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一日一記事

Plans to move the American Futenma military base in 2014 have been scrapped, and the decision is set to be officially announced at the soon-to-be-held Japan-United States Security Consultative Committee.

普天間１４年移設断念の方針…固定化不可避に
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20110507-OYT1T00037.htm
Sorry, I'm using a summary and giving the official translation for the 日米安全保障協議委員会 (にちべいあんぜんほしょうきょうぎいいんかい) in lieu of a vocabulary list. I'm tired, and it's Friday.
 
Here's a quick and topical one, before I have to head on over to my mom's.

東日本大震災：「母の日」白いカーネーションも…山田町

Vocab:
母の日（ははのひ）-- Mother's Day
山田町（やまだまち）-- Yamada Town (in Iwate Pref.)
全壊（ぜんかい）-- be completely destroyed
岩手県（いわてけん）-- Iwate Prefecture
中村（なかむら）-- Nakamura (family name)
生花（いけばな）-- flower arranging
生花店（いけばなてん）-- flower arranging shop
色とりどり（色取り取り・いろとりどり）-- various varieties
並ぶ（ならぶ）-- to be lined up
そろえる（揃える）-- gather
店主（てんしゅ）-- store owner/proprieter
店（みせ）-- store/shop
再開（さいかい）-- reopen
要望（ようぼう）-- wish; request
駐車場（ちゅうしゃじょう）-- parking lot
張る（はる）-- spread ("put up" in this case)
三浦博之（みうら ひろゆき）-- Miura Hiroyuki, the writer's name

In the caption:
がれき（瓦礫）-- rubble (lit. "tiles and small rocks")
買い求める（かいもとめる）-- buy (the dictionary says "to pay money and get something you want" -> 金を払ってほしい物を手に入れる。)
女性客（じょせいきゃく）-- woman customer
接客（せっきゃく）-- service; give customer service
撮影（さつえい）-- to photograph

お母さんの皆さん、母の日おめでとうございます！
 
Chubu Electric decides to stop the operation of its #4 and #5 reactors, and not reactivate its #3 reactor after having received a request from the prime minister.
(Video)

【原発】「総理の要請は重い」浜岡停止で中電社長

That first paragraph isn't in the video. The reporter also says a little bit before she gets into what's written underneath her name. She says 名古屋市東区にあります中部電力前です。先程十分ほど 前から水野明久（みずのあきひさ）社長の記者会見が始 まりました。Then at the end there's another sentence that isn't in the text: 現在も会見は続いています。

Some vocab:
中部電力（ちゅうぶでんりょく）-- Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
浜岡（はまおか）-- place name
運転（うんてん）-- operate
停止（ていし）-- stop; halt
記者会見（きしゃかいけん）-- press conference
～から～にわたって（に渡って）-- shows a span of time or space
臨時（りんじ）-- special
取締役（とりしまりやく）-- director
～会（かい）-- meeting; club; society; etc.
取締役会（とりしまりやくかい）-- board of directors
全面（ぜんめん）-- complete
正式（せいしき）-- formal; official
見送り（みおくり）-- defer; leave alone
当社（とうしゃ）-- the company under discussion
極めて（きわめて）-- extremely
受け止める（うけとめる）-- respond; deal with
受諾（じゅだく）-- accept; consent
着実（ちゃくじつ）-- steadily; soundly
立地（りっち）-- selection of suitable land for industry
株主（かぶぬし）-- stock holders
海江田（うみえだ）-- a family name
条件（じょうけん）-- condition
業績（ぎょうせき）-- results (of business)
修正（しゅうせい）-- revised
見通し（みとおし）-- outlook
 
Nothing surprising here if you've heard much about China and its views on human rights.

