Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 2 Posted June 13, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Yokoyama chose to conduct this interview entirely in English, saying that he always likes to strike a good balance “inside my head” between Engl…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 1 Posted June 12, 2021 Kaz Yokoyama is one of the shining lights of Japan’s English education world — a self-taught simultaneous interpreter, author and English teacher who has never st…
A Vermont school shut down because of toxic chemicals. Now it’s moved to a Macy’s Posted June 11, 2021 Students who once shopped at a downtown mall in Burlington, Vermont, are now attending high school in a former Macy’s department store. About seven months ago,…
NASA gives all-clear: Earth safe from impact from giant asteroid for 100 years Posted June 10, 2021 Whew, now here’s some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all-clear from destruction by a huge 340-meter-wide asteroid named Apophis — for…
Got an old clunker? France may soon let you trade it in for an electric bicycle Posted June 9, 2021 Owners of aging vehicles in France may soon be able to trade in their clunker for money to buy an electric bicycle. Lawmakers in France’s parl…
Rainy season in western Japan arrives earlier than ever Posted June 8, 2021 The rainy season this year is beginning for some western and central parts of the Japanese archipelago weeks earlier than usual, recording the earliest starting date in some regio…
‘Speak out’: Biden, Harris decry racism against Asian Americans on visit to Atlanta Posted June 7, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and denounced the scourge of racism …
Views and Visions: Can’t touch this Part 2 Posted June 6, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Of course, the pandemic has shown that handshakes — touching anything with your hands — might be on their way out
Views and Visions: Can’t touch this Part 1 Posted June 5, 2021 Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” Remember handshakes? Before all my classes moved to being online, I taught my Japanese st…
Deepfake apps Posted June 4, 2021 Around 2018, we all heard about deepfakes and how the face-swapping technology was blurring the lines of reality. But deepfakes can also be fun. Dozens of apps in…