Hello! My name is Taishi, and I'm an English teacher located in Tokyo, Japan.

I've been teaching English mainly to Japanese businesspeople, but I'd like to try the opposite on Podcast--teaching a bit about Japanese to people outside of Japan.

I'm going to talk about some hot news and cultural trends in Japan and introduce some related Japanese words or phrases that might be interesting for you, who are...

-Currently learning Japanese

-Interested in the Japanese language

-Interested in Japan in general

Today's topics

-News: Tokyo sees a population rise of children though with the lowest fertility rate

How serious is the population problem in Japan, and why?

How can we potentially solve the issue?

-Japanese words related to "population"

少子化 (shoo-shi-ka): declining child population

化: -zation (suffix)

高齢化 (kou-rei-ka): aging population

高齢者 (kou-rei-sha): elderly people

老人 (rou-jin): elderly people (a little derogatory)

お年寄り(o-toshi-yori): elderly people (nauttal)

出生率 (syu-ssyou-ritshu): fertility rate

人口 (jin-kou): population

This is my first podcast and I know it's very awkward, but I'll try to keep improving as I go, so any feedback will be welcome!

Thank you so much for your support!