Archive

May, 2012
· Shopping for Clothes (Level B)
· Divorce courts mirror society (News)
· Job Interview Questions (OTHERS)
· never-marrieds (OTHERS)
· The East Sea Campaign (OTHERS)
· NPA Poll About Smoking (News)
April, 2012
· More Japanese flock to Southeast Asia (News)
· Tokyo gets double dose of gay pride for 2012 (OTHERS)
· Starting a Conversation (OTHERS)
· Rent A Car (OTHERS)
· Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July (News)
· Directions (Level B)
· Is Forgiving Student Loan Debt a Good Idea? (OTHERS)
· Here We Go Again: Is College Worth It? (News)
· Will Tokyo Purchase the Senkaku Islands? (Home)
· Doubling The 5 Percent Sales Tax (News)
· Free Wi-Fi Top Of Hotel Guests Wish List (News)
· Ex-Prime Minister Hatoyama (OTHERS)
· So, What Is an Interjection? (OTHERS)
· Blown launch might be followed by nuclear test (News)
· Interjections (OTHERS)
· Where Are the World’s Rudest Countries? (OTHERS)
· Homework Has Few Benefits, Says Study (News)
· Budget finally passed (News)
· Favorite About Japanese People (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs Using "Keep" (Level B)
· Koizumi turned down DPJ offer to visit North Korea (News)
March, 2012
· April Fool's Day (Level B)
· Bill passed to lift temp workers' lot (News)
· ID Numbers For Tax (OTHERS)
· Teenage Criminals (News)
· Idioms using words for weather (Level B)
· Time to review judicial panels (OTHERS)
· Sweden In Move To Cashless Economy (News)
· Cops took trip rather than probe stalker (News)
· Crisis gave kids lesson on radiation (News)
· Facial ID system mulled to speed up airport immigration (News)
· Japan Has Changed (OTHERS)
· Speech Jammer Devices Stops People Talking (News)
· Loosening up on animal cafes (News)
· Facts about the Misuse of Social Networking Sites (OTHERS)
· Ten Things To Love About Japan (OTHERS)
· Doctors of the Night (OTHERS)
· Your wish is my command! (OTHERS)
· Bullying, child abuse at record highs (News)
· Ground Hog Day (Level B)
· Basic and Practical Tips for Safety (OTHERS)
February, 2012
· Basic Grammar: Nouns (OTHERS)
· 25% of college students fail basic math question (News)
· Scientists working on $330,000 test-tube-meat burger (News)
· Green With Envy (OTHERS)
· Silent Obama (News)
· What animal do you think of when you think of Japan? (OTHERS)
· Father Makes Toddler Train in Blizzard (OTHERS)
· 45.3% of Japanese Believe in Alien Spaceships? (OTHERS)
· How Honest Is Your Doctor? (OTHERS)
· Todai calls for change, but will others follow? (OTHERS)
· Iwakuni housing land sale in doubt (News)
· Will shrinking the Diet solve anything? (OTHERS)
· I Can't Stand (Kids B)
· Day In, Day Out (Level B)
· Why Spanking Doesn’t Work (News)
· Favorite Things About Japan (OTHERS)
· Immigration cuts lengthy detention for foreigners (News)
· Merging Osaka City and Prefectural Governments (OTHERS)
· Tokushima School Lunch vs. Japanese Prison Food (OTHERS)
January, 2012
· Can Computers Replace Teachers? (Level C)
· Like There's No Tomorrow (OTHERS)
· Police Crackdown on Bicyclists (OTHERS)
· The "Friendliest" Countries in the World (News)
· Benefactor builds schools in Nepal (OTHERS)
· Thailand Jails US Man (News)
· Metaphors (OTHERS)
· Japanese Select Ideal Leaders (OTHERS)
· What's your wish for the world in 2012? (OTHERS)
· The World’s Richest One Percent (OTHERS)
· I Want To Be A Good Kid (Kids A)
· 'Cha no Shizuku' soap shatters public trust (OTHERS)
December, 2011
· Japan, India hike defense, economic ties (News)
· Changes Among New 2012 Laws (News)
· New Year travel exodus peaks (News)
· on the same wavelength (OTHERS)
· Ignoramus (OTHERS)
· Lessons on Life and Death (News)
· Speaking Practice with Famous Movie Lines (OTHERS)
· Pull it off !!! (OTHERS)
· Tribal Japan (OTHERS)
· Japan's next big cultural export (OTHERS)
· Japan’s Working-Woman Problem (OTHERS)
· Speak Up A Bit (OTHERS)
· Time is Money (OTHERS)
· Tomodachi (OTHERS)
· Profitable Activism (OTHERS)
· Straight Face (OTHERS)
· American vs. British English (OTHERS)
· Americans Give Up Vacation (News)
· Slang Lesson: -ish and -y (OTHERS)
· Don't Get Me Wrong (OTHERS)
November, 2011
· Nasreddin and the Cat (OTHERS)
· Survey: Ratios of single men, women reach record high (News)
· I am broke! (Level B)
· AUM trials end as top court upholds death penalty (News)
· Bringing Up Baby in the Digital Age (OTHERS)
· Blush (OTHERS)
· Prepositions – Place (OTHERS)
· Yadda Yadda Yadda (OTHERS)
· Facebook hoax disguised as plea for beaten boy (News)
· Netanyahu Is a 'Liar' (OTHERS)
· Have you been bitten? (OTHERS)
· Mismatch (OTHERS)
· Shonan: What's your favorite Korean import? (OTHERS)
· Has the fountain of youth been found? (OTHERS)
· Will Fukushima Produce Be Exported (OTHERS)
· Workaholic (OTHERS)
· Noda makes international pledge to raise sales tax (OTHERS)
· Japan aims to squeeze more cash from Hollywood (News)
· Techie (OTHERS)
· Japan May Accept Thousands of Thai Workers (News)
October, 2011
· Gov't likely to face strong opposition (News)
· Daughter of a Japanese Terrorist (OTHERS)