中国「完璧な国はない」 米の人権問題改善要求に
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ann/news/web/html/210511003.html
Vocab:
開く（ひらく）-- hold (an event); throw (a party)
米中（べいちゅう）-- America and China
戦略（せんりゃく）-- strategy
経済（けいざい）-- economy
対話（たいわ）-- dialog
人権（じんけん）-- human rights
問題（もんだい）-- problem
改善（かいぜん）-- improvement; betterment
要求（ようきゅう）-- demand; request
～側（がわ）-- (on the) side (of)
完璧（かんぺき）-- perfect
反論（はんろん）-- counter argue
外務省（がいむしょう）-- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
姜瑜*（きょうゆ）-- Jiang Yu (jiang1 yu2), personal name
副～（ふく）-- vice
報道（ほうどう）-- report
～局（きょく）-- bureau
～長（ちょう）-- head
適す（る）（てきす）-- be suitable; be suited for...
政策（せいさく）-- governmental policy
方式（ほうしき）-- method; system; formula; procedure
存在（そんざい）-- existence
9日（ここのか）-- the 9th
始まる（はじまる）-- (intransitive) start; begin
～をめぐって（巡って）-- revolving around (as in a problem revolving around a certain topic)
作家（さっか）-- author
芸術家（げじゅつか）-- artist
不当（ふとう）-- unjust
拘束（こうそく）-- detain; confine
懸念（けねん）-- concern; worry
表明（ひょうめい）-- express
引き続き（ひきつづき）-- continuously; continually
求める（もとめる）-- request
姿勢（しせい）-- posture; stance
会見（かいけん）-- interview
国情（こくじょう）-- conditions in a country; state of affairs of a country
違う（ちがう）-- different
相互（そうご）-- mutual; reciprocal (漢語 version of 互い)
尊重（そんちょう）-- respect
理解（りかい）-- understanding
深める（ふかめる）-- deepen
主張（しゅちょう）-- insist; assert

*瑜 is a common character used in Chinese names (means "excellence" or "luster of gems"). It's fairly easy to read in Japanese because although that 音符 (おんぷ -- "sound signal") isn't used much with that 部首 (ぶしゅ -- "radical/signific", which is 玉, by the way, minus the dot), it is used in other more common characters in Japanese, like 輸, 愉, 癒, 喩, and 諭 (alright, maybe that one isn't that common. It's also used in 楡, which I can't recall having ever seen), and ALL of these characters are read ユ. Since it's a Chinese name, it gets 音読み, so done deal there. Piece of cake, right?

Also, 姜 is a fairly common Chinese and Korean surname, and it's in the word 生姜 (しょうが -- ginger). And here's the story behind why I know that word: there was a Korean girl in my class whose surname was 姜, and we read it カン. One night I went to the 弁当屋 next to my apartment to get some food, and saw that they had a dish with 生姜 in the name. Not knowing how to read it, I guessed (a not great guess, I'll admit) based on what I knew of the second character: なまかん. Needless to say, the girl at the counter had no idea what I was asking for, so I pointed to it and asked "how do you read this?" She said しょうが, and I've yet to forget. Something about the embarrassment of the whole situation really stuck it in my head, you know?
 
Junior high students who were trapped in a study/training facility in Fukui Pref. after heavy rains caused landslides are set to be rescued.

孤立の中学生ら３１２人、きょう中に救出

The first (quoted) paragraph isn't read in the video. The announcer starts with the second one.

And just because this is interesting (totally unrelated):

週休３日も 節電対策続々と
 
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And sometimes you just get lucky. This was the first story that I saw on Google's news page (it was actually the first one), and it's pretty interesting, and definitely worth sharing here.

初の国際飛行に成功 スイスのソーラー機

ジュネーブ（じゅねーぶ）-- Geneva
太陽（たいよう）-- the sun
太陽光（たいようこう）-- sunlight
飛ぶ（とぶ）-- fly
飛行機（ひこうき）-- airplane
開発（かいはつ）-- develop
スイス（すいす）-- Switzerland
団体（だんたい）-- group
ソーラー・インパルス（そーらー・いんぱるす）-- "Solar Impulse" (the name of the group)
初の（はつの）-- the first
国際（こくさい）-- international
飛行（ひこう）-- flight
成功（せいこう）-- success; succeed
ベルギー（べるぎー）-- Belgium
ブリュッセル（ぶりゅっせる）-- Brussels
空港（くうこう）-- airport
着陸（ちゃくりく）-- to land (said of planes)
答える（こたえる）-- answer
操縦士（そうじゅうし）-- pilot
順調（じゅんちょう）-- smooth(ly); satisfactory/satisfactorily; favorable/favorably
一周（いっしゅう）-- one lap; one round
目標（もくひょう）-- goal; target; aim
状況（じょうきょう）-- conditions
許す（ゆるす）-- allow; forgive
東日本大震災（ひがしにほんだいしんさい）-- The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Disaster
被災地（ひさいち）-- areas affected by disaster
抱負（ほうふ）-- hope; aspiration; plan
語る（かたる）-- speak of; tell (a story)
 
A little departure here, as this isn't so much an article, but it is a good opportunity to hear natural, conversational Japanese, and those shouldn't be passed up. Plus there's a なかなかいい感じ between these two.

