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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
9/24 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 Tsukada and Horie
9/29 1. Review of Class #1
2. Intro. to Newspaper English, I
3. Intro. to Longer Presentation, I		 pp. 1-6b, 9-10 Inoue, Nomura, and Ishida
10/1 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 Tsukada and Horie		 pp. 3-11, 3b-4b, 6b, 13-14. Saegusa, Kaito, and Ekuni Tsukada and Horie
10/6 1 Review: Class #3
2. Introduction to Longer Presentation, III: Presentation SKILLS for OP#1s
3. Preparation for OP#1s by Inoue, Nomura, and Ishida		 pp. 9-35. Ikezaki, Yoshida, Hirata, Tani Inoue, Nomura, and Ishida
10/8 1. OP#1s
(1) Tsukada (N): PPD to October 20.
(2) Horie (S): "Ichiro ties Rose’s record for most 200-hit seasons," the Japan Times, September 26, 2010, pp. 1 and 16.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Saegusa, Kaito, and Ekuni		 p. 9-35. Nakano and Nishikawa Saegusa, Kaito, and Ekuni
10/13 1. OP#1s
(1) Inoue (N): "Kan, Obama agree to consult on China," the Japan Times, September 25?, 2010, p. 2.
(2) Nomura (N): "August saw record number of foreign visitors," the Japan Times, September 29, 2010, p. 3.
(3) Ishida (S): "Media attention nothing new for celebrated hurler Saito,"the Japan Times, August 3, 2010, p. 16.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Ikezaki, Yoshida, Hirata, and Tani		 pp. 12-14, 36-41. Ishikawa, Oseki, Ushio, Suzuki Ikezaki, Yoshida, Hirata, Tani Tsukada and Horie
10/15 1. OP#1s
(1) Saegusa (B/AP): "Malaysia budget carrier unveils Tokyo route," the Japan Times, Sepetember 22, 2010, pp. 1 and 7.
(2) Kaito (N/W): "Tsuneoka says captors grew tired of holding him, failing to get ransom," the Japan Times, September 8, 2010, p. 7.
(3) Ekuni (N): "Hospitals need 24,000 doctors to ease manpower shortage, study shows," the Japan Times, September 30, 2010, p. 2.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Nakano and Nishikawa		 . Hirose, Yamamoto, Kyushima, Yagi Nakano and Nishikawa Inoue, Nomura, and Ishida
10/20 1. OP#1s
(1) Ikezaki (N): "Roos pays rare visit to Nagasaki," the Japan Times, September 27, 2010, p. 1.
(2) Yoshida (N): Done.
(3) Tani (N/B): "Google to debut e-book service in Japan in 2011", September 15, 2010 p. 8
(4) Tsukada (N): "Tobacco may face further tax hikes," the Japan Times, September 14, 2010, p. 8. [PPD from October 8]
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Ishikawa, Ozeki, Ushio, and Suzuki		 . Kato, Tanaka, Nishijima Ishikawa, Oseki, Ushio, Suzuki Saegusa, Kaito, and Ekuni Tsukada and Horie
10/22 1. OP#1s
(1) Nakano (N): Selecting a new topic ABOUT JAPAN.
(2) Nishikawa (N): "Ogasawara wields big stick for surging Giants," the Japan Times, September 15, 2010, p. 19.
2. Schduling OP#2s
3. Introduction to OP#2
4. Preparation for OP#1s by Hirose, Yamamoto, Kyushima, and Yagi		 , Ishida Hirose, Yamamoto, Kyushima, Yagi Ikezaki, Yoshida, Tani, Tsukada Inoue, Nomura, and Ishida
10/27 1. OP#1s
(1) Ishikawa (): Canceled
(2) Oseki (N): Eco-points pared as budget runs low," the Japan Times, October 9, 2010, p. 8.
(3) Ushio (N): PPD to November 5.
(4) Suzuki (): Canceled
2. Preparation for OP#1 by Kato		 pp. 42-49. Kyushima and Tsukada Kato, Tanaka, Nishijima Nakano and Nishikawa Saegusa, Kaito, and Ekuni
10/29 1. OP#1s
(1) Hirose (N/S): "Eagles to post Iwakuma for major league move,"the Japan Times, October 5, 2010, p. 16.
(2) Yamamoto (N): "Japanese pair bag chemistry Nobel," the Japan Times, October 7, 2010, pp. 1-2.
(3) Kyushima (N): "Hiroshima mayor hits U.S. subcritical nuke test," the Japan Times, October 14, 2010, p. 1.
