中年英語好き

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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6月8日月曜日

主な出来事  5月31日−6月6日


Politics

Received the illegal access by the virus e-mail, Japan pension organization has announced that about 125 million pension information were leaked.

Nobutaka Machimura, the former House of Representatives chairman, who served as foreign minister and chief cabinet secretary, died of cerebral infarction at a hospital in Tokyo.

House of Representatives Constitution Review Board invited experts of constitutional law and conducted a witness questions. For security-related legislation to allow the collective self-defense exercise, every witness expressed they recognize it as a constitutional violation.


Business

Nikkei Stock Average has risen in 12 consecutive business days.

According to the corporate business statistics, equipment investment of all industries except the financial and insurance industry has become 13 trillion 129.4 billion yen, 7.3 percent  increase year-on-year.

Skymark Airlines announced that one of  its largest creditors, the US aviation leasing company has submitted their own proposal of rehabilitation plan to the Tokyo District Court.

According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, cash gross salary in  April was 274,577 yen, 0.9% increase of from the same month in the previous year.


World

In response to corruption cases of the International Football Federation, the chairman Platter announced his resignation at an emergency press conference.

The passenger ship "East Kore-boshi"、 loaded with 456 passengers、 capsized in the Yangtze River in China, and 406 people were died and 36 people were still missing.

South Korea Health and Welfare Ministry has announced the death of man and woman infected by the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus. The tertiary infection was expanded through people infected from the first infected person, and  50 people including 4 deaths were infected.

Japan

Representatives of residents who evacuated in the eruption of Kuchino erabu jima were temporarily returned to the island.

According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 179 hospitals out of all the disaster hospitals nationwide, responded that they would have difficulty to accommodate patients if the hospital is surrounded by flood.

As the Self-Defense Air Force helicopter traversed the runway at Naha Airport without any instructions by traffic controllers,  an ANA airplane was discontinued takeoff.

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has announced its plans to conduct a national English test to measure the four English skills, targeted the third grade students of junior high school after the fiscal 2019.

According to the vital statistics of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the birth rate has decreased to 1.42 in 2014.