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Last Updated on December 9, 2009

DATE CONTENT Handouts STEP 1: Preparation for OPs STEPS 3 & 4: Deadlines after OPs
Deadline for Sending E-mail to Mr. Shimura for Your OP Deadline for Giving 1st Handouts to Class Objective Evaluation Term Paper
9/25 1. Introduction to English Seminar I: Presentation on Current Topics.
2. Scheduling Pesentations #1
3. Class Picture Taking for Our Web Site		 Student Info Sheet, pp. 1-2 Koike, Fujimoto
9/30 1. Review of Class #1
2. Intro. to Newspaper English, I
3. Intro. to Longer Presentation, I		 pp. 1-6b, 9-10, 13-14. Uemura, Mine, Naito
10/2 1. Review of Class #2
2. Intro. to Newspaper English, II
3. Introduction Longer Presentation, II: CONTENT of OP#1s
4. Preparation for OP#1s by Koike and Fujimoto		 pp. 5-11, 3b-4b, 13-18 Aritaka, Ikeda, Okochi, Mitsuda Koike, Fujimoto
10/7 1 Review: Class #3
2. Introduction to Longer Presentation, III: Presentation SKILLS for OP#1s
3. Preparation for OP#1s by Uemura, Mine, and Naito		 pp. 9-35. Takeuchi, Iwanaga, Furuta, Yoshimura Uemura, Mine, Naito
10/9 1. OP#1s
(1) Koike (B): "Program offers would be farmer, city slickers a taste of country life," the Japan Times, ?, 2009, p. 3.
(2) Fujimoto (S): "New challenge awaits Kyojin after triumph," the Japan Times, September 24, 2009, pp. 15-16.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Aritaka, Ikeda, Okochi, and Mitsuda		 p. 9-35. Ishida, Tani Aritaka, Ikeda, Okochi, Mitsuda
10/14 1. OP#1s
(1) Uemura (N): "Futenma stance the same: Hatoyama," the Japan Times, Septembe 26, 2009, p. 2.
(2) Mine (S): "Pitching holds key to PL shakeup," the Japan Times, September 27, 2009, p. 17.
(3) Naito (S): "Ichiro sweeps aside 108-year-old record," the Japan Times, September 15, 2009, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Takeuchi, Iwanaga, Furuta, and Yoshimura		 pp. 12-14, 36-41. Kawakami, Obika, Hamada, Otsuka Takeuchi, Iwanaga, Furuta, Yoshimura Koike, Fujimoto
10/16 1. OP#1s
(1) Aritaka (N): "Growing number of earlyu teens hit by H1N1," the Japan Times, September 30, 2009, p. 2.
(2) Ikeda (S): "Nagoya overturns deficit to reach final four," the Japan Times, October 1, 2009, p. 20.
(3) Okochi (S): "Ishikawa seizes chance for fourth title of year," the Japan Times, October 5, 2009, p. 16.
(4) Mitsuda (B): "Honda unveils two new hybrid, EV concept cars," the Japan Times, October 1, 2009, p. 11.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Ishida and Tani		 . Uchiumi, Okoshi,Miyoshi,Aono Ishida, Tani Uemura, Mine, Naito Koike, Fujimoto
10/21 1. OP#1s
(1) Takeuchi (N): "Hospitals urged to halt loss of female doctors," the Japan Times, October 1, 2009, p. 3.
(2) Iwanaga (N): "Swine Full Vaccine on the way, Hirano says," the Japan Times, October 2, 2009, p. 2.
(3) Furuta (N): "Aum victim distressed by call to lay judge duty," the Japan Times, October 7, 2009, p. 2.
(4) Yoshimura (S): "Kikuchi gets pro career off ground," the Japan Times, October 6, 2009, p. 15.
2. Prmureparation for OP#1s by Kawakami, Obika, Hamada, and Otsuka		 . Nakamizo, Sugane, Okimoto, Suzuki Kawakami, Obika, Hamada, Otsuka Aritaka, Ikeda, Okochi, Mitsuda Uemura, Mine, Naito
10/23 1. OP#1s
(1) Ishida (N): PPD to November 4 for a health reason.
