A chef in South Korea served a dessert with ant powder. Ants are not an approved insect, so it is illegal to serve in South Korea. The chef could go to prison. The restaurant is in Gangnam in Seoul. The restaurant is a two-star Michelin restaurant. Michelin stars are the most prestigious awards given to restaurants. Michelin restaurants have 1, 2 or 3 stars. Three stars are the best. The ants were used to add flavour to a sorbet dessert. Sorbets are a kind

An unwritten to-do list My to-do list for this weekend: I have to take the kids swimming. My son is learning to swim. I have to buy a mouse mat for work. I have to do the washing. With two kids, there is so much washing... I have to move my body (jogging?). I ran 5km three times in the last week. Keep it up Chris! I have to buy a fan for my son. It is getting hot at night, so my son needs a fan. I have to study kanji. Sooooo many kanji... I don't have to play video games,...

Just before the ball bounces off Jo Adell's head. One of the strangest homeruns in baseball happened last week. Jo Adell of the Los Angeles Angels tried to catch a hit, but he missed it and it bounced off his head for a homerun! The single homerun took Colorado to 8-0. They won the game 8-2 in the end. Adell said "[...]it was kind of the icing on the cake because I was (bad) [...] the whole day today.” More comedy homeruns please! I love it! Check the video and read more

A message written about Quagsire (ヌオー) Every Pokémon is loved. And now there is a website to prove it! The website Favorite Pokémon lets people choose their favorite Pokémon and write a short message about them. All the Pokémon have been chosen as a favourite! That means every Pokémon is loved by someone! Which is your favorite Pokémon? Check out the website: https://favoritepokemon.vercel.app/#/ every Pokémon: すべてのポケモン to prove it: それを証明するために the website lets people choos

Greg the frog A farmer in Australia found a live frog in a salad bag. The frog was completely sealed into the bag. Seemingly it was fine! The flatmates in Australia didn't believe him when he said "Oh Bro, there’s a frog in the lettuce." They named the frog Greg and later released him into a nearby pond. The supermarket said sorry and gave him a new bag of salad! Watch the video and read more here: https://apnews.com/article/australia-frog-lettuce-salad-esperance-4134acf75

2026 Champion Sébastien Bérard (right) Lightsaber dueling is getting more popular in Europe. Lightsabers are the swords used in the Star Wars universe. They are laser swords that can kill instantly. In France it is an official sport. Some people want it to become an olympic sport. There are many tournaments across Europe. What do you think? Do you want to try lightsaber dueling?? Darth Vader with his lightsaber A video from a championship in France 3 years ago:...

Switch 2 will is getting expensive! Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 are going to have a price rise. Nintendo announced the price rise last week. In Japan, both the Switch and Switch 2 will be ￥10,000 more expensive from 25th May. In the USA, Switch 2 will rise by $50; In Europe, €30 and Canada $50. It is getting more expensive... I want to buy a Switch 2 but now I will wait and maybe buy a secondhand one later... What do you think of the price change? price rise: 価格上昇 to ann

Pragmata's main characters The reviews for Pragmata are in. Pragmata is Capcom's latest video game. It is a rare treat: a new big-budget IP! Capcom are known for Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Devil May Cry as well as older titles such as Megaman (Rockman in Japan), Final Fight and Ghosts'n Goblins. But this game is totally new. The story is Hugh (a space traveller) and Diane (a small robot girl) must escape a research station. Video G

Nintendo Switch is the second most popular brand in Japan. That is with people under 20 years old. It ranks higher than Nintendo itself, Daiso, Disney and Pokemon. The survey asked about 1000 brands to 37,000 people. What do you think? What are your favourite brands? Read more here: https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switch-is-the-second-most-popular-brand-name-among-japanese-teenagers-beating-pokemon-disney-and-nintendo-itself-according-to-large-scale-survey/ Ori