コメディ映画で倦怠期夫婦を演じた竹野内豊と水川あさ み、息もピッタリ

Here's the vocab from the title and the description area on YouTube:
倦怠（けんたい）-- get sick of (漢語 for 飽きる (あきる))
期（き）-- period
倦怠期（けんたいき）-- this is the point when you get sick of something and start to not like it, especially used in reference to married couples (飽きて嫌になる時期。特に夫婦の間柄についていう。)
演じる（えんじる）-- to play a role in a movie/play
竹野内豊（たけのうち ゆたか）-- Yukata Takenouchi (actor)
水川あさみ（みずかわ）-- Asami Mizukawa (actress)
大木家のたのしい旅行 新婚地獄篇（おおきけの たのしい りょこう しんこ ん じごく へん）-- The Ookis' Fun Trip: The Newlywed Hell Story. I just tried my hand at translating the movie's title. There is no official translation yet, as it just came out.
初日（しょにち）-- opening day
舞台（ぶたい）-- stage
挨拶（あいさつ）-- greetings and partings
本田隆一（ほんだ りゅういち）-- Ryuuichi Honda (director)
監督（かんとく）-- basically someone who oversees things, like a manager, a coach, or a director.
 
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New facts about the situation at Fukushima Dai'ichi come to light, particularly its condition 16 hours after the earthquake.

地震16時間後に燃料大半溶融 福島第１原発１号機

Vocab:
地震（じしん）-- earthquake
時間（じかん）-- hour(s)
～後（ご）-- suffix meaning "after"
燃料（ねんりょう）-- fuel
大半（たいはん）-- majority
溶融（ようゆう）-- melt
福島（ふくしま）-- Fukushima
第１（だいいち）-- #1
原発（げんぱつ）-- nuclear power plant
第１号機（だいいちごうき）-- #1 reactor
全炉心溶融（ぜんろしんようゆう）-- total meltdown (this is a gloss of the English term used right before it)
判明（はんめい）-- become clear
東京電力（とうきょうでんりょく）-- The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.
１５日（じゅうごにち）-- the 15th
発生（はっせい）-- occur; happen
３月（さんがつ）-- March
１２日（じゅうににち）-- the 12th
午前（ごぜん）-- Ante Meridiem (A.M.)
６時（ろくじ）-- 6 o'clock
５０分（ごじっぷん・ごじゅっぷん）-- 50 minutes (じっぷん is the older reading, and じゅっぷん has become common)
大部分（だいぶぶん）-- most; majority
原子炉圧力容器（げんしろあつりょくようき）-- Reactor Pressure Vessel
底（そこ）-- bottom
溶ける（とける）-- melt
落ちる（おちる）-- fall
暫定（ざんてい）-- provisional
評価（ひょうか）-- assessment
発表（はっぴょう）-- announce
短時間（たんじかん）-- short time
危機的（ききてき）-- critical
状況（じょうきょう）-- situation; conditions
迎える（むかえる）-- to be facing something
東電（とうでん）-- abbreviation for 東京電力
把握（はあく）-- grasp; understand
明らかになる（あきらかになる）-- become clear
～によると -- according to...
約（やく）-- about; approximately
４５分（よんじゅうごふん）-- 45 minutes
津波（つなみ）-- tsunami
非常用（ひじょうよう）-- emergency use
冷却（れいきゃく）-- cooling
機能（きのう）-- function
失う（うしなう）-- to lose
仮定（かてい）-- suppose; assume; postulate
直後（ちょくご）-- immediately after
自動（じどう）-- automatic
停止（ていし）-- stop
１１日（じゅういちにち）-- the 11th
午後（ごご）-- Post Meridiem (P.M.)
頂部（ちょうぶ）-- this isn't in the dictionary and it won't convert with Microsoft IME, but it means the top part.
水位（すいい）-- water level
低下（ていか）-- drop; become low
７時半（しちじはん）-- 7:30
水面（すいめん）-- water surface
露出（ろしゅつ）-- exposure; be exposed
損傷（そんしょう）-- damage
始まる（はじまる）-- start (intransitive)
９時（くじ）-- 9 o'clock
炉心（ろしん）-- reactor core
最高（さいこう）-- highest; maximum
温度（おんど）-- temperature
２８００度（にせんはっぴゃくど）-- 2800°C
達する（たっする）-- reach
落下（らっか）-- drop; fall
原子炉（げんしろ）-- nuclear reactor
注水（しゅうすい）-- to pour water
５時（ごじ）-- 5 o'clock
いったん（一旦）-- once
上がる（あがる）-- rise
～すぎ（過ぎ）-- a little past...
急に（きゅうに）-- suddenly; quickly
下がる（さがる）-- fall; drop
時点（じてん）-- point in time
圧力容器（あつりょくようき）-- Pressure Vessel
穴（あな）-- hole
開く（あく）-- open
～とみる -- to estimate something as ("I see it as...")
限定的（げんていてき）-- limited
早い（はやい）-- early
状態（じょうたい）-- condition
防ぐ（ふせぐ）-- prevent
今後（こんご）-- from now on; in the future
検証（けんしょう）-- verify; inspect
説明（せつめい）-- explain; explanation
一方（いっぽう）-- on the other hand
遅れる（おくれる）-- be late
１６日（じゅうろくにち）-- the 16th
経済（けいざい）-- economics
産業（さんぎょう）-- industry
～省（しょう）-- office; ministry
経済産業省（けいざいさんぎょうしょう）-- the Ministry [Minister] of Economy, Trade and Industry
原子力（げんしりょく）-- nuclear power
安全（あんぜん）-- safety
保安（ほあん）-- preservation of safety/law and order
～院（いん）-- institution
西山英彦 -- personal name (reading given in 振り仮名 in the article. Wasn't that nice of them?)
審議（しんぎ）-- deliberate
～官（かん）-- suffix indicating an official
当初（とうしょ）-- at the beginning/outset
可能性（かのうせい）-- possibility
具体的（ぐたいてき）-- specific
～を基に（をもとに）-- something based on something else
分析（ぶんせき）-- analysis
行う（おこなう）-- do; carry out
聞く（きく）-- hear
詳細（しょうさい）-- detail(ed)
一週間（いっしゅうかん）-- one week
１０日間（とおかかん）-- 10 days
見解（けんかい）-- opinion; view
まとめる（纏める）-- gather; collect
話す（はなす）-- speak; say
 
