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This year's Buzzword of the Year nominees include "medicinal cuisine."
On December 1st, the "2025 T&D Insurance Group New Words and Buzzwords Awards" were announced, with the annual grand prize going to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's phrase "I will work and work and work and work and work." While it didn't make the top ten, the word "medicinal cuisine" was among the 30 nominated terms.
This year's Buzzword of the Year nominees include "medicinal cuisine."
On December 1st, the "2025 T&D Insurance Group New Words and Buzzwords Awards" were announced, with the annual grand prize going to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's phrase "I will work and work and work and work and work." While it didn't make the top ten, the word "medicinal cuisine" was among the 30 nominated terms.
【Shortness of Breath】── Don't Miss the "Signs of Fatigue": Your Breathing's Message
Have you ever felt short of breath or tightness in your chest when climbing stairs or rushing a bit? Women in their 30s to 50s, juggling work, housework, and childcare, often unknowingly develop shallow breathing patterns.
【Shortness of Breath】── Don't Miss the "Signs of Fatigue": Your Breathing's Message
Have you ever felt short of breath or tightness in your chest when climbing stairs or rushing a bit? Women in their 30s to 50s, juggling work, housework, and childcare, often unknowingly develop shallow breathing patterns.
Palpitations ── "fluctuations in the rhythm of the heart" that are often overlooked in the midst of a busy schedule.
Do you ever feel a strong "heartbeat" in your chest at a moment's notice? Palpitations are not uncommon for women in their 30s to 50s who spend their days doing everything they can to cope with the strain of work, housework, childcare, lack of sleep, and so on. In many cases, it appears as a temporary physical and mental reaction to stress, hormonal imbalance, or excessive caffeine intake.
Palpitations ── "fluctuations in the rhythm of the heart" that are often overlooked in the midst of a busy schedule.
Do you ever feel a strong "heartbeat" in your chest at a moment's notice? Palpitations are not uncommon for women in their 30s to 50s who spend their days doing everything they can to cope with the strain of work, housework, childcare, lack of sleep, and so on. In many cases, it appears as a temporary physical and mental reaction to stress, hormonal imbalance, or excessive caffeine intake.
Kyoto Botanical Garden, a healing spot
Kyoto Botanical Garden is known as Japan's oldest public comprehensive botanical garden, and is a healing spot where visitors can easily enjoy the richness of nature in each of the four seasons. More than 12,000 species of plants grow on its vast grounds, and each time you visit, you will discover something new. The garden is filled with seasonal beauty: tulips and cherry blossoms in spring, colorful rose garden in early summer, hydrangea in the rainy season, autumn leaves and cosmos in fall, and tropical plants and orchids in the greenhouse in winter.
Kyoto Botanical Garden, a healing spot
Kyoto Botanical Garden is known as Japan's oldest public comprehensive botanical garden, and is a healing spot where visitors can easily enjoy the richness of nature in each of the four seasons. More than 12,000 species of plants grow on its vast grounds, and each time you visit, you will discover something new. The garden is filled with seasonal beauty: tulips and cherry blossoms in spring, colorful rose garden in early summer, hydrangea in the rainy season, autumn leaves and cosmos in fall, and tropical plants and orchids in the greenhouse in winter.
Rokushingan herbal remedies against whooping cough
Whooping Cough Infection and Other Outbreaks This year, the number of cases of whooping cough is rapidly increasing nationwide, with the number of cases reported nationwide reaching nearly 3,000 in the week ending May 25. Of these cases, Kyoto Prefecture has also seen a marked increase, with the latest report showing a cumulative total of 611 cases by July 13, 2025, already exceeding the annual number of cases reported in 2019 (255) and the highest number ever reported.
Rokushingan herbal remedies against whooping cough
Whooping Cough Infection and Other Outbreaks This year, the number of cases of whooping cough is rapidly increasing nationwide, with the number of cases reported nationwide reaching nearly 3,000 in the week ending May 25. Of these cases, Kyoto Prefecture has also seen a marked increase, with the latest report showing a cumulative total of 611 cases by July 13, 2025, already exceeding the annual number of cases reported in 2019 (255) and the highest number ever reported.
Gozan-no-Okuribi (Bonfire on Mount Gozan), a summer tradition in Kyoto
Thank you very much for your kind attention. This is Kameda Risaburo Yakusho. Gozan-no-Okuribi," a traditional event that graces the summer nights of Kyoto, is an annual event held on August 16 to send off the spirits of the dead. To send off the spirits of ancestors who have returned from the Bon Festival, five fire characters are lit in sequence on the mountains to the east, west, west, and north of Kyoto: "Daimonji," "Myoho," "Funagata," "Left Daimonji," and "Torii" (the gate to the shrine).
Gozan-no-Okuribi (Bonfire on Mount Gozan), a summer tradition in Kyoto
Thank you very much for your kind attention. This is Kameda Risaburo Yakusho. Gozan-no-Okuribi," a traditional event that graces the summer nights of Kyoto, is an annual event held on August 16 to send off the spirits of the dead. To send off the spirits of ancestors who have returned from the Bon Festival, five fire characters are lit in sequence on the mountains to the east, west, west, and north of Kyoto: "Daimonji," "Myoho," "Funagata," "Left Daimonji," and "Torii" (the gate to the shrine).