Do you drink green tea regularly?

 

Three Kyodo News reporters — Ellessa Yamada, Toma Mochizuki and Donican Lam — talk about Japan’s record green tea exports amid an overseas matcha boom. Listen as they discuss how the popular drink is viewed abroad and in Japan, as well as their own tea drinking habits.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

Japan’s green tea exports reach highest level in over 70 years

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.