ended in the Philippines with a call for North
Korea to address concerns of the international community including the
abduction issue.
2) The southern Japanese prefecture of Miyazaki has begun incinerating
about 12,000 chickens to prevent the spread of bird flu.
<Words & Phrases>
1) address concerns of the
international community 国際社会の不安を払拭する
2) incinerate 焼却する
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NHK News Headlines / Sunday, January 14, 2007 #3,088
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1) Three leaders of Japan, China and South Korea issued a joint statement
expressing concern about the situation created by North Korea.
2) Leaders of ASEAN have urged North Korea to take concrete steps to give
up its nuclear program.
3) Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore in Tokyo has called on the United
States and Japan to work together to stop global warming.
<Words & Phrases>
1) joint
statement 共同声明
2) Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore アル・ゴア前米副大統領
Cf.
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr., (1948年3月31日生)
アメリカ合衆国の政治家。環境問題の論客として知られ、ビル・クリントン政権の副大統領を1993年から2001年まで務めた。2000年に大統領に立候補し、全国一般投票では共和党候補ジョージ・W・ブッシュより得票数で上回ったが、フロリダ州での開票手続きについての問題の後、落選が決定した。(出典：ウィキペディア)
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NHK News Headlines / Saturday, January 13, 2007 #3,087
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1) Leaders of ASEAN member states have adopted a declaration aimed at forming
ASEAN community by 2015, five years ahead of schedule, at the summit meeting
in the Philippines.
2) Japan's Meteorological Agency lifted all tsunami advisories for the
afternoon's powerful earthquake off Hokkaido by 10:10 p.m. on Saturday.
<Words & Phrases>
1) Meteorological
Agency 気象庁
2) lift all tsunami advisories 全ての津波注意報を解除する
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NHK News Headlines / Friday, January 12, 2007 #3,086
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1) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for stronger cooperation
between Japan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to meet global
challenges.
2) The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea are to make a joint call
for North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
3) Japan and 15 other Asian and Pacific countries have agreed to start
studying a Japanese proposal for a unified free-trade agreement.
<Words & Phrases>
1) North Atlantic Treaty
Organization 北大西洋条約機構(NATO)
2) free-trade agreement 自由貿易協定
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NHK News Headlines / Thursday, January 11, 2007 #3,085
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1) Japan and New Zealand have agreed to cooperate closely to press North
Korea to resolve issues of its nuclear development and abductions of foreigners.
2) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has held talks with European Commission
President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels.
3) U.S. President George W. Bush has announced his new policy on Iraq,
which includes sending over 20,000 additional troops and urging the Iraqi
government to make efforts to restore security.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) European
Commission 欧州委員会(EUの行政執行機関として、法令案の提出、法令の執行、権限の範囲内の事項に関する域外国との交渉及び条約締結、予算の執行という役割を担っている)
2)
Brussels ブリュッセル(ベルギー王国<Kingdom of Belgium>首都。NATO の本拠地（2000年）。EU
本部の所在地
3) restore security 治安を回復する
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NHK News Headlines / Wednesday, January 10, 2007 #3,084
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1) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has held talks with German Chancellor Angela
Merkel in Berlin.
2) China has suggested that North Korea's nuclear program will be up for
discussion at the upcoming forum of the Association of Southeast Nations
in the Philippines.
3) In Russia, share prices are falling after Russia shut off crude oil
exports to Belarus,
<Words &
Phrases>
1) German Chancellor Angela Merkel メルケル・ドイツ首相
2)
Belarus ベラルーシ(東ヨーロッパの国。ロシア、ウクライナ、ポーランド、リトアニア、ラトヴィアと国境を接する。首都はミンスク。1991年旧ソビエト連邦から独立した)
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NHK News Headlines / Tuesday, January 9, 2007 #3,083
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1)
Japan's Defense Agency has been upgraded to a full ministry.
2) In the Arabian Sea, a Japanese super tanker and a U.S. nuclear-powered
submarine have had a minor collision. No injuries have been reported to
crew members of either vessel.
3) A U.S. aircraft carrier has been deployed off the coast of Somalia to
prevent people linked to al Qaeda from fleeing by sea.
<Words & Phrases>
1) full ministry 完全な省
2)
nuclear-p0wered submarine 原子力潜水艦
3) aircraft carrier 航空母艦
cf.
