Todd: Hello, what is your name?
Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi FukudaTodd: HitoshiHitoshi: Mm-hm.
Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name?
Hitoshi: Fukuda.
Todd: Fukuda.
Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
Todd: And where are you from?
Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a city called Utsunomiya.
Todd: Uh-huh.
Hitoshi: It's north of Tokyo.
Todd: Oh, nice.
Hitoshi: But, when I was ten I moved to Uwara, which is in Saitama.
Todd: OK.
Hitoshi: And I've been there ever since.
Todd: OK. Um..tell me about your country. Tell me about Japan.
Hitoshi: Japan? Well, it's a very crowded country, a lot of people. And it's very small in terms of the size you know of the area. It's actually smaller than California.
Todd: Wow. Wow.
Hitoshi: And then, two-thirds of the area is covered by forests.
Todd: Ah..that's good. I love forests. I love forests. How many people live in Japan?
Hitoshi: About 120,000,000.
Todd: Wow.
Hitoshi: Yeah. Just about 125,000,000. It's about half the population of the states.
Todd: Man! And what is the capital city?
Hitoshi: It's Tokyo.
Todd: Tokyo. And who is the leader of the country?
Hitoshi: It's Koizumi.
Todd: Koizumi.
Hitoshi: The Prime Minister. Yes.
