1.
NEWS: Komura: Security bills to deter ‘real threat’
POINTS & CASES: the
military threat of other countries, the US request of the Japanese involvement
in the counterattack operations against potential enemies, deterrent.
conscription system, Constitution, the Supreme Court decision, collective
self-defense, renunciation of war, Article 9, amendment, terrorists, expatriate
employees and their families, involvement in wars and invasions by the US,
rescue operations in disasters, military-industrial complex, imperialistic
operations, soft power, pacifist nation
Task: Summarize the
explanation of Mr. Komura.
Question: What are you most
concerned about this change of the Japanese security policy? What should be done to avoid it now that the security bill is passed?
2.
Refugee crisis was caused by a careless West that allowed anarchy and
fear to take root in the Middle East
The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/refugee-crisis-was-caused-by-a-careless-west-that-allowed-anarchy-and-fear-to-take-root-in-the-middle-east-10509173.html)
Migrant Crisis: What else
could Europe try? BBC World Service, The Inquiry
POINTS & CASES: IS,
Iraq-Afghan wars, Arab Spring, civil wars, globalization, immigrants, economic
refugees, displaced people, Japanese immigration policy, aging society,
discrimination
Question: Is there anything
that Japan can do for refugees and immigrants?
3.
ISSUE: Slavery Footprint (http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/08/whats-your-slavery-footprint/)
POINTS & CASES： the wealth gap, globalization, consumerism, sweatshop, fair trade
QUESTION: Slaves exist
since ancient times. Do you think we can do without exploiting and abuses?
4.
NEWS: Heirs to the Rockefeller family, which made its vast fortune from
oil, are to sell investments in fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy. BBC
NEWS
Freeze fossil fuel
extraction to stop climate crimes (http://350.org/climate-crimes/)
POINTS & CASES: global
warming, CO2 in the atmosphere, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) assessment report, obligation of rich countries, international
cooperation, ongoing oil mining projects, emerging economies, population
growth, recycling
QUESTION: Do you think moves
to stop drilling fossil fuel are significant?
5.
NEWS: Farmers from across Japan staged a protest in Tokyo on
Tuesday over signs that the Japanese government will soon sign on to join
negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership "free-trade" agreement
with the U.S. and other nations. The
Japan times
POINTS ＆ CASES: free trade, protectionism, Korean FTA and NAFTA, domestic
producers, self-sufficiency, regulations, financial meltdown, social welfare,
environment, copy-rights, investor-state disputes (ISD)
QUESTION: Who do you think would benefit most from TPP?
6.
ISSUE: Has Austerity Worked? BBC World Service, The Inquiry (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02vdbjk)
Noam Chomsky: Austerity is
just class war
POINTS & CASES:
stimulus, punish the weak, international community,
QIESTOPN: Which would you choose
austerity or stimulus if Japan were in the same situation as Greece?
7.
ISSUE: Can we learn to live with nuclear power? BBC World Service, The
Inquiry
Japan restarts first
nuclear reactor since Fukushima disaster
POINTS & CASES:
Chernobyl disaster, Three Mile Island disaster, meltdown, radiation, other
energy sources, global warming, the industry, saving on electricity, changing
lifestyle
QUESTION: What can we do to
transform our society into one free from nuclear power plants?
8.
NEWS: In July, 2014, the UN’s human-rights committee demanded that Japan
add hate speech to legislation banning racial discrimination.
POINTS: long history of
discrimination against non-naturalized Koreans, xenophobia, globalization,
bullying, war-time sex slaves (comfort women) issue, violence, freedom of expression
QUESTION: Do you think this
is a fair demand or not. Why?
9.
NEWS: Satire The first cover of Charlie Hebdo after the shooting featured a man
who looked like Mohammad holding the “Je suis Charlie” under the expression, “Everything
is forgiven.”
POINTS & CASES： violence,
satire, freedom of expression, anti-Islamism, feelings of Muslims, hypocrisy of
the world leaders who participated in the Paris rally
QUESTION: What message do
you think the cartoonist who drew it send?
10.
Why ISIS Murdered Kenji Goto / Japan at a Crossrlads (The New Yorker)
Should Anyone Ever Talk to
IS? BBC World Service, the Inquiry
POINTS & CASES： religious cult, no yield to terrorism, ransom as funding source,
international society (developed countries), Japanese militarization, PM’s
speech to support Israel and paying $0.2 billion, for humanitarian purposes,
self-responsibility, life above everything else, 1970’s hijacking of a JAL
plane
QUESTION: What can we do
for Kenji Goto to be able to rest in peace?
11.
NEWS: Kawasaki teen murder highlights hardships faced by single parents
in Japan
POINTS & CASES： wealth gap, child poverty, single mother, welfare programs, community,
volunteer. education, competition, breakdown of the community and family
relations, materialism
QUESTION: What is necessary
not to repeat this kind of tragedy?
12.
ISSUE: Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race? BBC World Service, The Inquiry
Task: Summarize the podcast
of this title.
13. Crowdsourcing data analysis: Do
soccer referees give more red cards to dark skin toned players?
Crowdsourcing research can balance
discussions, validate findings and better inform policy, say Raphael Silberzahn
and Eric L. Uhlmann. Posted
by Andrew on 27 January 2015
Task A: Discuss the result of this research giving
examples that you think are related.
Task B: What kind of problems can you expect in
crowdsourcing data analysis in general?
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