00:00:10 (Maria Sato)
Hello, welcome back to NHK NewsLine. I'm Maria Sato in Tokyo.
TOKYO SKYTREE CLOSED AFTER 20 TRAPPED IN ELEVATOR
Japan's iconic tower, Tokyo Skytree, has been closed after passengers were trapped inside an elevator for more than five hours.
Skytree's operator temporarily shut the facility for an inspection following the incident.
People who had advance tickets came to get refunds on Monday morning.
00:00:38 話者 2/Visitor 1
I just found out that it's closed. I'm really disappointed.
00:00:42 話者 3/Visitor 2
I've been here a couple of years ago already and I really liked it and so I wanted to come back and see it again.
00:00:50 (Maria Sato)
One of the elevators carrying visitors to and from the observation deck stopped suddenly at about 30 meters above ground on Sunday evening.
Twenty people, including two children, were stranded for over five and a half hours.
All were rescued and no one was injured.
Rescue workers positioned an adjacent elevator alongside the one that stopped.
They were over one meter away.
They opened both emergency doors and placed a metal plate between them.
Then they transferred the passengers over the bridge.
About 1,200 people were temporarily stranded on the observation deck, but they all came down using a different elevator.
Skytree's operator says it's trying to determine what caused the elevator to stop.
It says the tower will reopen to the public once safety is ensured.
EVENT HELD TO DEMAND EARLY RESOLUTION OF TAKESHIMA ISSUE
Sunday was Takeshima Day in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan.
It marks the anniversary of the date when disputed islands in the Sea of Japan were incorporated into the prefecture.
Participants at our ceremony called for an early resolution of the issue.
South Korea controls the islands. Japan claims them.
The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory.
It says South Korea is illegally occupying them.
Shimane Prefecture in 2005, designated February 22 as Takeshima Day to mark the date in 1905, when Japan incorporated the islands into the prefecture.
It has since been holding a commemorative ceremony e very year in the prefectural capital of Matsue. More than 400 people attended this year's event.
Shimane Governor Maruyama Tatsuya strongly urged the government to address the issue.
00:02:48 話者 4/Maruyama Tatsuya
Government-level dialogue between Japan and South Korea is essential to resolve the issue.
00:02:58 (Maria Sato)
The special resolution adopted at the ceremony includes calls for new attempts aimed at an early resolution, such as Japan filing a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice.
The resolution also appeals for the central government to host the annual ceremony.
Shimane Prefecture has been calling for the prime minister or a cabinet minister related to the Takeshima issue to attend the event.
But the government has so far sent parliamentary vice ministers.
S.KOREA PROTESTS TAKESHIMA DAY CEREMONY
In reaction to the Takeshima Day event in Japan, the South Korean government expressed its strong opposition to "Japan's repeated unjust territorial claims to Dokdo."
Dokdo is the South Korean name for the islands.
In a statement, South Korea said it sternly urges the immediate cancellation of the event.
The statement said Dokdo is clearly our inherent territory, historically, geographically and under international law.
South Korea's foreign ministry summoned Matsuo Hirotaka, a senior diplomat at the Japanese embassy in Seoul, to lodge a protest on Sunday afternoon.
Matsuo conveyed Japan's position that the protests cannot be accepted.
JAPAN'S EMPEROR GREETS PUBLIC ON HIS 66TH BIRTHDAY
Japan's Emperor Narushito has greeted thousands of well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to mark his 66th birthday.
The emperor, Empress Masako, and their daughter, Princess Aiko, appeared on the palace balcony three times in the morning and waved to the crowd.
They were joined by a Crown Prince and Princess Akishino, and their children, Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito.
00:04:44 話者 5/Narushito
Higotoni, Haruni Mukatto ino kanjimasu.
Minasan, historic story tote.
Odaikana Haruto naruyo negatuarimasu.
Minasan, Kenkoto, Seawaseo inarimasu.
00:05:05 (Maria Sato)
Afterwards, the emperor received congratulations from Prime Minister Takai Sanae and the heads of both chambers of the Diet.
