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ニュース１

長野県は9日、白馬村の小中学校3校で給食を食べた児童・生徒と教職員計46人が発熱や発疹などの症状を訴えた件で、原因は、調理するカジキの常温解凍を長くし過ぎたため、雑菌が繁殖したことによる食中毒だったと発表した。

Nagano Prefecture announced on August 9 that a total of 46 students and faculty members at three elementary and junior high schools in Hakuba Village who ate school lunches complained of fever, rash, and other symptoms, and that the cause was food poisoning caused by the growth of bacteria due to the swordfish being allowed to thaw at room temperature for too long before cooking.

◎a total of: 計～(人)の
◎complain of: (症状などを)訴える
◎food poisoning: 食中毒
◎thaw: （冷凍した物が）解凍する

視聴者のコメント
常温解凍は危険でダメなのは確かだけど、学校、病院、老人ホームの給食を作ってる所は皆んなが思っている以上に人手不足。人も居ない、給料も安い、そんな中子供とか病人、高齢者の食の安全を守るのも限界がきていると思う。保育士や介護士は国からの補助も出るが、調理するスタッフも何かしらの援助が無いと今後このような事故は増え続けてしまうと思う。

Viewer Comments
It's true that defrosting at room temperature is dangerous and a no-no, but the places that make lunches for schools, hospitals, and nursing homes are more short-staffed than everyone thinks. There are no workers, salaries are low, and I think there is a limit to what can be done to protect the food safety of children, the sick, and the elderly in such circumstances. The government subsidizes childcare workers and caregivers, but without some kind of assistance for cooking staff, I think the number of accidents like this will continue to increase.

◎no-no: やってはいけないこと
◎short-staffed: 人手不足の
◎subsidize: 助成する、金銭的に援助する

ニュース２

自民党、公明党、国民民主党の協議が大詰めを迎えている「年収103万円の壁」引き上げを巡り、毎日新聞が全国47都道府県の知事を対象にアンケート調査をしたところ、引き上げ自体への反対は「ゼロ」で、半数近い22人が「賛成」と答えた。税収減を懸念する一方で、人手不足解消や住民の所得向上などによる経済活性化に期待する意見が強いことが浮き彫りになった。

With regard to the raising of the "1.03 million yen annual income barrier," which has reached a critical point in the talks between the LDP, Komeito, and the DPJ, the Mainichi Shimbun conducted a survey of governors in 47 prefectures across Japan and found that "zero" were opposed to the increase itself, with nearly half (22 people) saying they were in favor. The survey highlighted that while there is concern about a decrease in tax revenues, there is also strong hope for economic revitalization through the elimination of labor shortages and an increase in residents' incomes.

◎reach a critical point: 山場に入る、大詰めを迎える
◎in favor: 賛成して
◎revitalization: 活性化

専門家の提言
103万円の構成要素である基礎控除は生活費などを考慮したものですので、物価高などに対応する引上げ（適正化）は妥当なものです。もちろん財源の問題などは考える必要はありますが、本来基礎控除の適正化と国の財源の問題は別物です。基礎控除が現状に合わないのであればまずはそれを修正し、それによってでてきた問題があれば他の方法で手当てする、という形にしないと結局何も変わらないことになってしまいます。まずは一歩踏み出し、そこでの問題を解決するために知恵を絞るというあり方が望ましいように思います。

Expert Commentary
Since the basicexemption, which is a component of the ¥1,030,000 threshold, takes into account the cost of living and other factors, an increase (optimization) in response to higher prices and other factors is appropriate. Of course, it is necessary to consider the issue of financial resources, but the optimization of the basic exemption and the issue of national financial resources are two different things. If the basic exemptionis not in line with the current situation, it should be corrected first, and if there are problems arising from the correction, they should be dealt with in other ways, or nothing will change. I think it is desirable to take the first step, and then to focus one's wisdom to solve the problem at hand.

◎basic exemption: 基礎控除
◎threshold: 閾値、ここでは103万円の壁を意味する
◎in line with: ～と合っている

ニュース３

新型コロナウイルス禍でテイクアウト人気をリードしたワタミ運営のから揚げ専門店「から揚げの天才」。当時、1号店オープンから最速で100店舗達成と勢いがあったが、その後一転して閉店ラッシュに見舞われ、ピークからわずか3年で店舗数が10分の1に激減した。そして2024年11月、ワタミ本社が入居するビル1階で営業していた店舗も閉店した。

"Karaage no Tensai," a fried food specialty restaurant operated by Watami, led the popularity of takeout after the new COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the restaurant had momentum, reaching 100 stores as quickly as possible after opening its first store, but it was then hit by a rush of store closures, and the number of stores plummeted to one-tenth of its peak just three years after its peak. In November 2024, the store that operated on the first floor of the building where Watami's headquarters is located was also closed.

◎momentum: 勢い
◎plummet: 落ちる、急落する

視聴者のコメント
ワタミグループの閉店には人材不足も大きなウェイトを占めていないでしょうか？今は無くなったと思いますが、売上の高い日曜営業終了後、一睡も出来ず毎週月曜早朝から蒲田本社で店長会議で、売り上げの低い店の店長は中間管理職を飛ばして社長直々のパワハラが当たり前、結果優秀な人材が会社を去って行ったと。こんな噂が普通に流れていたと言うことは、実際はそれ以上だったのでしょう。近所の店長と話したことありますが、げっそりしていましたので、私のいた外食チェーンは天国と感じました。トップダウンの強すぎる企業は開店も早いでしょうが、無理が祟るとこうなる。

Viewer Comments
Isn't the lack of human resources a big part of the Watami Group's closures? I think it's gone now, but I heard that after the close of business on Sundays when sales are high, the managers have a meeting at the Kamata head office every Monday early morning without getting a wink of sleep, and that the managers of the stores with low sales skip over the middle managers and are harassed directly by the president. If rumors like this were common, the reality must have been even worse. I have talked to a manager at a nearby restaurant, and he so drained that I felt the restaurant chain I was at was heaven. A company that is too top down will open too fast, but this is what happens when the overreach takes its toll.

◎a wink of sleep: 一睡
◎harass: パワハラをする
◎be drained: (心身ともに)疲れ果てる
◎take one's toll: ～に損害[悪影響]を与える