Podcast [English World] Episode 148: Why is Japan’s main opposition party struggling? 

Three Kyodo News reporters – Toma Mochizuki, Eduardo Martinez and Peter Masheter – talk about Japan’s main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance and its crowdfunding campaign. Listen as Toma and Eduardo ask Peter, who has been covering the opposition, about how the party came to be and what hurdles it faces.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

Crowdfunding brings 100 mil. yen to cash-strapped Japan main opposition

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.