Glenn said:
頂部（ちょうぶ）-- this isn't in the dictionary and it won't convert with Microsoft IME, but it means the top part.
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It does with Google IME. If you can't get a hold of ATOK from Just Systems, Google IME is the way to go!
 
Oh my god, I just watched that Google IME demo video, and it looks amazing! So there is something like 搜狗輸入法 for Japanese! I just downloaded it. For some reason the selection menu jumps when I hit the arrow keys, but I guess I can live with that. Thanks for the tip!
 
oday's article is a follow-up of yesterday's. Data suggests that the emergency cooling device stopped before the tsunami hit Fukushima's Dai'ichi plant.

【原発】非常用冷却装置が津波前に停止していた

Most of the vocabulary is given above, so no extensive list this time. Just a few new ones.

事故（じこ）-- accident
装置（そうち）-- device; apparatus; equipment
公表（こうひょう）-- announce; make public
到達（とうたつ）-- arrive/arrival
～前（まえ）-- before
運転（うんてん）-- operate
員（いん）-- member; employee; worker; etc.
緊急（きんきゅう）-- urgent; emergency
正常（せいじょう）-- normal
自動（じどう）-- automatic
動き出す（うごきだす）-- start working; begin moving
本来（ほんらい）-- normally
設計（せっけい）-- set up
～に沿って（にそって）-- to do something along something else (マニュアルに沿って, according to the manual)
爆発（ばくはつ）-- explosion
原因（げんいん）-- cause
水素（すいそ）-- hydrogen
抑える（おさえる）-- suppress
 
I'm going upper level/advanced today, with a few characters outside of the old 常用漢字表 (but possibly in the new one: 磐 and 罹), and no vocabulary list.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism mulls making expressways free for victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

高速の被災者無料化、東北以外も 遠隔地避難に配慮

Some questions to direct your reading:

1) What are some of the problems with the plan?
2) What are the proposed solutions to those problems?
 
So this is, uh... interesting.

