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Date Content Handouts Used Deadline for Sending Email about MOPs to Mr. Shimura Deadline for Term Paper #1
09/27/04 1. Introduction to ES on Presentation about News Stories
2. Scheduling Presentation #1
3. Taking Class Picture for Our Web Site		 pp. 1-2 . .
10/01/04 1. Review of 09/27/04
2. Lecture: Introduction to Newspaper English, I
3. Lecture: Introduction to MOPs, I		 pp. 3-6, 6b, 9, and 17. Koide and Ishii
10/04/04 1. Review of 10/01/04
2. Lecture: Introduction to Newspaper English, II
3. Lecture: Introduction to MOPs, II
4. Preparation for Future Presentations by Koide and Ishii		 pp. 7-8, 9-12, Obara, Matsuda, and Iwasaki
10/08/04 1. Review of 10/04/04
2. Lecture: Introduction to MOPs, III
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Obara, Matsuda, and Iwasaki		 pp. 9-14, 22-35. Yamamoto, Kushima, Kanbayashi, and Hasegawa (on 10/08)
Takahashi, Fukumoto, Takekawa, and Otani (on 10/11)
10/15/04 1. Review of 10/08/04
2. MOPs
(1) Koide (S): "Reds thrash Albirex to stay top," the Japan Times, September 19, 2004, p. ?.
(2) Ishii (N): "Japan and the immigration issue," September 14, 2004, p. 18.
2. Introduction to Term Paper Writing
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Yamamoto, Kushima, Kanbayashi, and Hasegawa		 Student Handouts Tamada and Sekiguchi
10/18/04 1. Review of 10/15/04
2. MOPs
(1) Obara (W): "Haitian gangs target aid convoys," the Japan Times, September 29, 2004, p. 6.
(2) Matsuda (N/B): Postponed due to a medical reason.
(3) Iwasaki (B): gMusic industry co-opting a hated enemy,h the Japan Times, August 5, 2004, p. 14.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Takahashi, Fukumoto, Takekawa, and Otani		 Iki, Watanabe, Maejima, and Sasaki
10/22/04 1. Review
2. MOPs
(1) Yamamoto (W): "War on terror unwinnable: Bush," the Japan Times, September 1, 2004, p. 1.
(2) Kushima (N/W): "Japan, U.S. experts end beef trade talks; no word on end to ban," the Japan Times, October 7, 2004, p. 10.
(3) Kanbayashi (S): "Federer crushes Hewitt," the Jpaan Times, September 14, 2004, p. 24.
(4) W. Hasegawa (W): "Head scarf ban goes into effect in France," the Japan times, ?, 2004, p. ?,.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Tamada and Sekiguchi		 Nabeta, Yamada, Nagano, and Hasegawa Koide and Ishii
10/25/04 1. Review
2. MOPs
(1) Takahashi (S): "Golden Boy promises victory over Hopkins," the Japan Times, September 17, 2004, p. 18.
(2) Fukumoto (): Canceled.
(3) Takekawa (): Not Reported.
(4) Otani (N): "Chiyoda smoking ban a blazing success," the Japan Times, October 2, 2004, p. 3.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Iki, Watanabe, Maejima, and Sasaki		 Narita and Matsuda Obara and Iwasaki
10/29/04 1. Review
2. MOPs
(1) Tamada (B): "Yuan may be tied to several currencies," October 14, 2004, p. 13.
(2) Sekiguchi (N): "Kids tutored on fear-, anger-, anger-management," the Japan Times, October 1, 2004, p. 3.
3. Lecture: Introduction to FOP (Presentation #2)
4. Scheduling FOPs
5. Preparation for Future Presentations by Nabeta, Yamada, Nagano, and Hasegawa		 Student Handouts, pp. 42-47. Koide and Nabeta Yamamoto, Kushima, Kanbayashi, and W. Hasegawa
11/01/04 Canceled Due to Keio-Waseda Baseball Game......
11/05/04 1. Review
2. MOPs
(1) Iki (N): "Futenma base relocation never far from spotlight," September 29, 2004, p. 3.
(2) Watanabe (?): PPD due to a health reason.
(3) Maejima (N): "Students tagged in bid to keep them safe," the Japan Times, October 14, 2004, p. 3.
(4) Sasaki (N): "Students tagged in bid to keep them safe," October 14, 2004, p. 3.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Narita and Matsuda		 Student Handouts . Takahashi, Fukumoto, Takekawa, and Otani
11/08/04 1. Review
2. MOPs
(1) Nabeta (S): "Tabuse aiming high with the Suns,"the Japan Times, Septmer 9, 2004, p. 22.
