久しぶりに友人に手紙を書いて近況を知らせた。
I wrote to a friend for the first time in a while to let them know how I've been.
同窓会でお互いの近況を報告し合った。
At the class reunion we caught each other up on what we'd been doing lately.
先生のご近況をお聞かせください。
Please let me know how you have been lately, sir.