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Translation - English In mild winter, vegetable prices remain cheap.
January 13th, 5:20
The Ministry of Agriculture found last week that due to the mild winter, cabbage is 34% cheaper than average and expected to remain cheap.
Every week, the Ministry of Agriculture examines the retail prices of five major products at 470 supermarkets across Japan: cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, Chinese cabbage and daikon. They compared the prices with averages from previous years: cabbage, 34% cheaper (¥132/kg); lettuce, 12% cheaper (¥605/kg); Chinese cabbage, 10% cheaper (¥132/kg); daikon, 9% cheaper (¥135). Conversely, tomato yields have flourished in the mild winter. Tomatoes from last November’s massive crop were as much as 13% cheaper than average but now because of falling production, the price is 10% higher than average (¥739/kg).
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, due to a long spell of high temperature days, vegetable production has increased. Since last November, vegetable prices have remained between 10 and 30% cheaper than in an average year. However, the Ministry expects that entering this coming year, lower temperatures will decrease production. They expect that about midway through January, prices should return to normal. Many farmers are increasing output due to the warm winter but come spring, production will decrease and it’s likely that prices will shift higher.
[NHK Online]
Japanese to English: Japan is 1st in the world for female life expectancy, 3rd for men General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Journalism
Translation - English Japan is 1st in the world for female life expectancy, 3rd for men
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, last year the Japanese average life expectancy was 86.83 for women and 80.5 for men. Compared with the year before, women’s life expectancy increased by .22 years and men’s by .29. For both men and women it is the highest it has ever been. The difference between the male and female life expectancy is 6.33 years, a .07 decrease from the year before.
Japan has maintained the highest female life expectancy for the past three years. Hong Kong and Spain are second and third, respectively. Hong Kong and Spain are in first and second place for men’s life expectancy. Japan comes in third, one place higher than the year before.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare also said, “We are continuing to advance our techniques for curing cancer and other diseases. The number of elderly with a great interest in taking care of their health is increasing. Because of this, it is likely that the average life expectancy with continue to increase.”
[NHK]
Japanese to English: Who's to blame for poor fortunes in love? General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Translation - English Who's to blame for poor fortunes in love?
This may seem out of the blue, but do you have good luck with love? Do you often say to your girlfriends, "I just have bad luck with men..."? Even if you look at your horoscope in a magazine, you unconsciously check your love predictions every week, worrying about it more than you'd expect.
We certainly make our own luck, drawing it from elsewhere. One thing is certain, you can rest assured that luck is by no means an innate ability. For this reason, luck is always on your side and as a matter of fact, it seems surprisingly simple to control. Today, we will tell you about a necessary trick you can do to increase your day to day chances with love.
It's just my personal opinion, but to begin with, I feel that luck is a bit like the feeling of nervous excitement. When referring to the word, “fortune,” there is a certain power flowing from it. When you ride that flow well, good things tend to happen. However, if you make a futile effort, it may not turn out well for you.
So, people who are always lamenting, “I have bad luck with men..., "I always get cheated on...,” and “I can't find happiness...,” and who don't break out of the loop of negativity, will never draw good fortunes in love. Unfortunately, emitting those negative words and attitudes will lead to an unhappy love life.
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