Year 2016

Year 2016

January
  1. Should Japan co-host the 2018 Winter Olympics with Korea? - Ichizuka
  2. Old people are burden on society. - Shimabukuro
  3. Japanese parochialism prevents her from being internationalized. - Miyake
  4. Machine translation will take the place of human translators. - Matsumoto

February
  1. Trump will be next U.S. President. - Shimabukuro
  2. Engagement or Containment of North Korea - Inoue
  3. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. - Ando
  4. Growth is still essential for dynamic Japan. - Taira

March
  1. If technological singularity becomes reality, can you accept it? - Maeda
  2. Should there be a maximum age limit for licensed drivers? - Ichizuka
  3. Outsourcing Bukatsu activities should be promoted. - Taira
  4. The Japanese government should reduce its dependence on nuclear power. - Miyake

April
  1. Is circular economy viable in Japan? - Suzuki
  2. We should build up compact communities. - Shimabukuro
  3. Can Japanese consumer electronics industry survive in a global competition? - Inoue
  4. Humans are naturally evil. - Shimabukuro
  5. Japan should review its rules and practices on food. - Kimura

May
  1. Creating shared value will save the society. - Matsumoto
  2. Should Japan strengthen its ties with America? - Nakamura
  3. Trump will get nomination but lose presidency. - Miyake
  4. Masuzoe is one of the bad Tokyo Governors. - Shimabukuro

June
  1. Is  the right to be forgotten more important than the right to know? - Matsumoto
  2. Are you in favor of Abenomics? - Miyanoya
  3. President Obama's speech in Hiroshima - Matsumoto
  4. Does a religious line of reasoning have a place in debating morality? - Miyahara

July
  1. Are you prepared for a big earthquake? - Hatakeyama
  2. Is political and economic hard landing for China inevitable? - Maeda
  3. Is "Brexit" the beginning of EU collapse? - Inoue
  4. Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. - Shimabukuro
  5. Title undecided ................................................ - Nakaya

August
  1. Is the AI a friend or a threat to human society?  - Miyanoya
  2. Can the world escape from the logic of fear for losing nuclear weapons? - Kashimoto
  3. The world would be safer had the 2003 invasion never occurred. - Miyake
  4. Japan will see the 1st female P.M. i less than 10 years. - Taira

September 
  1. Hillary Clinton will win the presidential race overcoming her email scandal. - Matsumoto
  2. Should Japanese immigration policy be relaxed and expanded? - Miyanoya
  3. Will Koike's Tokyo reformation be successful? - Oki
  4. China will be the headache of the world. - Taira

October 
  1. Smartphones are making people dumb. - Kimura
  2. If you are healthy you should work until die. - Shimabukuro
  3. Japan should be armed with IRBM against the Korean threat. - Ichizuka
  4. Should the Emperor be allowed to abdicate, if he wants to? - Inoue
  5. Duterte's anti-drug operation will be successful. - Taira

Nobember 
  1. Are you comfortable with "We, Japanese"? - Oki
  2. Should Japan emphasize Novel Prize winning more than before? - Hatakeyama
  3. If Russia proposes returning two islands we'd better accept it. - Shimabukuro
  4. Can Trump make America great again? - Miyanoya

December  
  1. Koreans should control their emotion. - Taira
  2. Japan should quickly disburse the due funds to UNESCO. - Miyake
  3. Humanities and social sciences should be replaced with natural sciences and technology. - Miyahara
  4. The biggest news in 2016. - Ohsawa

YEAR 2015

Year 2015

January
1. Consumption tax on newspapers should be reduced. - Ichizuka
2. English classes conducted in English will improve students' conversation ability. - Okuda
3. Freedom of speech should be protected at any cost. - Taira
4. Which is to blame the victims, the police or the financial institutions? - Kimura


February
1. Can Japan's feed-in tariff continue to grow in renewable energy? - Matsumoto
2. Will Hong Kong die or continue to prosper? - Inoue
3. If JCP came into power, it could reduce the poor people in Japan. - Shimabukuro
4. Heroes or troublemakers? - Taira


March
1. Are you an early bird or a nigh owl? - Matsumoto
2. Should the U.S. send ground troops to fight ISIS? - Taira
3. Juvenile offenders should be concealed from the pulic eye. - Ichizuka
4. Herbal medicine should be more proved scientifically. - Suzuki


April
1. Is peer-to-peer sharing improving our life? - Nakaya
2. Drones, Friend or Foe? - Matsumoto 
3. Teaching patriotism is very important. - Shimabukuro 
4. Which should be most responsible for Crimean annexation? - Okuda


May
1.  Do you feel safe in the hyperconnected and hypertransparent world? - Kimura
2.  Do you like nonroutine congnitive job? - Matsumoto 
3. How do you assess the result of the summit? - Taira 
4. The U.N. Security Council should be reformed drastically. - Miyake  
5. The luckiest genertation is those who were born in 1941-1970. - Shimabukuro


June
1.  Does humor smooth the cross cultural communication? - Suzuki
2.  Taiji-cho should stop dolphin hunt. - Ichizuka
3.  Should Japan accept more refugees? - Inoue 
4.  Do you regard the ageing positively or negatively? - Miyake 

July
1.  Do you like telecommuting? - Matsumoto 
2.  Japan's college dropout rates should be tackled. - Kimura 
3.  A smartphone is an idiot box to teenagers. - Ichizuka
4.  We should keep Article 9. - Shimabukuro 


August
1.  The  Connection between Mind and Body - Matsumoto  
2.  Are data becoming as important as petroleum? - Nakaya
3.  Should Japan fight a war in case of necessity? - Ichizuka
4.  Do you support Abe's university policy? - Miyake
5.  PM Abe's speech to commemorate the end of WWII. - Taira

September
1.  Pessimists can live longer than optimists. - Shimabukuro  
2.  Engagement or containment of China? - Inoue  
3. The Iran nuclear deal would work positively to the Middle East security. - Miyake 
4.  Japan's defense budget should be doubled. - Taira  

October
1.  Japan needs more powerful intelligence organization. - Shimabukuro  
2.  The migrant crisis in Europe self-inflicted by West. - Taira  
3.  Is Amazon a friend for readers? - Kimura 
4. The administration should heed the will of Okinawa.  - Miyake  
5.  Cooking is one of the most important skills in life. - Shimabukuro

November
1. Obama made the world a more dangerous place. -  Mizukoshi
2. Defense exports are vicious products. -  Ichizuka
3. U.S.-China War will break out in three years. - Taira 
4.  Is Japan in rise or in decline? -  Inoue

December
1.  UNESCO should stop the activity of "Memory of The World Program." - Shimabukuro  
2.  Freedom of speech is endangered in Japan. - Matsumoto 
3.  Over concentration in Tokyo will deprive Japan of its vitality - Miyake
4.  Japan should reduce the number of coal power stations. -  Ichizuka