(2) Yamada (N): "NTT units to cut fixed-line phone fees to match rivals," the Japan Times, October 2, 2004, p. 4.
(3) T. Hasegawa (N): "Osaka eyes putting its homeless to work," the Japan Times, October 21, 2004, p. 3.
(4) Nagano (N/AP/W): Japan-China summit unlikely this week: official," the Japan Times, October 5, 2004, p. 2.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Koide and Nabeta		 Ishii and Kambayashi (Early Deadline due to Mita Fes.) Tamada and Sekiguchi
11/12/04
 1. Review
2. MOP
(1) Narita (TO/N): "Diva Utada set to test if J-pop will play in U.S.," October 5, 2004, p. ?.
(2) Matsuda (N/B): "Oil-shock veteran Japan strong enough to weather surging prices," the Japan Times, September 27, 2004, p. 11.
(3) Watanabe (?): "Suicide Web sites not breaking any laws," the Japan Times, October 15, 2004, p. ?
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Ishii and Kambayashi.		 Obara, T. Hasegawa, and Matsuda (Early Deadline due to the Mita Fes.) Iki, Watanabe, Maejima, and Sasaki
11/15/2004 1. Review
2. FOP:
(1) Koide (N): "Trassexual wins fight to alter register," the Japan Times, October 5, 2004, p. 3.
(2) Nabeta (S): "Lions are pride of Japan after series win," the Japan Times, October 26, 2004, p. 20.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Obara, T. Hasegawa, and Matsuda		 Watanabe, Iwasaki, and Yamada (Early Deadline due to Mita Fes.)
Narita, Iki, and Tamada (11/22)		 Nabeta, Yamada, T. Hasegawa, and Nagano
11/26/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) Ishii (N): "It's a taxing job dealing with the two-wheeled barbarian horde," the Japan Times, October 17, p. 9.
(2) Kambayashi (TO/N): "Why not toss the cell phone?" the Japan Times, October 20, 2004, p. 18.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Watanabe, Iwasaki, and Yamada		 Sekiguchi, Takahashi, and Kushima Narita and Matsuda
11/29/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) Obara (N/W): "The bound of the security treaty," the Japan Times, Octobe 22, 2004, p. 20.
(2) T. Hasegawa (N): "Inaugural science-technology forum urges help for developing countries," November 16, 2004, p. 3.
(3) Matsuda (B): "Credit card firms face one cold foe: hard cash," the Japan Times, November 12, 2004, p. 1.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Narita, Iki, and Tamada		 Yamamoto, Maejima, and Otani .
12/03/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) Watanabe (N): "Public mixed on brain-death transplants," the Japan Times, October 24, 2004, p. 2.
(2) Iwasaki (N): "New life patterns for a new age," the Japan Times, October 21, 2004, p. 17.
(3) Yamada (S): "Livedoor to put money on track famed for loser horse," the Japan Times, November 13, 2004, p. 8.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Sekiguchi, Takahashi, and Kushima		 Sasaki and W. Hasegawa
12/06/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) Narita (N): "'Howl's Moving Castle' conjures up box-office record," the Japan Times, November 24, 2004, p. 2.
(2) Iki (N): "Metro government plans 300-inmate jail near Harajuku," the Japan Times, ?, 2004, p. ?.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Yamamoto, Maejima, and Otani		 .
12/10/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) Sekiguchi (N): "Court upholds murderer's life term," the Japan Times, November 5, 2004, p. 3.
(2) Takahashi (W/N): "Aid should be flowing through grassroots groups: NGO," the Japan Times, October 13, 2004, p. 3.
(3) Kushima (N/B): "Hands-free cell phone devices hot ahead of new law," the Japan Times, October 30, 2004, p. 8.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Sasaki and W. Hasegawa
12/13/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) Yamamoto (N): "Koizumi hoping China can look past Yasukuni," November 24, 2004, p.2.
(2) Maejima (N): "Aum monitoring should continue: justice minister," the Japan Times, November 13, 2004, p. 2.
(3) Otani (N): "Machimura unmoved by UNSC report," the Japan Times, October 23, 2004, p. 2.
3. Preparation for Future Presentations by Takekawa
12/17/2004 1. Review
2. FOPs
(1) W. Hasegawa (N): "10 women hurt while jostling for glimpse of Yon-sama," the Japan Times, November 27, 2004, p. 2.
(2) Tamada (N/AP): "China tells Japan to hurry up with free-trade dea," November 13, 2004, p. 8.
12/20/2004 1. Review
2. Last FOP by Sasaki (N): "34 sectors 'CO2 output %: industry lobby," the Japan Times, November 29, 2004, p. 2
01/07/2005 Final Class (Deadline for All Term Paper #2)..