防衛庁と防衛省の違い
内閣府の外局から内閣に直属する省になり基本的に地位が向上する。今まで予算要求や政策決定などは、内閣府を通して閣議などに諮っていたが、これからは「防衛大臣」が単独で閣議に諮ることができる。しかし、今まで防衛庁はなかば省として扱われてきており、予算要求や政策決定などについて内閣府を通すということが形式的なものになっていた。
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NHK News Headlines / Monday, January 8, 2007 #3,082
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1) The New York Times says U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to
set a series of benchmarks for the Iraqi government to help ease sectarian
conflicts.
2) In Thailand, a council set up to draft the nation's constitution has
held its inaugural meeting to begin procedures to launch a new government.
3) Chinese President Hu Jintao says that he wants to visit Japan when the
timing is appropriate for both countries.
<Words & Phrases>
1) ease sectarian
conflicts 宗派間の紛争を鎮静化する
2) inaugural meeting 発足会議
3) Chinese President Hu
Jintao 胡錦濤・中国国家主席
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NHK News Headlines / Sunday, January 7, 2007 #3,081
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1) The Washington Post says President George W. Bush is weighing three
options for sending more U.S. troops to Iraq, ranging from a minimum of
4,000 to a maximum of 20,000.
2) The leader of Japan's New Komeito Party left for Beijing, China, on
Sunday to discuss bilateral ties and coordinate the two nations' policies
toward North Korea.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) weigh three options 三つの選択肢を比較検討する
2) ranging from a minimum
of 4,000 to a maximum of 20,000 最小4,000人から最大20,000人までの範囲で
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NHK News Headlines / Saturday, January 6, 2007 #3,080
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1) The United States and South Korea say the timing of the resumption of
the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program depends on North Korea's
responses to proposals made at the last round of talks in December.
2) Experts say a meteorite brought back from Antarctica 20 years ago was
originally magma cooled and solidified on the moon's surface soon after
the moon was formed.
<Words & Phrases>
1)
meteorite 隕石
2) Antarctica 南極大陸
3) solidify 凝固させる
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NHK News Headlines / Friday, January 5, 2007 #3,079
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1) The leaders of Japan's three major business organizations say they expect
Japan's economy to recover slowly and grow at two percent this year.
2) Japan's government has confirmed that it is conducting studies with
the United States on ways to evacuate Japanese citizens from the Korean
Peninsula in the event of an emergency there.
3) Japan's Financial Services Agency has decided to order the major securities
firm Nikko Cordial to pay a fine of 500 million yen, or about 4.2 million
U.S. dollars, due to their fraudulent accounting.
<Words & Phrases>
1) Japan's three business
organizations
the Japan Business Federation 日本経団連(会長 御手洗冨士夫/キャノン会長)
the
Japan Association of Corporate Executives 経済同友会(代表幹事 北城恪太郎/日本IBM会長)
the Japan
Chamber of Commerce and Industry 日本商工会議所(会頭 山口信夫/旭化成会長)
2) Financial Services
Agency 金融庁
3) fraudulent accounting 不正経理
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NHK News Headlines / Thursday, January 4, 2007 #3,078
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1) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has laid out goals for the new year, including
rallying public support for revising Japan's Constitution and winning the
Upper House election scheduled for this summer.
2) Top defense officials of Japan and Thailand have agreed to work together
to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) lay out goals 目標を明らかにする
2) rally public
support 国民の支持を集める
3) revise Japan's Constitution 日本国憲法を改正する
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NHK News Headlines / Wednesday, January 3, 2007 #3,077
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1) Rescuers looking for an Indonesian jetliner that went missing with 102
people on board have expanded their search to the sea.
2) North
Korea's Foreign Minister Paek Nam-Sun has died.
<Words &
Phrases>
1) rescuer 救助隊
2) Foreign Minister Paek
Nam-Sun 白南淳（ペク・ナムスン）外相
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NHK News Headlines / Monday, January 1, 2007 #3,076
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1) Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont says groups that have lost political
power under his regime may be responsible for a series of terror attacks
in Bangkok.
2) Japan's political parties are struggling to take control parliamentary
affairs with this summer's Upper House election in mind.
<Words & Phrases>
1) Prime Minister Surayud
Chulanont スラユット・チュラーノン首相(軍事クーデターによる暫定憲法下で2006年10月1日就任)
2) Upper House
election 参議院選挙
