Podcast [English World] Episode 152: Qualifications for housework

Three Kyodo News reporters – Toma Mochizuki, Eduardo Martniezand Su Xincheng – talk about Japan’s plans to introduce national qualifications for housework services to address the problem of people quitting caregiving jobs. Listen as Toma and Ed ask Su, who wrote the article, what challenges exist in the industry and who would benefit from the implementation of said services.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

FOCUS: Costs, customs pose challenges in Japan's promotion of housework services

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.