(2) Tani (N): "Popular wine 'manga' stoking vino sales across Asia," the Japan Times, September 26, 2009, p. 3.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Uchiumi, Okoshi, Miyoshi, and Aono
3. Preparatio for OP#2s
(1) Scheduling OP#2s
(2) Introduction to OP#2s: Steps 1 and 2		 , Koike, Fujimoto Uchiumi, Okoshi, Miyoshi, Aono Takeuchi, Iwanaga, Furuta, Yoshimura Aritaka, Ikeda, Okochi, Mitsuda
10/28 1. OP#1s
(1) Kawakami (S): "Kawasaki holds off Kashima in 15-minute rematch," the Japan Times, October 8, 2009, p. 16.
(2) Obika (N): "Bid lacked flair," the Japan Times, October 4, 2009, p. 2.
(3) Hamada (S): "Sharapoa takes big spte in return," the Japan Times, October 4, 2009, p. 18.
(4) Otsuka (S): "Okazaki, Japan overwhelm Togo," the Japan Times, October 15, 2009, p. 16.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Nakamizo, Sugane, Okimoto, and Suzuki		 pp. 42-49. Nakamizo, Sugane, Okimoto, Suzuki Ishida, Tani Takeuchi, Iwanaga, Furuta, Yoshimura
10/30 1. OP#1s
(1) Uchiumi (N): "Hiroshima, Nagasaki seek Olympics," the Japan Times, October 12, 2009, p. 1.
(2) Ohkoshi (N): "Better to be fat at 40 than thin: study," the Japan Times, October 11, 2009, p. 2.
(3) Miyoshi (N): "Japan and China agree to promote food safety," the Japan Times, October 12, 2009, p. 2.
(4) Aono (S): "Fighters dependent on Darvish in playoffs," the Japan Times, October 9, 2009, p. 13.
2. Preparation for OP#1 by Ishida.
3. Preparation for OP#2s by Koike and Fujimoto		 .. Okochi, Ikeda, ? Koike, Fujimoto Kawakami, Obika, Hamada, Otsuka Ishida, Tani
11/4 1. OP#1s
(1) Nakamizo (O): PPD to November 13 for a health reason.
(2) Okimoto (S): "Federer pulls out of Japan Open," the Japan Times, September 26, 2009, p. 15.
(3) Suzuki (B): "Tokyo game show breaks out new titles.," the Japan Times, September 25, 2009, p. 3.　
(4) Ishida (N): "Gearing up for a Windows update," the Japan Times, October 7, 2009, p. 10.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Okochi, Ikeda, and ?		 Takeuchi, Mine, Aono (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival) Okochi, Ikeda, ? Uchiumi, Okoshi, Miyoshi, Aono Kawakami, Obika, Hamada, Otsuka
11/6 No Class Okimoto, Iwanaga, Otsuka (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival Break)
11/11 1. OP#2s
(1) Koike (N): "Private high school tuition waivers eyed," the Japan Times, October 24, 2009, p. 2.
(2) Fujimoto (): "Time for NPB to get its act together on regular season schedule," the Japan Times, October 18, 2009, p. 17.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Takeuchi, Mine, and Aono		 pp. 42-49. Takeuchi, Mine, Aono Nakamizo, Sugane, Okimoto, Suzuki Uchiumi, Okoshi, Miyoshi, Aono
11/13 1. Last OP#1
(1) PPD OP#1 by Nakamizo (O): "DPJ plan up jobless rate: critics," the Japan Times, October 1, 2009, p. 3.
2. OP#2s
(1) Okochi (S): PPD to December 16 for a flu.
(2) Ikeda (S): "Ghosts of past mistakes return as bad moon rises in Chiba," the Japan Times, October 29, 2009, p. 16.
3. Preparation for OP#2s by Oimoto, Iwanaga, and Otsuka		 Uemura, Tani, Naito (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival Break)
Aritaka, Ishida, Nakamizo (Early Deadline due to Mita Festival Break)		 Okimoto, Iwanaga, Otsuka Koike, Fujimoto Nakamizo, Sugane, Okimoto, Suzuki
11/25 1. OP#2s
(1) Takeuchi (N): "'Manga' library opens at Meiji University," the Japan Times, November 5, 2009, p. 3.