中国でスイカの「爆発」相次ぐ 化学薬品が原因か

Vocab:
中国（ちゅうごく）-- China
スイカ（西瓜）-- watermelon
爆発（ばくはつ）-- explode
相次ぐ（あいつぐ）-- occur one after another
化学薬品（かがくやくひん）-- chemicals; chemical products
原因（げんいん）-- cause
北京（ぺきん）-- Beijing (bei3 jing1)
共同（きょうどう）-- this generally means "cooperate/collaborate", but here it refers to Kyodo News
江蘇省（こうそしょう）-- Jiangsu Province (jiang1 su1 sheng3)
丹陽市（たんようし）-- Danyang City (dan1 yang2 shi4)
村（むら）-- town
収穫（しゅうかく）-- harvest
～前（まえ）-- suffix indication "before"
大量（たいりょう）-- large quantity
自然（しぜん）-- natural
破裂（はれつ）-- explode; rupture
現象（げんしょう）-- phenomenon
起きる（おきる）-- happen; occur
地元（じもと）-- local
当局（とうきょく）-- authorities
事故（じこ）-- accident
調査（ちょうさ）-- investigation; inquiry
乗り出す（のりだす）-- start (an investigation)
伝える（つたえる）-- tell; convey
一部（いちぶ）-- a part
地雷（じらい）-- land mine
衝撃的（しょうげきてき）-- shocking
報道（ほうどう）-- report
果実（かじつ）-- fruit
肥大（ひだい）-- hypertrophy; enlargement
促進（そくしん）-- promote; stimulate; hasten
薬剤（やくざい）-- chemical; drug
乱用（らんよう）-- abuse; misuse; overuse (also written 濫用)
一因（いちいん）-- a cause
見方（みかた）-- way of seeing something; view
使用（しよう）-- use
農家（のうか）-- farmers
４月末（しがつまつ）-- the end of April
３分の２（さんぶんのに）-- 2/3 (two thirds)
近い（ちかい）-- near
被害（ひがい）-- damage
あう（遭う）-- meet (some bad situation, like 事故に遭う)
 
Tourists to Japan from other countries were down in April in a big way due to the earthquake/tsunami/Fukushima disasters.

４月の来日外国人数、６２％減 過去最大の下げ幅更新

Vocab:
来日（らいにち）-- visit Japan
外国人（がいこくじん）-- foreigner
～数（すう）-- suffix indicating the number of something
～減（げん）-- suffix indicating a decrease in something
過去（かこ）-- past
最大（さいだい）-- biggest; largest
下げ幅（さげはば）-- amount that something fell
更新（こうしん）-- renew
東日本大震災（ひがしにほんだいしんさい）-- Eastern Japan Earthquake Disaster
東京電力福島第一原子力発電所（とうきょうでんりょく ふくしまだいいちげんしりょくはつでんしょ）-- The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. Fukushima #1 Nuclear Power Plant
事故（じこ）-- accident
影響（えいきょう）-- effect
客（きゃく）-- guest; visitor
落ち込み（おちこみ）-- a drop off
続く（つづく）-- continue
前年（ぜんねん）-- previous year
同月（どうげつ）-- same month
減る（へる）-- decrease
上回る（うわまわる）-- surpass; be greater than
連続（れんぞく）-- continue; continual; continuous
日本政府観光局（にほんせいふかんこうきょく）-- Japan National Tourism Organization
推計値（すいけいち）-- estimate (値 is a suffix meaning "value")
発表（はっぴょう）-- announce
単月（たんげつ）-- single month
下回る（したまわる）-- be less than
新型肺炎ＳＡＲＳ（しんがたはいえん さーず）-- ("new" "form" "lung" "inflammation") SARS
流行（りゅうこう）-- spread; be widespread (when followed with 送り仮名 る it's read はやる and has a sense of "popular")
以来（いらい）-- since
地域（ちいき）-- region
～別（べつ）-- separate (shows that the regions are being handled separately in this case)
年間（ねんかん）-- a year of time
～を通じて（をつうじて）-- through
訪れる（おとずれる）-- visit
最も（もっとも）-- most
多い（おおい）-- many
韓国（かんこく）-- Korea
台湾（たいわん）-- Taiwan
以上（いじょう）-- more than
安全（あんぜん）-- safe(ty)
安心（あんしん）-- peace of mind; relief
国（くに）-- country
印象（いんしょう）-- impression
崩れる（くずれる）-- crumble
震災（しんさい）-- earthquake disaster (or just "earthquake", but this word focuses more on the disaster aspect than 地震 does, which is just a term for the phenomenon)
翌日（よくじつ）-- the following day
同期比（どうきひ）-- compared with the same period
比べる（くらべる）-- compare
多少（たしょう）-- a little; some
戻す（もどす）-- regain
原発（げんぱつ）-- nuclear power plant
汚染水（おせんすい）-- polluted water
海（うみ）-- sea
流出（りゅうしゅつ）-- flow out
心理的（しんりてき）-- psychological
恐怖心（きょうふしん）-- a fear
取り除く（とりのぞく）-- take away; remove
至る（いたる）-- reach

There's a related thread here:

Japan's Tourism Woes Continue For No Reason | Japan Forum
 
I guess I'm doing two today, since I missed yesterday. Let's get started with a bit of international news in the region.