· Japanese nurse sentenced to hanging in Malaysia (News)
· TEPCO to sell off 400 billion yen in assets (News)
· Literature: Aesop (OTHERS)
· March 11th Tsunami Killed “Idiots” (OTHERS)
· You're... Who are you again? (OTHERS)
· Mystery condition makes woman age 50 years (OTHERS)
· Free Tickets to Japan (OTHERS)
· Why Do Japanese People Stare At Foreigners? (OTHERS)
· Countries That Donated to Japan (OTHERS)
· Anonymous Donor Leaves 10 Million Yen in Toilet (OTHERS)
September, 2011
· Consonant Blends (OTHERS)
· Unrealistic promise on Futenma (News)
· Charity begins at home (OTHERS)
· Occupations (OTHERS)
· U-turn (OTHERS)
· Direct to Indirect Speech (OTHERS)
· Obama’s New Tax for the Mega-Rich (News)
· UK Supermarkets to Remove Sell-By Dates (OTHERS)
· Indecision (OTHERS)
· Debate (OTHERS)
· N. Korea fetes 63rd birthday (OTHERS)
· Words Differentiation (OTHERS)
· Create Your Own Wish Tree (OTHERS)
· Japan’s Trade Minister Jokes About Radiation (News)
· More bad news for Tibetan monks (News)
· Business Idioms (OTHERS)
· FOOD ADJECTIVES (Kids A)
· Japan Company’s 'Energy Saving' Staff Haircut (News)
· IBM's Working Chips on Human Brain (News)
· Azumi to push tax hikes for rebuilding (News)
· 'Do you remember me? (OTHERS)
· Pig Out (OTHERS)
· Aceh lesbian couple (News)
· Transportation (Kids A)
· Hope For The Best (OTHERS)
August, 2011
· Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (News)
· Your Favorite Mascot (OTHERS)
· Shinsuke Shimada Yakuza Scandal (OTHERS)
· Bye, bye, Summer! (OTHERS)
· Who's who of DPJ leaders may run... (News)
· Plastic Surgery For Pets Increasing (OTHERS)
· Goodbye, Space! (Kids B)
· Hot Tap Water in Urayasu (OTHERS)
· Japanese Exchange Student Swept Over Niagara Falls (OTHERS)
· Do you have...? (Kids A)
· Kim Jong Il snatch scenario included... (News)
· Types of Sentences: Simple and Compound (OTHERS)
· Ask Austrians If They Know About Hitler (OTHERS)
· Grammar: Kinds of Sentences (OTHERS)
· To Build A Nuclear Reactor In His Kitchen (OTHERS)
· The World Doesn’t Need... (OTHERS)
· Basic Grammar: Compound Nouns (OTHERS)
· US Ambassador Skips Hiroshima A-Bomb Ceremony (OTHERS)
· Tracking the Location of Mobile Phone Users (OTHERS)
· Norwegian gunman wants to see Japanese psychiatrist (OTHERS)
· Japanese Name Order: Family Name First? (OTHERS)
· In Your Free Time (Level B)
· Cry Baby Government Minister (OTHERS)
July, 2011
· The Internet Is Changing Our Memory (OTHERS)
· Depression rates higher in wealthy countries (OTHERS)
· Nagoya: What's the best reason to visit Nagoya? (OTHERS)
· Radioactive Beef in Japan: Should You Be Scared? (OTHERS)
· Japanese Court Interpreters Lack Language Skills (OTHERS)
· 99-Year-Old Woman Plays Nintendo Every Day (OTHERS)
· Plan for Hydroelectric Dam in Patagonia Outrages Chileans (News)
· N.Korea Accused of Doctoring Flood Photo (OTHERS)
· Man says he was rejected by blood bank for seeming gay (OTHERS)
· Japan, U.S. plan Tomodachi Fund (News)
· Did you stay or go after the March 11 disasters? (OTHERS)
· 10 million starving in Horn of Africa (OTHERS)
· South Korea to Swap Textbooks for Tablets (OTHERS)
· Hugging Yourself With Sense-Roid (OTHERS)
· 31.2% of Japanese Households Are Single-member Households (OTHERS)
· Why Do People Join the U.S. Military? (OTHERS)
· Phony Japanese Fans Paid to Greet Jang Geun-suk (News)
· China: workers caught refilling Budweiser bottles (News)
June, 2011
· Los Angeles Schools Blasted for Limiting Homework (News)
· North Korea Shuts Down Universities (News)
· What's the one thing you couldn't live without? (OTHERS)
· TOEIC Practice: Reading Comprehension (TOEIC)
· Indonesian People Don’t Get Angry (OTHERS)
· Chile: It's OK if Japan takes its time on TPP (News)
· Euthanasia Study Raises 'Chilling' Concern (News)
· The Happiest Countries In The World (OTHERS)
· MEN ARE CHATTERBOXES TOO! (OTHERS)
· Woman says she’s too ‘educated’ to be kicked off the train (News)
· STOP BUGGING ME (OTHERS)
· “Dr Death” Dies Aged 83 (OTHERS)
· Bushisms: George Bush Funny Quotes (OTHERS)
· The two happy men key (OTHERS)
· Japan could face overseas lawsuits from nuclear crisis (News)
May, 2011
· Speak of the devil (OTHERS)
· Disaster makes the heart grow fonder (OTHERS)
· Why do people get married after having children? (OTHERS)
· Cookies, potato chips, shirts help inmates to new life (OTHERS)
· Your Kind Of Laughter (OTHERS)
· Use of Gerunds (Level A)
· TOEIC: Speaking Practice key (OTHERS)
· TOEIC: Speaking Practice (TOEIC)
· Slang and Idioms about Money (Level B)
· Is the internet going to be the death of television? (OTHERS)
· The crazy things I’d do if I knew my sell-by date (OTHERS)
· Last of the World's Smallpox Virus (OTHERS)
· Zurich votes on 'suicide tourism' laws (OTHERS)
· We Are Even (OTHERS)
· Where is the cat? (OTHERS)
· Basic Grammar: The Present Perfect Progressive Tense (OTHERS)
· The parental spending craze (News)
· Tokyo: What lessons can Japan learn...? (OTHERS)
· Shanghai Starts One-Dog Policy (OTHERS)
· Less educated 'will age faster' (OTHERS)
· Vitamin D (OTHERS)
