Year 2007

- 2007 -

January:-
1. 2007 will be a better / worse year than 2006. - Kotani
2. High oil price is a godsend for Japan. - Taira
3. Whatever happens, civilian control should be kept. - Taira
4. The proposal of suspending bullies from school will work effectively. - Miyake

February:-
1. Chinese leaders will reconsider its nonintervention policy. - Sakai
2. Can earth look after itself? - Mizukoshi
3. Women should be allowed to serve in combat roles. - Ichizuka
4. Hilary will make the first woman President of the United States. - Kotani



March:-
1. Sony's patriarch management works properly if applied today. - Kawanobe
2. Can ethic work effectively to do economic activity? - Hatakeyama
3. English should be an elective. - Gotoh
4. China or India, which do you prefer to join? - Taira
5. The age of majority should be lowered to 18. - Kotani

April:-
1. Baby-boomers deserve criticism for their post-war moral hazards. - Taira
2. Japan-China joint research on history will be fruitful. - Kawanobe
3. The U.S. universities will continue to be the world leader. - Miyake
4. Which is a greater threat to Japan, China or Russia? - Kawanobe



May:-
1. With proper adaptation programs, global warming will do more good than harm. - Taira
2. Were the Imperial Decree and Battlefield Admonition beneficial to the Japanese servicemen? - Takata
3. Mukai's children should be regarded as her own by birth. - Kotani
4. The Imperial Rescript for Education should be looked over. - Takata



June:-
1. Japan should deny the comfort women issue. - Kawanobe
2. The Imperial Rescript for Education should be looked over again. - Takata
3. Do you support a "Baby Box" system? - Ichizuka
4. UN Secretary General Banki-Moon will make it the sole international organization. - Miyake
5. Is competitive university fund beneficial to Japanese society? - Kawanobe



July:-
1. Is America downward or onward? - Taira
2. Comfort women censure resolution - Takata
3. The number of wind turbines should be more than doubled in Japan. - Ichizuka
4. Will IP be generalized in in China within 10 years? - Matsumoto



August:-
1. National identity number should be introduced. - Kotani
2. Is it possible to reform the public official system? - Takata
3. - Taira
4. PM Abe's says are numbered, 100 days at the longest. - Kotani

September:-
1. Anti-terrorism Special Measures Law should be extended. - Matsumoto
2. Can democracy be exported to non-democratic countries? - Kotani
3. Do you fully support the punishment infringed on Asashoryu? - Ichizuka
4. Do you accept out-of-wedlock couples? - Endoh
5. Early resignation of Abe is a great loss for Japan - Taira

October :-
1. Do you advocate women to give birth at 50 or older? - Kotani
2. Which of the six parties will have the heaviest blow if Japan is armed with nuke? - Kawanobe
3. Putin's textbook policy should be justified. - Taira
4. 300-day pregnancy provision should be amended. - Kotani



November :-
1. Japan should keep exceptionalism. - Taira
2. Are we ready for the post-industrial society? - Hatakeyama
3. Will there be a coalition or political realignment within ten years? - Miyake
4. Japan can contrl class divide at a minimum as before - Taira



December :-
1. - Do you support Mr. Sato's technical approach? - Kawanobe
2. - In emergencies, can Japan count on the United States? - Mizukoshi
3. - T
4. - E
5. - K