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場所: 町田市, 東京都, Japan

50代を目前に控えた中年サラリーマンです。中学・高校の英語教師の資格を取りましたが、バブル景気もあって一般企業に就職。ところが、なんと海外部門に配属され、本気で使える英語を身につけなければならなくなりました。その後、NY駐在も経験させてもらい、英語がライフワークの一つになりました。年男の年頭を機に、ブログを使って毎週の出来事を簡単な英語で紹介することにしました。自分の勉強にもなりますし、ブログをご覧の皆様のお役に立てれば幸いです。

2015年2月4日水曜日

主な出来事  2015.1.25 - 1.31


Politics

For the post-war '70 discourse this year,
Prime Minister Abe suggested to change expression
in Murayama discourse regarding
"Reflection to the past colonial rule and aggression".


Ordinary Diet session is convened.
Crisis management by the government and security policy are big issues.


The fiscal 2015 pension is raised by 0.9% in principle.
A mechanism to suppress the pension growth than prices and wages
is implemented for the first time.
The substantial pension value was decreased. (erosion in value)


Business

Base up negotiation between labor has and management has started.


The National Pork Producers Council submitted a letter to lawmakers to assess
the current status of the TPP negotiation.
They soften their strength flights attitude to Japan.

Skymark (the third largest airline in Japan) abandons voluntary reconstruction
and files for Civil Rehabilitation Law application.

Consumer prices rise by 2.6%, which is the maximal
increase for the past 23 years.


World

US companies agreed with India to cooperate to
promote nuclear power plant construction.

The new administration of anti-austerity is inaugurated in Greece.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recaptures Ain Al Arab from the Islamic country.

Luxury hotel in Libya, Tripoli is attacked by
an organization to swear allegiance to the Islamic country
and nine people were killed.


Japan

The arrested
Nagoya college student was arrested
in killing a woman in an apartment.
She says that she wanted to kill people.


Murder suspect in hydrocyanic acid

Regarding the restoration work of the highway, which was damaged by
the earthquake, Fair Trade Commission made force investigation
against 20 companies in antitrust charges.

Special fraud damage costs 55.9 billion yen,
which was the worst in the past.