Osaka University Professor Suspected of Misusing Research Funds
A professor at Osaka Metropolitan University is in trouble. He may have used research money in the wrong way.
The money is called kaken-hi. This is money from the Japanese government. It helps professors do research.
The professor used about 690,000 yen for a business trip. But people cannot check if he really went there.
The university did an internal audit. This is a check inside the university. They looked at the money carefully.
The professor often appears on TV and in the media. Many people know his face.
The professor says most of this is not true. He does not agree with the report.
The university is still investigating the case. This means they are still looking for the truth.
Vocabulary15 words
- research money
- money used to study and learn new things
- kaken-hi
- a Japanese word for government research money
- business trip
- a trip for work
- internal audit
- a check done by people inside the same company or place
- investigating
- trying to find out the truth about something
- misuse
- to use something in a wrong or bad way
- professor
- a teacher at a university
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- media
- TV, newspapers, and other places that share news
- confirm
- to check that something is true
- case
- a problem that people are looking into
- deny
- to say something is not true
- destination
- the place you are going to
- appear
- to be seen, like on TV
- trouble
- a difficult or bad situation
Quiz
Answer key
1. Research money 2. About 690,000 yen 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A professor at Osaka Metropolitan University is in trouble. He may have used _____ in the wrong way.
The money is called _____. This is money from the Japanese _____. It helps professors do research.
The professor used about _____ yen for a business trip. But people cannot check if he really went there.
The university did an internal _____. This is a check inside the university.
The professor often appears on _____. Many people know his face.
The professor says most of this is not true. He does not agree with the _____.
The university is still _____ the case.