北朝鮮最高首脳、長春を出発 中国メディアも報道

This one would probably be a bit of a challenge because of the Korean and Chinese names and places that come out if you weren't already familiar with them. So let's get familiar with them, shall we?

Vocab:
北朝鮮（きたちょうせん）-- North Korea
最高（さいこう）-- highest
首脳（しゅのう）-- a head; a leader
長春（ちょうしゅん）-- Changchun (chang2chun1)
出発（しゅっぱつ）-- depart
中国（ちゅうごく）-- China
報道（ほうどう）-- report
吉林省（きつりんしょう）-- Jilin Province (ji2lin2sheng3)
進藤英樹（しんどうひでき）-- Hideki Shindo, the name of the reporter (I'm guessing, but I'm fairly certain that's how it's read)
訪れる（おとずれる）-- visit
金正日（きむじょんいる）-- Kim Jong-il, normally with the reading given in katakana: キム・ジョンイル
総書記（そうしょき）-- General Secretary
含む（ふくむ）-- to include (transitive)
乗せる（のせる）-- to load
特別（とくべつ）-- special
列車（れっしゃ）-- train
21日（にじゅういちにち）-- the 21st
午後（ごご）-- afternoon
日本時間同（にほんじかんどう）-- this is like a phrase saying that it's the same as Japanese time (JST -- Japanese Standard Time, I assume)
長春市（ちょうしゅんし）-- Changchun City (chang2chun1shi4)
駅（えき）-- (train) station
遼寧省（りょうねいしょう）-- Liaoning Province (liao2ning2sheng3)
瀋陽市（しんようし）-- Shenyang City (shen3yang2shi4)
経由（けいゆ）-- through; via
北京（ぺきん）-- Beijing (bei3jing1)
方面（ほうめん）-- direction
向かう（むかう）-- to head for
もよう（模様）-- appearance; to appear to be a certain way; to seem to be
～ら（等）-- plural suffix, similar to 達 (たち)
20日（はつか・にじゅうにち）-- the 20th. はつか is the older pronunciation, but it seems more and more people are saying にじゅうにち nowadays.
夜（よる）-- night
滞在（たいざい）-- a stay over; to stay over; sojourn
～先（さき）-- a suffix indicating a destination
黒竜江省（こくりゅうこうしょう）-- Heilongjiang Province (hei1long2jiang1sheng3)
牡丹江市（ぼたんこうし）-- Mudanjiang City (mu3danjian1shi4)
午前（ごぜん）-- morning
到着（とうちゃく）-- to arrive
市内（しない）-- in the city
自動車（じどうしゃ）-- automobile
工場（こうじょう）-- factory
視察（しさつ）-- inspect; observe
後（あと）-- after
昨年（さくねん）-- last year (more formal than 去年)
８月（はちがつ）-- August
訪中（ほうちゅう）-- to visit China
～時（じ）-- suffix indicating the time that something happened
迎賓（げいひん）-- "welcoming guests", used in "guest house"
施設（しせつ）-- institution; facility
南湖賓館（なんこひんかん）-- the name of the guest house (nan2hu2 bin1guan3)
立ち寄る（たちよる）-- to drop/stop by
一部（いちぶ）-- a part
外国（がいこく）-- foreign
記事（きじ）-- article
紹介（しょうかい）-- introduce
形（かたち）-- form
伝える（つたえる）-- tell
中国共産党（ちゅうごくきょうさんとう）-- Chinese Communist Party
機関（きかん）-- organization
紙（し）-- suffix indicating "newspaper"
人民日報（じんみんにっぽう）-- Renmin Ribao/The People's Daily (ren2min2 ri4bao4). You can see this one in Japanese: 人民日報
～系（けい）-- a suffix indicating a lineage, that something is a part of some system, etc.
環球時報（かんきゅうじほう）-- Global Times. This is a Chinese newspaper (huan2qiu2 shi2bao4). If you're interested, you can see it in Chinese or English: 环球时报, Global Times.
朝刊（ちょうかん）-- morning edition
韓国（かんこく）-- Korea
再～（さい）-- prefix indicating "again"
盛んに（さかんに）-- with much frequency (this one's tough, it seems, to put into English well)
報じる（ほうじる）-- to report
中国国営中央テレビ（ちゅうごく くこえい ちゅうお う てれび）-- Chinese Central Television (CCTV)
依然として（いぜんとして）-- still; as before
一切（いっさい）-- not at all (this is always used with a negative verb)
触れる（ふれる）-- touch (on)

