translation practice #2 The number of foreigners who live in Japan will increase because a new law has been established. The Seven Bank has installed ATM in its convenience stores and is going to start a service so that they can open their accounts easily. It usually takes around six months for foreigners to open their account in Japanese banks because the banks need to make sure their visas and incomes. The Seven Bank is starting the service with the company where follows the procedure online when it comes to visa for the workers from Asian countries. It will be possible to open the account for them within several days with the submission before arrival to Japan. The Seven Bank is starting the service by coming spring. This is the original article from NHK. 日本で働く外国人を増やすための法律ができて、これから日本で生活する外国人が増えそうです。コンビニなどにＡＴＭを置いているセブン銀行は、外国人の口座を速く作るサービスを始めます。 外国人が日本の銀行で口座を作る場合、銀行がビザや収入などを確認するため、６か月ぐらいかかることがあります。セブン銀行は、アジアなどから来る外国人のビザの手続きをインターネットでしている会社と一緒に、このサービスを始めます。日本に来る前に必要な書類を出してもらって、数日ぐらいで口座ができるようにします。 セブン銀行は、今年の春ごろからこのサービスを始める予定です。

Wooden straw I'll try to translate a piece of news from NHK. A hotel in Tokyo made straws with a company which deals with building wooden houses. The hotel stopped to use plastic straws and is going to use wooden straws instead from this month. Because The polluted sea by plastic straws has been a big problem in the world. Pine tree is cut into thin 0.15 milimeter which likes a paper first. Then the pieces are rolled and formed like straws. The materials used the trees which are from Nara prefecture where hit landscape due to heavy rain last year. The number of restaurants which use paper straws or botanical straws instead of plastic ones is increasing.

Shinkansen bullet train I got on Shinkansen bullet train today to return home. Since it's a peak season, it was crowded in the train. I got another ticket first though, I rescheduled online because I was missing it. Fortunately, I could able to assign my aisle seat which is my favorite. There is an outlet on a wall. So I charged my battery of my smartphone during boarding and I used it without worries about dying battery.

Humidifier It is said that the flu will be pandemic in the cold and dry season. It's normal to go around for the flu in December and January. Therefore, I underwent a flu shot a week ago. Since I see many kids everyday, I don't want them to catch the flu from me. I definitely need to prevent to catch flu. That's why I put a humidifier in the room.

snowing It is suporsed to snow tonight. I don't like snow because snowy condition cause confused in traffic. They say that Japanese traffic system is punctual. However it's not easy to maintain to be punctual on such as snowy day or typhoon day. In that case people are panicked and confused. Especially, it's the last business day of 2018 tomorrow. I hope everything will be alright tomorrow.

year end event Cleaning at the end of the year is an annual event which is Japanese culture. Today, I cleaned up all of the windows in my house. There are some parts where I've not done though, I'm exhausted. So I stopped cleaning once and I will do that again tomorrow. Probably I won't be able to finish even tomorrow. I have to completely finish them till Dec. 31, otherwise I won't get the comfortable new year's day.