Meet the World 2026

This text features 20 articles specially selected from The Japan News, one of Japan’s top English-language newspapers. The text is designed to keep in mind students coming to an English newspaper for the first time or those who struggle with longer texts. Articles are arranged on the basis of word count and topic difficulty, with introductory notes on characteristic features of newspaper English. Also included are tasks designed to develop the four skills in an integrated way, while also reinforcing critical thinking, self-expression, and note-taking ability. Teacher’s materials include four sample exam papers and additional supplementary tasks.

Contents

Unit 1 Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes

Unit 2 All Osaka Pref.-run high schools to have study-abroad programs

Unit 3 Manila neighborhood puts bounty on dengue-carrying mosquitoes

Unit 4 Minpaku lodging services rapidly expanding in Tochigi Prefecture

Unit 5 Education ministry eyes digital textbooks as official schoolbooks

Unit 6 Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first time

Unit 7 ‘We may look easy-going, but...’ Canadians veto Trump’s merger plan

Unit 8 German man sets world record living for 120 days underwater

Unit 9 World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island

Unit 10    Kamakura shrine appoints 1st female priests in 800-yr history

Unit 11    Tokyo Shinto shrines to help bring quake supplies

Unit 12    Trove of dinosaur footprints found at Australian school

Unit 13    Iranian climber who competed without hijab leaves country－family

Unit 14    Ibaraki Pref. looking to secure human resources from India

Unit 15    Team uses AI to better estimate Nankai Trough quake location

Unit 16    Aomori firm develops system to generate power from snowmelt

Unit 17    Survey: 95％ of principals favor using mix of paper, digital textbooks

Unit 18    US happiness sinks as more Americans eat alone－survey

Unit 19    Hokkaido high schools launch drone courses to attract students

Unit 20    Unfinished deep-sea observatory spots highest-energy neutrino ever

（Total 20 Units）