Japanese Mania Podcast for Intermediate Learners

This is the 18th episode from our lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about Canada's new decision to release its emergency maple syrup reserves.  Let's find out more details.

This episode is for intermediate learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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This is the 17th episode from our lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about Spain's new moves to regulate the ads particularly aimed at kids.  Let's find out more details.

This episode is for lower-intermediate learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Today I'd like to share a song from one of my favorite Ghibli Anime movies「天空の城ラピュタ」or "Castle in the Sky". The song is called "君を乗せて (Carrying you)" performed by Azumi Inoue (井上あずみ).

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This is the 16th episode from our lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about a shrine gate - torii in Japanese - in Tushima, Nagasaki that has been rebuilt recently.  Let's find out more on how it had been destroyed and how people helped to rebuild it.

This episode is for intermediate learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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This is the 15th episode from our lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about  (UAE) using drone technology to increase rainfall.

Let’s learn more about the new technology that UAE has started testing recently.

This episode is for intermediate learners.

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Today I’d like to share quotes from the Japanese Olympic medalists.

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This is the 14th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about California using goats to prevent wildfires.

This episode is for upper-intermediate learners.

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Today I’d like to share a famous song called “川の流れのように (Like the flow of the river)” by Misora Hibari.

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This is the 13th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about a Japanese baseball player, Shohei Otani, being selected to the All-Star Game in Denver.

This episode is for upper-intermediate learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Do you like proverbs? Proverbs is called ことわざ in Japanese.

Today I'd like to introduce to you 5 animal-related proverbs. I hope you enjoy it!

To get a copy of my new book "100 Japanese Proverbs For Japanese Learners"

This is the 12th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about the remains of 215 children found buried on the site of what was once Canada's largest Indigenous residential school.

This episode is for advanced learners.

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This is the 11th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about more and more Germans becoming vegans during the pandemic. 

This episode is for intermediate learners.

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This is the 10th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about thousands of migrants leaving Morocco to enter Spanish territory called Ceuta. 

This episode is for advanced learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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This is the 9th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about the recent conflict between the Palestinians and the Israeli Army that happened right in the middle of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

This episode is for advanced learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

For more information on this topic, please watch this documentary:

This is the 8th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news is about Lady Gaga’s dognapping case.

In February this year, this famous American artist’s dogs got kidnapped. Let’s find out the details.

This episode is for intermediate learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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This is the 7th episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news story is about a Hungarian pastry shop offering a range of unique sweets.

What kind of unique sweets? Let’s find out.

This episode is good for lower-intermediate learners.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Today’s news story is about a recent movement among women that is trending on Instagram.

Let’s find out what this movement is about.

This episode is curated for intermediate learners.

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Today’s news story is about the latest trend in the Gulf countries. 

This episode is perfect for advanced learners.

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Today’s news story is about the opening of a very unique hotel in China.

This episode is designed for lower-intermediate learners.

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This is the third episode from our new lesson series – News story.

Today’s news story is about an old British woman who had a big surprise on her birthday.

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This is the second episode from our new lesson series - News story.

Today’s news story is about a brave navy man who saved cats from a sinking ship.

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This is the first episode of our new lesson series on this podcast – News story. Today's topic is the Coronavirus situation in Japan.

We’ve created this lesson series, aimed at intermediate to advanced level learners in order to provide interesting resources for developing useful vocabulary which you may hear on the news and at the same time get updated with current affairs in Japanese. The best part is that the lesson comes with a printable lesson guide that contains the vocabulary and audio script.

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