· 'Life-Giving Operation' (OTHERS)
· All About Science (OTHERS)
· TEPCO should be taken over by the government (OTHERS)
· Half-Truths (OTHERS)
· Comprehension: Analyzing the Context (OTHERS)
· What Is the Topic? (OTHERS)
· Hazel McCallion (OTHERS)
· Drop By (OTHERS)
· Bin Laden Photo To Be Released (News)
· Family Meals Keep Kids Slimmer (OTHERS)
· Spanish judge orders 25-yr old man (OTHERS)
April, 2011
· Albert Einstein (OTHERS)
· Calling Animals ‘Pets’ Is Unfair (OTHERS)
· Japlish (OTHERS)
· Is It Murder...? (News)
· Donald Keene Will Become Japanese Citizen (OTHERS)
· Mobile phone flirting 'is hotting up' (OTHERS)
· Chinese Writer to Have Shakespeare’s Face (OTHERS)
· The "ly" Adverbs (Level A)
· Salary (OTHERS)
· Filipino Celebration (OTHERS)
· Brain waves from thoughts of sounds used to move cursor (News)
· Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk (News)
· “Help Japan” By Using Our Job Listing Business (News)
· EH IS CANADIAN, EH?: (OTHERS)
· You are a Knowledge Expert in this Knowledge Society (OTHERS)
· Please Buy Our Products (OTHERS)
· Filipino Food Culture (OTHERS)
· urime (OTHERS)
· No more saggy pants for Arkansas school children (OTHERS)
· Kan pushes safe and ecological housing (News)
· Artist: Michelangelo (OTHERS)
March, 2011
· Familiarity Breeds Contempt (OTHERS)
· The Alchemist (OTHERS)
· Does Japan Need Daylight Saving Time? (OTHERS)
· Chinese man turns himself in (OTHERS)
· International Coalition Attacks Libya (OTHERS)
· Explained Funny Signs (OTHERS)
· Filipino History, Politics and Culture (OTHERS)
· Your Favorite Season (Kids A)
· Goosebumps (OTHERS)
· The Trouble with Public Signs (OTHERS)
· Juggler of two professions in Japan (OTHERS)
· VIEWS FROM THE STREET (OTHERS)
· Why I’m Not Fleeing Japan (Level C)
· Practice: The Same Noun and Verb (Level A)
· Practice: Forming Past Tense Questions (Level A)
· Dirty Shopping Carts (OTHERS)
· Judgement of Solomon (OTHERS)
· Shopping Carts Covered in Bacteria (News)
· Quote That Stress! (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs using Do (OTHERS)
· "I don't mind" vs "I don't care" (OTHERS)
· Facebook adds Samaritans suicide risk alert system (News)
· What should you do if a cash machine overpays? (News)
· Canadian, 16, on mission to save Japan: responses (OTHERS)
· Nagano: What are your thoughts on cross-cultural marriage? (OTHERS)
· British Car Insurance Gender Inequality Ends (News)
· Japan Will Not Punish Protester Who Burned Russian Flag (News)
· Using an English/English Dictionary (OTHERS)
· Filipino Music (OTHERS)
February, 2011
· What's Your Talent? (OTHERS)
· Apologizing (OTHERS)
· Chinese woman gets top prize in Japan manga awards (News)
· DPJ doyen sees Kan exit as option to save budget (News)
· Sidewalk Rage Common in Big Cities (OTHERS)
· Tidbits Of Our Osaka Trip (OTHERS)
· How 'OK' took over the world (OTHERS)
· Japan’s Worst Prime Ministers (News)
· Japan, be confident! (OTHERS)
· participants (OTHERS)
· Political whims in China cost man his freedom (News)
· Malawi to Punish Breaking Wind in Public (News)
· Why is Reading Important? (OTHERS)
· Listening Chiyo Key (OTHERS)
· Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara Wants More Immigrants (News)
· Experts Predict Chocolate Drought by 2014 (OTHERS)
· Violence Erupts Across Egypt (OTHERS)
· party ideas (OTHERS)
January, 2011
· Can selling "cool Japan" save the ailing economy (OTHERS)
· Sleeping Next To Pets (OTHERS)
· Opposition says Kan's comment shows ignorance (News)
· Tatsuya Ichihashi’s New Book (OTHERS)
· Should e-mails open with Dear, Hi, or Hey? (OTHERS)
· The Job Interview (OTHERS)
· President Hu Jintao Visits Barack Obama (OTHERS)
· Slang It, baby! (OTHERS)
· Nasreddin Was Invited (Level B)
· Legal pre-nups look set to end costly divorce wars (OTHERS)
· EC PP (OTHERS)
· Describe It! (OTHERS)
· Walking Fast a Sign of Longer Life (OTHERS)
· Japanese Apologies vs. Foreign Apologies (OTHERS)
· In English, Please! (OTHERS)
· The Birthday Party (OTHERS)
· 'Boring cars' worst of Toyota problems (OTHERS)
· Kan not a quitter, wife assures (OTHERS)
· It seems money's no guarantee of happiness (OTHERS)
· Informal Contractions (OTHERS)
· What should I call...? (OTHERS)
· Move Futenma Air Station….to Hokkaido? (News)
· 140 unneeded operations done (News)
· Cure for Common Cold (OTHERS)
· 2011 to Be Best Year Ever (OTHERS)
· Homonyms and similar sounding words (Level A)
· In a Hotel (Level B)
· My Parents (Kids B)
· Explain How To... (Kids B)
· Hillary Clinton World's Most Admired Woman (OTHERS)
· China Protects its Language from English (News)
· Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup (OTHERS)
· Majority of Americans Want Obama to Visit (OTHERS)
December, 2010
· What Are You Going To Do? (Kids A)
· What do you like to do? (OTHERS)
· U.S. Ends Ban on Openly Gay Soldiers (News)
· English as an International Language (OTHERS)
· Pronouncing Contractions (Level A)
· Tokyoites Don’t Get Enough Sleep (OTHERS)
· Tokyo Women vs. Other Asian Women (OTHERS)
· Nasreddin the Ferry Man (OTHERS)