MILANO CORTINA 2026
WINTER GAMES CLOSE WITH CEREMONY IN VERONA
The Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games have ended with a spectacular closing ceremony in the ancient northern Italian city of Verona.
The event kicked off in Verona's Roman Amphitheater at 8:30 p.m. local time on Sunday.
Flag bearers representing the competing countries and territories marched into the arena.
They included Japanese figure skater Sakamoto Kaori, who won two silver medals, and Japanese speed skater Monishige Wataru.
They were followed by a parade of athletes, including around 50 members of the Japanese team.
Japan achieved its best-ever tally of 24 medals, 5 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze.
The closing ceremony, entitled Beauty in Action, featured elements inspired by opera, as well as contemporary song and dance performances.
The Olympic flag was handed over to representatives of the French regions, which will host the French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games.
The twin Olympic flames in co-host cities, Milan and Cortina, were extinguished, signaling the end of the 17-day festival of winter sports.
The Paralympic Winter Games are scheduled to begin on March 6.
ARMED MAN KILLED AFTER ENTERING TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE
US law enforcement has fatally shot a man after he breached a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The Secret Service announced a man in his early twenties was shot by its agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office early Sunday.
Authorities say the man was carrying a gas can and a shotgun.
They ordered him to drop them.
00:07:24 話者 6/Ric Bradshaw/Palm Beach County Sheriff
He put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position.
At that point in time, the deputy and the two secret service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat.
00:07:38 (Maria Sato)
Trump was in Washington at the time of the incident.
Authorities say the FBI is leading the ongoing investigation.
IRAN FM: NEXT MEETING WITH US OFFICIALS LIKELY ON THURSDAY
Iran's foreign minister has suggested he will soon meet US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and other officials to continue talks over his country's nuclear program.
The meeting is expected to be held in Geneva on Thursday.
Abbas Araji spoke from Tehran to US broadcaster CBS on Sunday.
He said the Iranian side is trying to present a draft proposal consisting of elements that accommodate concerns and interests from both sides.
00:08:20 話者 7/ABBAS ARAGHCHI/IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
I believe that when we meet, probably this Thursday in Geneva again, we can work on those elements and prepare a good text and come to a fast deal.
00:08:34 (Maria Sato)
The news website Axios on Sunday quoted US officials as saying the current diplomatic push is likely the last chance President Trump will give Iran before launching a massive military operation.
Those were the headlines for this hour.
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Easy Japanese
00:10:09 話者 8
Hi there, it's time for NHK World Japan's Easy Japanese.
I'm Erico Kojima.
00:10:15 話者 9
And I'm Michael Reese.
Let's have fun learning Japanese together.
Today we bring you lesson 48, our last lesson on saying what we want to do in the future.
The residents of Harusan House are on a trip to Kyoto.
They've arrived at one of its many famous temples, Kiyomizu-da.
Tam reveals her dream as they stand on the main hall stage, jutting out over a cliff.
00:10:46 話者 8
Listen to the skit for lesson 48.
00:10:59 話者 10
Satsuyo stara, Nihon de Hadarachitai desu.
Yoko gaisha de Hadarachitai desu.
00:11:05 話者 11
Ye ne.
Nihon na miyokoi bite stai te koda sign, eh?
Oen stereo.
00:11:13 話者 10
Hi, gandarimasu.
00:11:19 話者 8
Let's look at the meaning line by line.
00:11:22 話者 9
On the stage of Kiyomizu-dara temple, the robot landlady Haru-san says to Tam.
00:11:32 話者 8
Tam-san, it's been almost a year since you came here.
What do you want to do in the future?
Tam replies, When I graduate, I want to work in Japan.
I want to work at a travel agency.
00:11:54 話者 9
Kaito is happy to hear that.
He says.
00:11:59 話者 8
That sounds good.
Haru-san says to Tam, Please tell people all about Japan's attractions.
Mia says to Tam, I'll be rooting for you.
00:12:17 話者 9
Tam enthusiastically replies, Thank you.
00:12:23 話者 8
I'll do my best.
00:12:25 話者 9
So, Tam wants to work in Japan?
00:12:27 話者 8
I think she'd have a good career at a travel agency.