(2) Mine (N): "Maehara holds firm on dam rejection," the Japan Times, October 28, 2009, p. 2.
(3) Aono (N): "41-year-old McDonald's employee died of overwork, labor office says," the Japan Times, October 29, 2009, p. 2.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Uemura, Tani, and Naito		 Miyoshi, Obika, Furuta Uemura, Tani, Naito Okochi, Ikeda, ?
11/27 1. OP#2s
(1) Okimoto (S): "Wakui captures Sawamura award," the Japan Times, November 3, 2009, p. 16.
(2) Iwanaga (N): "Yokohama fam event sprouts to spread Slow Food in Japan," the Japan Times, October 24, 2009, p. 2.
(3) Otsuka (N/B): "Toyota to withdraw from F1 afte '09 season," the Japan Times, November 5, 2009, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Aritaka, Ishida, and Nakamizo		 Suzuki,Hamada, Yoshimura, Mitsuda Aritaka, Ishida, Nakamizo Takeuchi, Mine, Aono
12/2
12/4		 1. OP#2s
(1) Uemura (N): PPD to December 18 for medical reason
(2) Tani (N): "Slow food founder pushes fair fare," the Japan Times, November 4, 2009, p. 3.
(3) Naito (N): PPD to January 6 for a medical reason.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Miyoshi, Obika, and Furuta		 Uchiumi Miyoshi, Obika, Furuta Okimoto, Iwanaga, Otsuka
12/4
12/9		 1. OP#2s
(1) Aritaka (N): "80% cut in CO2 by '50 reaffirmed," the Japan Times, November 14, 2009, p. 2.
(2) Ishida (B): "Trend for PCs is slimmer, no optical drivers," the Japan Times, November 11, 2009, p. 12.
(3) Nakamizo: Canceled for no show.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Suzuki, Hamada, Yoshimura, and Mitsuda		 Suzuki, Hamada, Yoshimura, Mitsuda Uemura, Tani, Naito
12/9
12/11		 1. OP#2s
(1) Miyoshi (N): "Farming fashionable for some young," the Japan Times, October 28, 2009, p. 3.
(2) Obika (N): "Low-priced clothing next big thing," the Japan Times, October 27, 2009, p. 3.
(3) Furuta (N): "Don't slash funds for kids, supercomputer: Kan," the Japan Times, November 23, 2009, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2 by Uchiumi.		 Uchiumi Aritaka, Ishida, Nakamizo
12/11
12/16		 1. OP#2s
(1) Suzuki (B): "Toyota october global sales up 5%," the Japan Times, p. 7.
(2) Hamada (N): "EIKEN operator to push noted proficiency test," the Japan Times, November 19, 2009, p. 3.
(3) Yoshimura (S): "Kitajima takes second in tuneup," the Japan Times, November 22, 2009, p. 17.
(4) Mitsuda (N): "CO2 cuts will require nation's transformation," the Japan Times, November 26, 2009, pp. 1 and 3.
2. Last Preparation for OP#2 by Naito.
 Miyoshi, Obika, Furuta
12/16
12/18		 1. OP#2s
(1) PPD OP#2 by Uemura (N): "Cops hand Ichihashi over to prosecutors," the Japan Times, November 14, 2009, p. 2.
(2) Uchiumi (N): "Castle samurai ham for guests dispatch trash," the Japan Times, November 20, 2009, p. 3.
(3) PPD OP#2 by Okochi (S): "Veteran Johjima accepts four-year offer from Tigers," the Japan Times, October 28, 2009, p. 16. 		Suzuki, Hamada, Yoshimura, Mitsuda
1/6 Last Class
Deadline for Term Paper #2
(1) PPD OP#2 by Naito (N): "Chiba cops start grilling Ichihashi," the Japan Times, November 12, 2009, p. 1.		 Uemura, Uchiumi, Okochi Deadline for All TPs.
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NOTES on Abbreviations:
N = National, B = Business, O = Opinion, S = Sports, TBA = To Be Arranged