· Kanji characters deserve to die (OTHERS)
· Use to/ Used to (OTHERS)
· Winning and Losing (OTHERS)
· Simple Present vs. Present Continuous (Level A)
· Top Store Fires Santa for Telling a Joke (OTHERS)
· Wealthy may get heavier tax burden: panel (OTHERS)
· The Symbols and Traditions of Christmas (OTHERS)
· Yes We Can….Speak English? (OTHERS)
· Tom Cruise’s daughter ‘has credit card’ (OTHERS)
· Nasreddin's Visitors (OTHERS)
· WikiLeaks Disclosure “a Monstrosity” (OTHERS)
· Japanese Professor Denounces “The Cove” (OTHERS)
· What's on your wish list? (OTHERS)
· A Special Christmas Present (OTHERS)
November, 2010
· Nasreddin and the Pot (OTHERS)
· ‘Amok’ cow shot (OTHERS)
· Mouse halts plane (OTHERS)
· What would you suggest...? (OTHERS)
· CNN Received a Copy of Boat Collision Tape (OTHERS)
· “Hello Gaijin-San” Nose (OTHERS)
· Change (OTHERS)
· L vs. R (OTHERS)
· In the Gym (OTHERS)
· Basic Pronunciation Practice: L vs. R (OTHERS)
· Asking about Restaurants (Level B)
· Firm Handshake Means Longer Life (OTHERS)
· We Spend Half Our Time Daydreaming (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs with Come (OTHERS)
· Niigata halts plan to sell plot for consulate amid outcry (News)
· Why don't children's shoes fit (News)
· Raising retirement age hurts poor (News)
· Murder = Fame ? (OTHERS)
· Why it's hard to measure happiness (News)
· First death penalty handed down by lay judges (News)
· The New Apartment (OTHERS)
· Who, what, why: How to get off a busy train (News)
· Coast Guard Officer Faces Criminal Charges (News)
· Night owls vs. morning people: Who's smarter? (News)
· Authorities Seek Arrest of Boat Video Uploader (OTHERS)
· Tooth Care in Japan (OTHERS)
· House Chores (OTHERS)
· Nasreddin and the Beggar (Level B)
· China 'concerned' over YouTube video (News)
· Dog, dog, dog (OTHERS)
· Get the phone! (Level A)
· Hilarious Yet Ingenious Solutions To Everyday Problems (OTHERS)
· COP10/ Nagoya Protocol set to be voted on (News)
· Should workers be forced to clock out to smoke? (News)
· Nobelist urges youth to go abroad, study (News)
· Anti-terrorism data leaked on Net (News)
· Hand gestures to control TV functions (OTHERS)
· Judge: McDonald's must pay obese employee $17.5K (News)
October, 2010
· Alligator In The Car (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs with Go (OTHERS)
· The Weather's Great! (OTHERS)
· History: Martin Luther King, Jr. (OTHERS)
· History: Influential People (OTHERS)
· Science: The Five Senses (Level A)
· The Fishing Spot (OTHERS)
· Spider Granny (OTHERS)
· Reported Speech (Level A)
· You've gotta be kidding me! (OTHERS)
· Human Nature (OTHERS)
· DPJ Politician: Raise Men’s Salaries, Keep Women at Home (News)
· Presenting... The Ig Nobel Prize (Level A)
· POLITICAL UTOPIA: Let's create a new SOCIETY (Level A)
· Ten-day Chinese Traffic Jam (OTHERS)
· Comprehension Practice: Funny Conversations (OTHERS)
· How Good of a Pet Owner are You? (OTHERS)
· Have you ever...? (Level A)
· The fight against clothes line bans (News)
· Comparing Things with as... as (Level A)
· Nobel Peace Prize is a clear message to Beijing (News)
· Native Tongue: Expressions with Numbers (OTHERS)
· Oh look: there's a mouse in my bread (News)
· Rising cigarette prices (News)
· Phrasal Verbs with Take (OTHERS)
· Dancing flight attendants routine only a test demo (News)
· Levi's Blue Jeans (OTHERS)
· Drink (Level B)
· One Way to . . . is to . . . (Level B)
September, 2010
· THE KIM FAMILY: He's just like me, says proud dad (News)
· Strange World Customs (OTHERS)
· Basic English: Gender (Level A)
· Travel: Only in the Philippines (OTHERS)
· History of Halloween (OTHERS)
· Japan Caves In To Chinese Pressure (OTHERS)
· Idioms with clothes (OTHERS)
· Why do they Vlog? (OTHERS)
· Universities feel the squeeze (News)
· Onomatopoeia (OTHERS)
· White-collar Workers Don’t Want to Leave Japan (News)
· Kan replaces over half of his Cabinet (News)
· Look for the Synonyms (OTHERS)
· What's your favorite invention? (OTHERS)
· Professional Relationship Vocabulary (Level A)
· China increases pressure on Japan over ship collision (News)
· Odd-One-Out (OTHERS)
· French website sells math answers... (OTHERS)
· Children Are Funny (OTHERS)
· Idioms using Animals (OTHERS)
· Using Since and For (Level A)
· Whale meat back on school lunch menus (News)
· Using Parallel Verbs (OTHERS)
· Phrasal Verbs with Get (OTHERS)
· Using the Present Perfect Tense (Level A)
August, 2010
· Prefixes using pre-, re-, and sub- (OTHERS)
· Ichiro Ozawa: Americans Are “Simple-Minded” (OTHERS)
· Marry/ Get Married/ Be Married (OTHERS)
· VOCABULARIES: EDIBLE, INTROVERT AND TRIVIAL (OTHERS)
· Match the Opposites (Kids A)
· Major Major Mistake (OTHERS)
· When do you say this? (Kids B)
· Pronouns It and Them (OTHERS)
· Have to or Want to? (Kids B)
· Kan to set up job creation team for young (News)
· Although & Even Though (Level B)
· What would you do... (Kids B)
· Fastest, Longest, Biggest Quiz (Kids B)
· Using an English Dictionary (OTHERS)
· Test Taking (OTHERS)
· Colors (Kids A)
