Friday, August 13, 2004

Year 2004




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JANUARY .........................................
1. Will Japan's world ranking go up or down in the next ten years? - Taira
2. Do you support privatization of the four road-related corporations? - Kawanobe
3. Do you support cultural change brought by reternees? - Ohdate

4. The longer you live, you will enjoy life more - Kotani5. U.S. Froces are inspired by citizens' patriotism. - Takata

FEBRUARY ........................................
1. Japan does not have to accept extra foreign labor force. - Miyake
2. Blue LED inventor deserves to receive 20 billion yen. - Ichizuka
3. Japan should be more food self-sufficient. - Kotani
4. Can Japan get out of its decade-old deflation trap within one year? - Kawanobe

MARCH ...........................................
1. The government decision to ban headscarves in schools should be justified - Taira

2. Can avian flu crisis become a pandemic? - Takata
3. Do you advocate or oppose same-sex marriage? - Kotani

4. Love is not the exclusive property of the young - Ohdate

APRIL ...........................................

1. Is child abuse a social issue or a domestic one? - Kawanobe
2. Do you support Japan's new nationalism? - Shimizu
3. Bunshun should be banned from selling at bookstores. - Ichizuka
4. America's post-war interventionism should be evaluated postitively. - Taira

MAY ...........................................

1. The former hostages and their family need to pay part of the cost of the rescue operation. - Miyake
2. All the US cattle should be tested. - Ichizuka
3. Is Japanese racial prejudice stronger than that of Americans or Europeans? - Enomoto
4. Can Ishihara show leadership in an emergency? - Kawanobe

5. Are Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni unconstitutional. - Shimizu

JUNE ...........................................

1. Is Koizumi's revisit to North Korea a success or a failure? - Taira
2. American soliders' abuses to Iraqi prioners should be criticized. - Ohdate
3. Princess Masako's career and ability should be made most of. - Miyake
4. Has Japan's economy turned the corner? - Hatakeyama


JULY ...........................................

1. Will declining birthrate hurt Japan? - Kotani
2. A personal life is more valuable than national interests. - Ichizuka
3. Is Saddam Hussein guilty or not? - Taira
4. Do you recognize the role of mercenaries at this age of ours? - Kawanobe
5. Should Japan's SDF participate with the multinational force? - Shimizu

AUGUST .........................................

1. The world becomes more peaceful if a violent dictator's regime is made to collapse. - Ohdate
2. Who will win, Bush or Kerry? - Kotani
3. Unmarried women over thirty are underdogs. - Miyake
4. Constitution will be revised in five years. - Taira


SEPTEMBER .......................................

1. A 3.2 billion yen cut will realize autonomy of local governments. - Kawanobe
2. Even so, I am in favor of hot spring resorts. - Ichizuka
3. Should Japan legalize casino gambling? - Shimizu
4. Fundamentalism is the source of every evil - Taira

OCTOBER .......................................

1. Japan should establish independent crisis management agency to cope with terrorists - Hatakeyama
2. Can we trust our leadership? - Ohdate
3. Should Japan join regional integrity? - Shimizu
4. Does east meet west in Shanghai? - Kotani5. Japan should be made a UN permanent member - Miyake

NOVEMBER .......................................

1. Can Koizumi fulfuill his term? - Taira
2. Should the government have done everything imaginable to save Koda? - Ichizuka

3. The Imperial Household Law should be revised to accept a woman emperor. - Kotani
4. The death of Yasser Arafat will accelerate the creation of a Palestininan state. - Miyake

DECEMBER .......................................

1. The disclosure of information is sufficient in Japan - Ohdate
2. Russia and Europe will never meet - Taira
3. Which do you support, Evance or Burton - Kotani
4. Bears should be killed on the spot - Ichizuka

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