And I guess I'll be back in a few hours with today's.
 
Another volcano erupts in Iceland.

アイスランドで火山噴火、主要国際空港が閉鎖

Vocab:
グリムスボトン火山（ぐりむすぼとん かざん）-- Grimsvoetn (volcano)
噴火（ふんか）-- erupt; eruption
噴煙（ふんえん）-- the smoke from a volcanic eruption
高度（こうど）-- altitude; height
達する（たっする）-- reach
航空（こうくう）-- aviation
当局（とうきょく）-- authorities
主要（しゅよう）-- main
国際（こくさい）-- international
空港（くうこう）-- airport
閉鎖（へいさ）-- close; close off
気象庁（きしょうちょう）-- Meteorological Agency
複数（ふくすう）-- multiple
小規模（しょうきぼ）-- small-scale
地震（じしん）-- earthquake
発生（はっせい）-- occur; happen
伴う（ともなう）-- along with; accompany
以来（いらい）-- since
～ぶり（振り）-- suffix indicating the length of time since something last happened
最も（もっとも）-- most
活発（かっぱつ）-- active
活火山（かつかざん・かっかざん）-- active volcano
エイヤフィヤトラヨークトル氷河（えいやふぃやとらよーくとる ひょうが）-- Eyjafjallajokull (glacier. Remember this guy?)
噴き上げる（ふきあげる）-- blow upwards
火山灰（かざんばい）-- volcanic ash
影響（えいきょう）-- effect; affect
欧州（おうしゅう）-- Europe. I guess Japanese doesn't use 欧洲, then? Generally 州 is like a state, and 洲 is like a continent, but I guess 洲 is 常用外.
各地（かくち）-- each area; various locations
空の便（そらのびん）-- a flight
混乱（こんらん）-- disorder; confusion
科学者（かがくしゃ）-- scientist
今回（こんかい）-- this time
～に比べて（にくらべて）-- compared to
規模（きぼ）-- scale
航空便（こうくうびん）-- a flight
与える（あたえる）-- give
AP通信（えーぴーつうしん）-- The Associated Press
アイスランド大学（あいすらんど だいがく）-- Iceland University
地球物理学者（ちきゅうぶつりがくしゃ）-- geophysicist
～氏（し）-- Mr.
激しい（はげしい）-- violent; extreme; severe
南部（なんぶ）-- the south(ern part)
広い（ひろい）-- wide
範囲（はんい）-- scope; range
降り積もる（ふりつもる）-- accumulate (said of something that falls, like precipitation or volcanic ash)
述べる（のべる）-- to state
異なる（ことなる）-- differ; be different
当時（とうじ）-- (at) the/that time
地域（ちいき）-- area; region
及ぼす（およぼす）-- to extend (transitive)
語る（かたる）-- tell (a story); speak (of events)
 
Yet another earthquake in Fukushima.

福島県いわき市で震度５弱
 
Obama gives speech in London's Westminster Hall, saying the the US-UK alliance must remain strong, and both countries should continue to have strong influence even amidst the new rising countries.

オバマ氏、英議会で演説 米英の影響力は揺るがず
 
Here's a writeup on the guy who decided to continue with the work of pouring water into Fukushima Dai'ichi on his own. It's a bit of a departure from the newspaper language that I usually post, and is more literary.

海水注入独断継続の吉田所長はこんな人
 
A 23-year-old in Fukuoka is accused of giving kids drink with chemicals mixed in.

小学生５人の飲み物に薬物を混入 傷害容疑で２３歳男逮捕
 
Typhoon #2 hits Japan. It seems really early for typhoons to me, but maybe that's what the Pacific season is always like.

台風２号、昼過ぎから夜にかけ四国・近畿に
 
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