What are your plans for the summer?

Three Kyodo News reporters -- Yamaguchi-san, Eduardo and Donican -- talk about how the budget for summer holidays among Japanese people this year has gone down due to inflation and a weak yen. Listen as the three discuss how they have personally been affected, and their own plans for the upcoming months.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

Japanese budget less for summer break amid inflation, weak yen: poll

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.

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Passengers fill a bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station on Aug. 11, 2023, during the summer holiday period in Japan. (Kyodo)