00:12:37 話者 9
Today's key phrase is, When I graduate, I want to work in Japan.
If you learn this pattern, you'll be able to say what you want to do in the future.
00:12:51 話者 8
Now let's see how it works.
Sotsu gyo oshitara means when I graduate.
The dictionary form is to graduate, sotsu gyo suru.
Nihon de is in Japan.
Hatara ki tai desu means want to work.
Tai desu is used to express what you want to do, remember?
Today's point is saying what you want to do in the future based on a certain condition.
By using a verb in the ta form and adding la to make a tara form, you can express the condition of when something happens or is realized.
Remember, the verb's ta form ends in ta or da.
00:13:38 話者 9
In the skit, TAM says sotsugyo shittara.
00:13:41 話者 8
That's right.
The ta form of the verb to graduate, sotsugyo suru, is sotsugyo shitta.
and the phrase was followed by la.
In this way, she expressed the condition when I graduate.
00:13:55 話者 9
All right, listen and repeat.
Okay, got it?
Now listen to a tourist from overseas telling a Japanese person what she wants to do in Nagasaki based on a certain condition, which in this case is her going there.
00:14:33 話者 12
Korekara Nagasaki desu ka.
00:14:35 話者 13
Hi, Nagasaki ni tara.
Champonga Tabetai desu.
00:14:46 話者 8
Okay, let's look at the meaning.
00:14:49 話者 12
Korekara Nagasaki desu ka.
00:14:52 話者 9
You're going to Nagasaki now.
That sounds good.
00:14:56 話者 8
Korekara literally means from now.
Nagasaki desu ka?
is a simple way of saying Nagasaki ni kimasuka, which means Are you going to Nagasaki?
00:15:08 話者 13
Hi.
Nagasaki ni tara champon ga tabetai desu.
00:15:13 話者 9
Yes, when I go to Nagasaki, I want to eat champon.
00:15:17 話者 8
Nagasaki ni tara means when I go to Nagasaki.
Nagasaki ni ku, to go to Nagasaki, is turned into the tara form to indicate a condition.
Chanpon is a signature dish of Nagasaki, similar to ramen.
Tabetai desu means I want to eat, right?
00:15:38 話者 9
Listen and repeat.
00:15:42 話者 14
Nagasaki ni tara.
Nagasaki ni tara.
Chanpon ga tabetai desu.
00:15:59 話者 8
Now, practice with another example.
Imagine you're in Japan and are about to go back to your home country.
Try saying you want to come to Japan again when the summer holiday starts.
00:16:11 話者 9
The summer holiday starts is.
00:16:13 話者 14
Natsu yasu mini naru.
00:16:15 話者 9
The verb starts or becomes naru in the tara form is nattara.
00:16:23 話者 14
Nattara.
00:16:24 話者 9
I want to come to Japan again is.
00:16:27 話者 14
Mata nihon ni kitai desu.
Matani ho ni kitai desu.
00:16:33 話者 9
Give it.
00:16:41 話者 15
A try.
Matani ho ni kitai desu.
Matani ho ni kitai desu.
00:16:55 話者 9
Got it?
Today's bonus phrase is what Tam said.
Memorize it exactly as it is.
00:17:07 話者 11
Ganbarimasu.
00:17:09 話者 8
Ganbarimasu means I'll do my best and expresses how you intend to give something your best efforts.
If you want to spur someone on, you can say Ganbatte kudasai or Ganbatte.
00:17:22 話者 9
Listen to how various people say this.
00:17:25 話者 11
Ganbarimasu.
00:17:27 話者 8
Ganbarimasu.
00:17:29 話者 11
Ganbarimasu.
00:17:31 話者 9
Now it's your turn.
Listen and repeat.
00:17:37 話者 14
Ganbarimasu.
00:17:44 話者 8
OK, listen to today's skit one more time.
00:17:51 話者 11
Tamasanga kite, mosugui chinen desune, shou rai wa nanigashitai desu ka?
Next up, Kaito is your food guide.
00:18:24 話者 9
We earlier mentioned Nagasaki's famed champon, so we'll look at dishes that are identified with other parts of the country.