· Catching a Cold (OTHERS)
· Time Of Day (Kids A)
· What's the best thing about summer in Kansai? (OTHERS)
· Missing centenarians climb to 281: survey (News)
· Apology just to South irks North (News)
· English-only at Rakuten (OTHERS)
· Kin agree to donate brain-dead man's organs (News)
· What Do You Have to Do? (Kids A)
· Improving Your English (OTHERS)
· Foreign Nurses & Japan’s Immigration Policy (OTHERS)
· FIVE SENSES (OTHERS)
· CARING VOCABULARY (OTHERS)
· VIEWS FROM THE STREET: Summer Heat (OTHERS)
· 21% of lay judges felt decisions guided by pros (News)
· I CAN/ I CAN'T (Kids A)
July, 2010
· Make Sure You (OTHERS)
· Saint Patrick's Day (OTHERS)
· Stimulus cut of ¥1 trillion tough for Kan (News)
· Colorful Idioms (OTHERS)
· Law gives dads time for parenting (News)
· Kan Wants to Alter 2006 Futenma Agreement (News)
· What does she have? (Kids A)
· Presidents' Day (OTHERS)
· The Travel Bug (OTHERS)
· South Korea Punishes People For Ancestors’ Crimes (News)
· Legal Terms: Crimes (Level C)
· Using Die, Died and Dead (Level B)
· Kan now faces gridlock, internal revolt (News)
· Television Shows (OTHERS)
· Schools in Japan need to give lessons in empathy (Level C)
· Take a Bath! (OTHERS)
· Over 50% of homeless want chance to vote (Level C)
· Friendship (OTHERS)
· Summer Solstice (Level B)
· Basic Grammar: Go + noun (Level A)
· Very vs. Too (OTHERS)
· Vocabulary: Some root words + ~cide (OTHERS)
June, 2010
· I LIKE/ I DON'T LIKE (Level A)
· Sweet Idioms (OTHERS)
· Kan's dilemma: Is Japan ready to pay? (OTHERS)
· Basic Conversation Practice: Haven't Seen It Yet (Level A)
· confused key (OTHERS)
· Confused about confusing language? (OTHERS)
· PHRASAL VERBS WITH "UP" (OTHERS)
· Views from the Street: Improving Japanese Government (OTHERS)
· Rising Intonation: Question tags with imperatives (OTHERS)
· Question tags with imperatives (Level A)
· Intonation For Tag Questions (OTHERS)
· Very Amazing Trip: Surviving at 30,000 feet (OTHERS)
· Fall (A Falling Tone) (OTHERS)
· rent-a-family (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice: Rent-A-Family (OTHERS)
· Let's Do the Math In English Part 2 (Kids A)
· Benefit cuts for elderly unlawful (News)
· It’s My Treat (OTHERS)
· Positive and Negative Agreement (Level A)
· U.S. Futenma base to Henoko (News)
· LOL (OTHERS)
· Sailing Alone (OTHERS)
· Voters mixed over sudden resignation (News)
· Legal Terms 2 (Level C)
· Reality Check: What have you done so far? (OTHERS)
· Thank Your Mistakes (OTHERS)
May, 2010
· Why people travel? (OTHERS)
· Central bank autonomy is vital factor: Bernanke (News)
· Women still largely absent from politics (News)
· Tokyo considers more sanctions (News)
· Views from the Street: Conversation School Industry (OTHERS)
· Legal Terms (Level C)
· Fil-Canadian boy wins discrimination case vs school (News)
April, 2010
· Let's Do the Math In English (Kids A)
· Conversation Time Fillers (OTHERS)
· English Basic Expressions (OTHERS)
· English idioms relating to TRAVEL (OTHERS)
· Let's Spot The Difference! (Kids A)
· Talking about TIME (OTHERS)
· The President's Manicurist (News)
· Views From The Street: New Political Party (News)
· Removing statute on murder progresses (News)
· Views From The Street: To Be Exported Abroad (OTHERS)
· student exchange program (Level C)
· The DPJ's new manifesto (News)
· Foreign or Japanese customers? (Level C)
· Expensive Japanese Funeral (Level C)
· Places: Where to go? (Level A)
March, 2010
· Vocabulary Practice: Read the Context (Level B)
· What's your favorite hanami memory? (OTHERS)
· How will families respond to switch to digital? (News)
· Weird Yet Almost Decent (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice: Find The Lost Boy (OTHERS)
· the lost boy key (Level C)
· Comprehension Practice: Hobbies (OTHERS)
· Kids, let's do the Opposite Quiz! (Kids A)
· Can doggy bags save the world? (News)
· Vocabulary Check: Three- Word Phrases (OTHERS)
· Let foreign docs work without license: Sengoku (News)
· What Japanese wish they had the courage to do? (OTHERS)
· Travel: Fast Food (OTHERS)
· Excellent Thoughts (Level C)
· Comprehension Practice (OTHERS)
· Child abuse an evil that involves all of society (News)
· For a stronger economy, give youth a chance (News)
· The Cove (OTHERS)
· Using Adjectives (Level A)
· What would you miss most...? (OTHERS)
· Hatoyama Cabinet Approval Rating Hits Lowest (News)
· Leaving Microsoft to Change the World (OTHERS)
· Using Synonyms (Level A)
· Over 30% of Tokyo homeless may be mentally disabled (News)
February, 2010
· Calif. lawmakers: Cut the foul language, please (News)
· Tax-paying (News)
· Using Antonyms (Level A)
· New travel agency offers the bear necessities (News)
· LONELY FARMERS ADVERTISE ON MILK (Level C)
· Sakamoto Ryōma (Level C)
· You Are My Slang (Level A)
· Movie Slangs (OTHERS)
· I Enjoy Verb-ing (Level A)
· 10% of university students don't get money from folks (News)
· Lonely Planet travel guide in fraud scandal (OTHERS)
· Let's Sing With Personal Pronouns! (Kids A)
· NHK world to air local documentaries (News)
