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