YEAR 2012

January
1. Will TPP deteriorate the medical and pharmaceutical sectors of Japan? - Matsumoto
2. Under the auspice of China, the Kim-dom will survive. - Taira
3. Are you willing to use e-mails more? - Matsumoto
4. Do you like Vermeer's Paintings? - Suzuki





February
1. Can Japan accept foreign workers more than 5% of its workforce? - Kimura
2. Is Japanese sightseeing business promising? - Suzuki
3. Is stand-up meeting productive? - Matsumoto
4. Can Obama reduce inequality? - Miyake





March
1. Is judo class too early in junior high school? - Suzuki
2. Are you for or aginst the Osaka M.G. to screen the emails? - Ichizuka
3. Can we revive Japan? - Kotani
4. Is Toru Hashimoto a dangerous figure? - Inoue
5. Nuclear power plants are indispensable for Japan. - Taira





April
1.  Military intervention or diplomatic engagement in Syria? - Miyake
2. Do you prefer convenience rather than privacy? - Matsumoto
3. Is the future of rice farming is bright in Japan? - Kimura
4. Is Obama making it worse? - Taira





May
1. The Senkaku should be owned by government - Kotani
2.  Welfare standards should be laxer.- Ichizuka
3.  Paper documents will disappear from office. - Matsumoto
4. Are your inherited traits critial in your life? - Suzuki





June
1. Moral hazard in capitalism is impossible to control by law. - Taira  
2.  Europe will return to old Europe. - Taira
3. Do you agree with Mr. Sawa? - Miyake
4. Government workers should be banned from tattooing. - Ichizuka
5. The higher, the better for students pursing higher education - Kotani





July
1. Japan is facing the middle class crisis too. - Taira
2. Which do you choose for bilingual children, international school or a state education? - Miyake
3. Do you support the sales ban on raw beef livers? - Suzuki
4. Sumo should be more internationalized to be revitalized. - Kimura





August
1. Cross voters should be disciplined. - Matsumoto
2. Human morality makes progress forever. - Taira
3. Do you allow the government to spend multi-billion dollars on big science? - Miyahara
4. Can we expect China's next leap forward soon? - Kotani





September
1. Japan's consumer electronics industries will disappear. - Matsumoto
2. There should be some facilities on the Senkaku Islands. - Ichizuka
3. Introverts are disadvantagrous in a competitive society. - Miyake
4. The Japanese are more diversified than homogeneous. - Taira
5. The next Jasmine will come to Syria. - Matsumoto





October
1. Are you looking forward to "A more globalized society"? - Inoue
2. The most suitable model for Japan in the future. - Kimura
3. Are you willing to rely on the net shopping? - Suzuki
4. Can women save Japan? - Taira





November
1. Do you sleep more than 7 hours a night? - Matsumoto
2. Can Ishihara cause another flower to bloom? - Kotani
3. Obama will be one of the greatest U.S. prsidents. - Miyake
4. Can a new leader in China bring reforms? - Taira





December
1. Which quadrant do you support? - Matsumoto
2. Abe's cabinet will last at least three years. - Taira
3. Which is more to blame, tourists or the agent in the Great Wall accident? - Kimura
4. 2013 will be much better than 2012. - Kotani