Each region has its own specialties.
00:18:37 話者 8
Yes, for example, Osaka is known for its okonomiyaki.
Chopped vegetables, along with meat and so on, are mixed in a batter of eggs and flour and grilled.
00:18:47 話者 9
Mmm, it's hot and delicious.
00:18:49 話者 8
That's right.
Akita Prefecture in the northeastern part of the country is famous for kiritanpo.
Rice is cooked al dente, mashed, molded onto a skewer in a cylindrical shape, and then grilled.
It's usually eaten in hot pots.
00:19:04 話者 9
Mmm, I'd love to sink my teeth into that.
00:19:06 話者 8
When you travel around Japan, be sure to try something new wherever you go.
So, this is the final lesson of Easy Japanese.
Michael, it's been a lot of fun.
00:19:25 話者 9
It has indeed, and I've had a good time learning Japanese along with our listeners.
And we were also able to learn a little bit about Japanese culture and also some places to visit.
00:19:35 話者 8
Thanks to all of you for joining us on this journey.
We hope you'll continue to study Japanese.
We'll be rooting for you.
00:19:43 話者 9
And please, come and visit Japan.
00:19:45 話者 8
Well, everyone.
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Fushimi Inari Shrine
00:20:19 話者 16
Japan has various kinds of landmarks that fascinate visitors.
They range from cultural and historic locations to modern buildings created with cutting-edge technologies.
The Backstory of Japanese Landmarks brings you the stories behind these amazing places.
In this episode of The Backstory of Japanese Landmarks, we feature Fushimi Inari Shrine.
Kyoto served as the capital of Japan for more than a thousand years until 1868, when the capital was moved to then Edo, now Tokyo.
When the imperial capital was moved from Nara to Kyoto in the year 794, it went by the name Heian-kyo, which means The Capital of Peace and Tranquility.
The city was modeled after the Chinese Tang Dynasty capital of Chang'an and built on a grid-pattern system.
In fact, the streets of Kyoto today continue to follow this well-arranged grid.
The Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for its seemingly endless rows of vermilion torii gates, is popular among tourists from both Japan and abroad.
It's less than 10 minutes by train or bus from Kyoto Station or about a 35-minute walk.
The shrine has a history of more than 1,300 years.
It serves as the headquarters for over 30,000 Inari shrines across Japan.
As legend goes, more than 1,300 years ago, a deity was enshrined at Mount Inari.
The mountain has since been considered sacred.
People express their belief by dedicating torii of various sizes.
Another practice is engraving the deity's various names onto stones called otsuka and placing them on the mountain.
The most famous part of Fushiminari Shrine is the thousand torii gates.
Torii are the gate-like structures at shrines.
Although the size may vary, a torii is generally made of two pillars and a beam.
It stands on the boundary of the shrine's precincts and indicates that the area inside is sacred.
Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto has long rows of vermilion torii that seem to stretch on without end.
Inari shrines are dedicated to a deity popular among common people, representing good harvest, prosperous business, safety for the family, and the accomplishment of ambitions.
The Edo period from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century was when much of the popular culture leading up to the present age took shape.
It was during this period that people started offering torii to Inari shrines, hoping that their wishes would be fulfilled, or to give thanks when their wishes came true.
As the headquarters shrine, Fushiminari Shrine received the most of these offerings,
This is why there are nearly 10,000 torii gates in various sizes in the precincts.
Particularly famous are the rows of torii called Sembom torii, or Thousand torii, which lead to the main shrine building.
The endless torii make for a great photo background for tourists.
Fox statues are a common sight at Inari shrines.
The foxes are believed to be messengers for the Inari deity.
Unlike actual foxes, these are imaginary creatures considered sacred and invisible.
There are many scary stories about Inari shrines and foxes across Japan.
Also, the sushi wrapped with deep-fried tofu is called Inari sushi.
This is because fried tofu is believed to be a favorite food of the sacred foxes.
Inari shrines and foxes have long been a part of Japanese people's lives.
Thank you for tuning in to the backstory of Japanese landmarks.
We hope you have a chance to visit these landmarks and see for yourself what makes them so special.
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