Hot cross buns with butter Easter is coming! Easter will be 3rd-5th April this year. One tradition is hot cross buns! I love them.... Hot cross buns are a small round bread roll. They are enjoyed in many countries including the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, Canada and India. They are a sweet spiced bread with a cross baked on top. They are usually glazed with sugar. Despite the name, they are often eaten cold or they are toasted and buttered . I wa

Lots of yen!! The election will cost ￥85.5 billion. That is $547m. It will be the most expensive election ever in Japan. The Mainichi reported that this election will cost ￥826 per voter. Many people are angry because things are getting more expensive and the yen is getting weaker. So, this money should be used to help those things. What do you think? Read the Mainichi article here: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260202/p2a/00m/0na/003000c election: 選挙 will cost ～:

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant The nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki is going to start producing electricity again. It is the biggest nuclear power station in the world. Many local people are angry. Many people think that nuclear power is not safe enough and they may have to evacuate if there is a meltdown. Also, there are much cheaper sources of electricity. Solar and wind are cheaper and much safer than nuclear power. The plant will start producing electricit

Smiley Face A man made the smallest sculpture ever. It is 0.01104mm by 0.01233mm. It is on a postage stamp. It is so small that it is just a dot on the eye of the Queen! Can you see it? I can't... It is a world record! He went to Bournemouth university to use their microscopes. The students measured it to confirm the record. The same person held the previous record for the smallest sculpture. He made a Lego brick in early 2025. That was 0.02517mm by 0.02184mm! So small i

Toma Toma: Hey, Ste. What subject do you like? Ste: I like French. I like speaking French. Toma: Oh. You learn French at school?? Ste: Yes, I like studying French and science too. How about you? Toma: Of course, I like studying English and speaking with my teacher. I also like studying math. Ste: Wow! But math is so difficult! Toma: No way! Studying science is difficult! Ste: Hahaha, OK OK! We can study together! French: フランス語 science: 科学 speaking with my teache

One Punch Man's introduction One Punch Man is a manga written by ONE. ONE is a manga artist from Niigata. One Punch Man started as a comic shared on the website Shinchosha in 2009. It was printed as a manga with new drawings in June 2012 and an anime version was shown in October 2015. One Punch Man is a super-strong hero. He looks quite young and skinny but has no hair. After losing a fight with a crab-like monster, Saitama (One Punch Man's real name) started training. He d

Jakarta, Indonesia takes the crown The UN say that Tokyo is not the biggest city in the world anymore. Jakarta in Indonesia and also Dhaka in Bangladesh are now bigger than Tokyo. Tokyo is a megacity with 33.4m people living there. But Jakarta now has almost 42m people and Dhaka nearly 37m people. Megacities are cities with more than 10m people. Tokyo is shrinking. The projected population will be 30.7m in the year 2050. I lived in New Zealand and there are just 5m p

Ghost Of Tsushima - a PlayStation 4 game I started playing Ghost of Tsushima this weekend. I got it for my birthday a few weeks ago. I didn't have time until Saturday night, so I grabbed a drink and started playing. I love playing video games. Me and my son play Minecraft every week. But when I have time, after the children go to bed, I enjoy playing fighting games. My son doesn't play games made for adults. He is too young. So, I play them alone at night. Ghost of Tsushim

Memrise I created a Memrise course to practice the grammar from the New Horizon textbook. Please check it out here !

The tanker crashed in this man's garden! A man in Norway woke up to find a tanker in his garden. The crash was seen by his neighbour. Helberg (the house owner) woke when the neighbour rang his doorbell! Police are investigating. They are trying to remove the ship. The first time was unsuccessful. They will try again when the tide comes in. Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/22/it-was-so-unreal-norwegian-man-wakes-to-cargo-ship-in-his-garden Norway: ノ

There are lots of ways that people use "as... as" sentences in English. It is as useful as... something that is very useful! Here are some of the more common ones: as bad as all that It's not as bad as all that... It means, "it's not that bad". The situation is not as bad as all that. There are many things we can do... as much as possible This is super common. We use it a lot! Please study as much as possible. Please read as much English as possible! as blind as a bat This i