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Japanese political jargon: how to learn it?

#1
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could suggest books, web-pages, word-lists, etc. regarding the vocabulary used in politics/economics.
I am trying to read the main daily newspapers regularly and increase my skills as I get along, but something more specific would be cool.
Thank you in advance for any help or suggestion.
Cheers
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#2
I find that reading political editorials with a tutor as the best way to go.

Other than that what you are already doing is good. Just read political magazines, newspapers, and watch the news every night.
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#3
You might find this koukoukokuza course on economy & politics useful: http://www.nhk.or.jp/kokokoza/library/20...r2_seikei/
Edited: 2010-08-28, 4:54 am
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#4
FNN 政治I assume you already have Rikainchan for Firefox. Just listen and read.
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#5
Thank you for the nice links.
I was also wondering if there was any book or dictionary similar to those used for technical Japanese.
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#6
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=...q=&gs_rfai=
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#7
I personally found the book "How to read a Japanese Newspaper - 1. Newspaper Terms" (Japanese Title: "外国人のための新聞の見方・読み方") very helpful. It's 2000 Yen but was well worth the money for me. You should know though, that it's merely more than just a list of words and maybe some 400 or 500 example sentences.
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