· What will Japan be like in 10 years' time? (News)
· Basic Grammar: Verb, Noun, Adjective (Level A)
· Expressions with "Make" (Level B)
January, 2010
· 'Fathering school' (News)
· Ichiro Ozawa, stay or go? (OTHERS)
· Group wants public toilets for gays, lesbians (News)
· Your Kind of Luck (OTHERS)
· She Went To Sleep And Woke Up 30 Years Later (OTHERS)
· Who is John Doe? (OTHERS)
· The Breadwinner (Level C)
· Consult a Doctor (Level B)
· Altruism is Helping? (OTHERS)
· The Faulty ATM (News)
· Kanto vs Kansai (OTHERS)
· Forming Questions: Present Tense (Level A)
· News: After the N-word, the P-word (News)
December, 2009
· LAZYBONES (OTHERS)
· Better or Worse? (OTHERS)
· Featured Job: THE ERRAND BOYS (OTHERS)
· Multitasking makes us stupid? (OTHERS)
· Hatoyama backpedals on pledges (News)
· Conversation Practice For Young Learners: Inviting (Kids B)
· News: Environment tax plan put on hold (News)
· Is service with a smile too much to ask for? (OTHERS)
· Yukie-chan's Wish: Love Each Life! (OTHERS)
· SPOT THE DIFFERENCE! (Kids A)
· Man living at Narita getting too much food (News)
· The kind waitress key (OTHERS)
· Conversation Practice: Inviting (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice: The Kind Waitress (OTHERS)
· Retired diplomat to testify on secret pact (News)
November, 2009
· The Fun Theory (OTHERS)
· That's the famous line! (OTHERS)
· What was that again?: Famous Movie Quotes (OTHERS)
· Grammar Practice: Past Continuous Tense (OTHERS)
· singular vs. plural (Level A)
· A Christmas Time Story: The Offering (OTHERS)
· Encouraging Words (OTHERS)
· Featured Job: Career Counselor (OTHERS)
· My chosen profession (OTHERS)
· Basic Grammar: Practice with Tag Questions (OTHERS)
· No More Housework Key (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice: No More Housework! (OTHERS)
· proverbs keys (OTHERS)
· The English Proverbs (OTHERS)
· The new face of Tatsuya Ichihashi (OTHERS)
· Undeclared income haunts Hatoyama (News)
October, 2009
· YOUR HOUSE, MY HOUSE (Kids A)
· No job? Less money? Divorce is off the budget (News)
· Understanding Other Countries (OTHERS)
· Hatoyama eyes tougher U.S. SOFA (News)
· Are We That Different? (Level B)
· 2010 bill eyed to give foreigners local-level vote (News)
· Private high school tuition waivers eyed (News)
· Grammar Practice: Correcting Faulty Parallels (Level A)
· A CLEAN JAPANESE CULTURE (OTHERS)
· Basic Travel Tips (OTHERS)
· THAT'S OUR RAMEN!!! (OTHERS)
· LIKE VS. AS (Level A)
· Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize (News)
· topics (OTHERS)
· Understanding the Context (OTHERS)
· STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE STELLA AWARDS (Part 2) (OTHERS)
· Kamei OKs draft bill on debt moratorium (OTHERS)
· DON'T PANIC, YOU'RE JUST TURNING OLD AGE (OTHERS)
· Basic Grammar: Using Appositives (Level C)
· Expression: FOR GOOD (OTHERS)
· Domestic or International, Which is your pick? (OTHERS)
September, 2009
· October to bring higher costs, bigger benefits (News)
· Local accounting irregularities (News)
· Fewer or Less? (OTHERS)
· SUPER POWERS (OTHERS)
· Parts of the Sentence - Subject/Verb (Level C)
· CORPORAL PUNISHMENT (OTHERS)
· USEFUL BODY IDIOMS (OTHERS)
· Spelling Practice: Find The Mistakes (Level B)
· Stamp out scandal of tipping in hospitals (News)
· English vocabulary - Travelling by plane (OTHERS)
· DPJ takes aim at budget for missile shield (News)
· American military presence (News)
· STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE STELLA AWARDS (OTHERS)
· Complimenting: Giving and Accepting (OTHERS)
· Better care, pay less: Some communities find a way (News)
· Women's poverty often an overlooked issue in Japan (News)
· Beauty Talk: For Men and Women (OTHERS)
· Beijing optimistic DPJ will resolve Yasukuni problem (News)
· Ozawa kept for Upper House race in '10 (News)
· In reversal from 2005, most swing voters swung to DPJ (News)
· Japan's new leader a question mark over US ties (News)
August, 2009
· How's your English goin'? (OTHERS)
· Basic Grammar: Putting Ideas Together Using Conjunctions (Level C)
· Did the commercials convince you so?:The LDP vs. The DPJ (Level A)
· Are you a good Netizen? (Level A)
· DATE AND TIME VOCABULARY (OTHERS)
· Being Consistent With Tenses (OTHERS)
· Dating Vocabulary, Phrases and Slang (OTHERS)
· -self Pronouns (Reflexive Pronouns) (OTHERS)
· Foreigners size up lay judge system (News)
· News Opinion: Will Obama's promises get mugged by reality? (News)
· Barack Obama's words downplay wars (News)
· My Favorites (Kids B)
· Describe A New Home (OTHERS)
· IMAGINE (For Kids) (Kids A)
· Chinese teen dies at Internet addiction rehab camp (News)
July, 2009
· It Depends on What? (OTHERS)
· Obama IS a U.S. citizen, says exasperated White House (News)
· Shopping: May I see that? (OTHERS)
· Dialogue Practice: What did she say? (Level A)
· Frustration (OTHERS)
· The Real Verb (OTHERS)
· English Slang (OTHERS)
· Living With Significance (Level A)
· SOCIAL INFLUENCE (OTHERS)
· A Catholic court, but how Catholic? (News)
· Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable (News)
· MYSTERIES (What Kids Are Mostly Watching) (OTHERS)
· Simple Past Tense Practice (OTHERS)
· Word Meanings From Context (OTHERS)
· HAIKU (The Japanese Poetry) (OTHERS)
· IGNORANCE (OTHERS)
· Simple Comparison Practice (OTHERS)
· The Best Accountant (OTHERS)
June, 2009
· CONTRIBUTING TO THE MAIN IDEA (OTHERS)
· Pa. mother charged with changing daughter's grades (News)
· Movie Review: Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (OTHERS)
· Ex-smoker Obama still sneaks occasional puff (News)
· Calif. looks to immigrant inmates to save costs (News)
· Can I have/ Help yourself/ Go ahead.. (Level A)
· Prosecutor wants to ban fast-food toys (News)
· Tokyo fights burglars with flower power (News)
· Where is the... ? (OTHERS)
· Do you mind? (OTHERS)
· Japan explores using cell phones to cut pandemics (News)
· Deli owner thwarts robbery, then gives thief money (News)
· What's the Matter? (OTHERS)
· Half of All Friends Replaced Every 7 Years (News)
· Hopeful signs for economy emerge in latest data (News)
May, 2009
· Japan university gives away iPhones to nab truants (News)
· How was your weekend? (OTHERS)
· THAT MAKES ME ANGRY (OTHERS)
· Practice: Telephone Conversation (OTHERS)
· Horror story printed on toilet paper in Japan (News)
· Wash. state has first death under new suicide law (News)
· The Phone Is For You/ Wrong Number (OTHERS)
· Dai Bill (Level A)
· Dai Angry (Level A)
· THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE OF VERB (OTHERS)
· IMAGINE (OTHERS)
· Judge rules family can't refuse chemo for boy (News)
· WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU (OTHERS)
· DO WE HAVE THINGS IN COMMON? (OTHERS)
· BRAINSTORMING (Business Situation) (OTHERS)
· ON YOUR WAY HOME (OTHERS)
· WOULD YOU RATHER (Level A)
· BREAKING THE RULES (OTHERS)
· LEFT OR RIGHT? (OTHERS)
April, 2009
· CAUSE AND EFFECT (OTHERS)
· HARD vs. HARDLY (OTHERS)
· Japan's 'exam hell' now reaches into preschool (News)
· Obama defends secret memo release to CIA employees (News)
· English village may use potholes vs overspeeding (News)
· NEIGHBORS AT ODDS ( Role Playing ) (OTHERS)
· The Boys and the Frogs: (Kids B)
· Lack of 'team spirit' at work tied to depression (News)
· Using English Dictionary (OTHERS)
· IMPERATIVES (OTHERS)
· EXPRESSIONS: ALL ABOUT ME (OTHERS)
· FOR AND AGAINST (OTHERS)
· Polygamous Indonesia politicians may lose female votes (News)
· 6 Things to Buy Before the Economy Improves (News)
March, 2009
· Is violence linked to recession? (News)
· Legalize pot? Not change Obama can believe in (News)
· MORE OR LESS TALK (OTHERS)
· LOOK FOR THE SYNONYM FROM THE CONTEXT (Level B)
· OKURIBITO (Departures) (OTHERS)
· BORROW VS. LEND (OTHERS)
· YOU BETTER... (OTHERS)
· MULTIPLE LITERACIES (Level B)
· HOW COME (Level B)
· Yes Or No (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice & Did You Get The Point Exercises (Level B)
· Make A Question Starting With "Why" (Level B)
· Practice: Asking “Who” Questions. (OTHERS)
· DID YOU GET THE POINT? (OTHERS)
· Beer and bathtubs are U.S. stimulus ideas (News)
February, 2009
· BUSINESS PRESENTATION: Describing Graphs (OTHERS)
· DO YOU WORK TO LIVE OR LIVE TO WORK? (OTHERS)
· SAYING DATES AND NUMBERS IN ENGLISH (OTHERS)
· Animal Rhymes (OTHERS)
· Listening Practice: The Two Happy Men (OTHERS)
· Woman impregnated with wrong egg in Japan (News)
· Iraqi says he threw shoes at Bush to restore pride (News)
· At 8 o'clock, on Monday, in April, etc. (OTHERS)
· PART 2: NAME SOMETHING THAT BEGINS WITH N-Z (Kids B)
· NEWS: Wis. boy's essay leads to charge against his dad (News)
· NOSTALGIA (OTHERS)
· 40 years later, a thank you for saving a life (OTHERS)
· New Zealand lawmakers vote to freeze their pay (News)
· Unemployed use free time for health, hobbies (OTHERS)
· USING INFERENCE (OTHERS)
· Name Something that Begins With A-M (Kids B)
· Articles: A/ An and The (Level A)
· LISTENING PRACTICE: STORIES 1 (OTHERS)
· HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH RUDE PEOPLE? (OTHERS)
January, 2009
· POLITE OFFERS (OTHERS)
· Vincent's Bedroom (OTHERS)
· Japan group launches "toilet poems" to save paper (News)
· Senator Oprah? Blagojevich considered it (News)
· CHAIN STORY 2 (OTHERS)
· Study: Western forests dying at increasing rate (News)
· The Use Of Might (OTHERS)
· These are the things... (Kids A)
· English Exaggerations (OTHERS)
· Japan learns English from Obama speech textbook (News)
· Reading Comprehension: Comparing Opinions (OTHERS)
· You can't fire me, I'm drunk! (News)
· COMPREHENSION EXERCISE: CONTRIBUTING TO THE MAIN IDEA (OTHERS)
· Naming Words (OTHERS)
· THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD (News)
· Would-be bride, 107, seeks first husband (News)
· 99 million Japanese visit temples in first 3 days of 2009 (News)
· How Long Can You Expect To Live (Level A)
· Do...?/ Does...?/ Did...? (OTHERS)
· Positive and Question Sentences (OTHERS)
· WHO LOVES SUSHI? (OTHERS)
· A MAN'S BEST GIFT (News)
December, 2008
· MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO! (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation (Vowel Reduction) (OTHERS)
· Chain Story ( Jimmy's Walk ) (OTHERS)
· 6 Unusual High-Paying Careers (Level A)
· From Now On, I'll Be A Good Kid! (OTHERS)
· EXPRESSIONS WITH MAKE (Level B)
· WHAT CAN WE FIND HERE? (Kids A)
· My Happiness (OTHERS)
· WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE... (OTHERS)
· My New Year's Resolutions (OTHERS)
· HIRE ME! (Level A)
· NATIONAL STEREOTYPES (OTHERS)
· TRY TO SOLVE SOME RIDDLES (OTHERS)
· THE MAIN IDEAS (OTHERS)
· ARE YOU A QUITTER OR A FIGHTER (OTHERS)
· Complete the Sentence (Kids) (Kids B)
· Report: Young doctors still too tired for safety (News)
· Japan PM Aso criticises unhealthy elderly (News)
November, 2008
· LET’S GET HYPOTHETICAL (OTHERS)
· THE FINAL WISH (OTHERS)
· `The Terminal 2'? Japanese man makes airport home (Level A)
· HISTORY: Dynasty (Level A)
· Dirty Jobs That Pay Well (Level A)
· TO LAUGH OR NOT TO LAUGH? (Level A)
· Generalisations (Level A)
· Complete the Sentence (OTHERS)
· Goodbye jitensha (OTHERS)
· RESTAURANT INTERVIEW ( Role Playing ) (OTHERS)
· Advice Making Practice (OTHERS)
· Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years (News)
· What's up Economy? (Level A)
· THE ODD ONE OUT GAME (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation Practice (Liaisons) (OTHERS)
October, 2008
· Math is a crazy subject (Level A)
· I LIKE TO HATE SCHOOL (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation Part 2 (OTHERS)
· Ohio woman gives birth to triplet granddaughters (News)
· CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: The Odd One Out Game (Level A)
· Nobel Prize in Physics winners voice joy (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation Drills (OTHERS)
· Basic Grammar: Somebody, anything, nowhere etc. (Level A)
· Raise The Red Lantern (Film Review) (Level A)
· Game: THE ODD ONE OUT (OTHERS)
· The Horror of Cannibalism (OTHERS)
· Father takes son to court for idleness (News)
· What's in your halloween? (Kids B)
· BASIC GRAMMAR: Use of "HOW" (Level C)
· Children Of Heaven (OTHERS)
· EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY (Level A)
· Rant N' Rave: Stop before you shop (Level A)
· What…? Which…? (OTHERS)
· Tama is the purr-fect antidote to financial gloom: study (News)
· Shoganai (Level A)
· Basic Grammar: Use of Enough (Level B)
· Used and Abused (Level A)
September, 2008
· World's Worthless Money (Level A)
· Basic Grammar: Too/ either and so am I/ neither do I, etc. (Level B)
· Moroccan sheik hushed for letting 9-year-olds wed (News)
· SWINGERS (Swinging Hand of Death In Japan) (Level A)
· Researchers hope for change on stem cell politics (News)
· Until/ By (OTHERS)
· Share some Japanese (OTHERS)
· CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS ON CHILDREN (Level A)
· Basic Grammar: Both, either and neither (OTHERS)
· Most Bizarre People (Level A)
· Texting before deadly train crash investigated (News)
· UNICEF: Child mortality down 27 percent since 1990 (News)
· Anti-government blogger arrested in Malaysia (News)
· chotto obasan (Level A)
· Laugh and Learn the Basic Adverb (Level B)
· DISCRIMINATION (OTHERS)
· Reading Practice (Level B)
· Lovers Criss-Crossed World in Vain (Level B)
· PERMIT ME (Level C)
· USING "WHEN" (OTHERS)
· Pronunciation Part 1 (OTHERS)
August, 2008
· WATASHI NO KOI, WATASHI NO NINJIN (The Pet Name Problem) (Level A)
· BATTLE ROYALE (Level A)
· TELECOMMUTING (OTHERS)
· THE PHILIPPINES (OTHERS)
· PARTY TIME! (OTHERS)
· Question Words Chant (Kids B)
· EXPRESSION: FREAK OUT (OTHERS)
· THE RICHEST AMERICAN WOMAN (OTHERS)
· LET'S TALK ABOUT DREAMS (Level A)
· WE ARE STRANGERS (Kids A)
· LET'S RIDE THE BIKE (Kids B)
· GOOD OR WELL? (Level A)
· A Friendly Letter (OTHERS)
· GIVING DIRECTIONS (OTHERS)
· WORD STUDY (Level A)
· POP, POP, POP! I LOVE POP CORN! (Kids B)
· OUR DREAM SCHOOL (Kids A)
· THOSE WEIRD INVENTIONS (Level A)
· The Strangers (OTHERS)
· Solve the Mystery (Kids B)
· FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS (Kids B)
· A surprise for Benny (Kids B)
· BIG IN JAPAN (Level A)
· GOOD MORNING! (Kids B)
· Expressions (OTHERS)
· What Would You Do If...? (OTHERS)
· Late/Lately (OTHERS)
· CHECK IT OUT! (Level B)
July, 2008
· Starbucks Sanctuary (Level A)
· GOOD/BAD MOOD (OTHERS)
· GET USED TO (OTHERS)
· PAY FOR (OTHERS)
· IF YOU CAN... (Level A)
· ANALOGIES SHOWING PURPOSE (OTHERS)
· ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB? (OTHERS)
· CONTRACTIONS (Level A)
· DOES APPEARANCE REALLY MATTER? (OTHERS)
· Among And Between (OTHERS)
· WHERE IS FATHER? (Kids B)
· AT YOUR CONVENIENCE (Level A)
· I LOVE WATERMELON!!! (Kids B)
· SUMMER RHYMES (Kids A)
· Travel Through Imagination (OTHERS)
· Akihabara on the Run (Level A)
· Take a Trip (Level B)
· Funny/Fun (OTHERS)
· Pregnant man Thomas Beatie gives birth to baby girl (Level A)
· Bored / Boring (OTHERS)
· The Speech Problem: Meet your pet fillers (OTHERS)

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