Podcast [English World] Episode 144: Outbound travel at 70% of pre-COVID level

When did you last travel abroad?

Three Kyodo News reporters -- Eduardo Martinez, Keinosuke Taga and Su Xincheng  -- talk about how overseas travel from Japan has been recovering but remains at around 70 percent of prepandemic levels amid a weak yen. Listen as they discuss how the weak yen has affected the travel plans of people in Japan, Japan's relatively low passport ownership rate and other factors impacting outbound travel.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

Japan outbound travel remains at 70% of pre-pandemic levels amid weak yen

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.