(4) Yagi (N/S): "Asashoryu bows out at topknot ceremony," the Japan Times, October 4, 2010, p. 15.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Ishida		 .. Hirose and Kaito Ishida Ishikawa, Oseki, Ushio, Suzuki Ikezaki, Yoshida, Tani, Tsukada
11/5 1. OP#1s
(1) Kato (N/S): "Yawara-chan to retire from judo," the Japan Times, October 16, 2010, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#1 by Ushio and OP#2s by Kyushima and Tsukada		 Horie and Yagi Kyushima and Tsukada Hirose, Yamamoto, Kyushima, Yagi Nakano and Nishikawa
11/10 1. Last OP#1
(1) PPD OP#1 by Ushio (N): "Japan pledges $8.5 billion in aid at U.N. summit," the Japan Times, September 24, 2010, p. 1.
2. OP#2
(1) Ishida (S): "Will Murton get fair shot at hits record?," the Japan Times, October 1, 2010, p. 13.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Hirose and Kaito 		Saegusa and Nishikawa Hirose and Kaito Kato, Tanaka, Nishijima Ishikawa, Oseki, Ushio, Suzuki
11/12 1. OP#2s
(1) Kyushima (N): "Search on for waste in special accounts," the Japan Times, October 28, 2010, p. 8.
(2) Tsukada (N): "NHK fears 10% fees income drop," the Japan Times, October 10, 2010, p. 2.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Horie and Yagi		 pp. 42-49. Oseki and Ekuni Horie and Yagi Ishida Hirose, Yamamoto, Kyushima, Yagi
11/17 1. OP#2s
(1) Hirose (S): "Fighters, Lions draft's big winners," the Japan Times, October 29, 2010, p. 13.
(2) Kaito (N): "New terminal opens at Haneda," the Japan Times, Octobar 22, 2010, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Saegusa and Nishikawa		 Yoshida and Kato Saegusa and Nishikawa Kyushima and Tsukada Kato, Tanaka, Nishijima
11/26 1. OP#2s
(1) Horie (S): "Hoshino makes return with Eagles," the Japan Times, October 28, 2010, p. 17.
(2) Yagi (N): "COP10 signs off on protocol," the Japan Times, October 31, 2010, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Oseki and Ekuni		 Tani and Ikezaki Oseki and Ekuni Hirose and Kaito .
12/1 1. OP#2s
(1) Saegusa (N): "Tsukiji to relocate to Toyosu: Ishihara," the Japan Times, October 23, 2010, p. 1.
(2) Nishikawa (N): "Actor-author wins plize, Will not take ￥20 milion award," the Japan Times, November 3, 2010, p. 2.
(3) PPD OP#2 by Kaito (N): "New terminal opens at Haneda," the Japan Times, Octobar 22, 2010, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Yoshida and Kato		 Yamamoto and Nomura Yoshida and Kato Horie and Yagi
12/3 1. OP#2s
(1) Oseki (N): "Japan top target for young migrants," the Japan Times, November 11, 2010, p. 1.
(2) Ekuni (N/W): "Japanese freighter hijacked off Kenya, bound for Somalia," the Japan Times, October 13, 2010, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Tani and Ikezaki		 Inoue and Ushio Tani and Ikezaki Saegusa and Nishikawa
12/8 1. OP#2s
(1) Yoshida (): ???
(2) Kato (N): "Senkaku collisions video leak riles China," the Japan Times, November 6, 2010, p. ?.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Yamamoto and Nomura		 Yamamoto and Nomura Oseki and Ekuni

12/10		 1. OP#2s
(1) Tani (N/B): "Phone providers get two new bands," November 20, 2010, p. 8.
(2) Ikezaki (): "Medvedev isle trip spurs envoy recall," the Japan Times, November 3, 2010, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Inoue and Ushio		 Inoue and Ushio Yoshida and Kato

12/15		 1. OP#2s
(1) Yamamoto (N/AP): "APEC leaders in free -trade push,"the Japan Times, November 14, 2010, p. 1.
(2) Nomura (N): "Nations OK tabacco restrictions," the Japan Times, November 22, 2010, p. 7.		 Tani and Ikezaki

12/17		 1. OP#2s
(1) Inoue (N/B): "Watchdog OKs Yahoo Japan-Google tieup," the Japan Times, December 3, 2010, p. 1.
(2) Ushio (N): "Korean-U.S. FTA ups pressure on Japan," the Japan Times, December 6, 2010, p. 2.		 Yamamoto and Nomura
1/7 1. Review of OP#2s by Inoue and Ushio
2. Submission of TP#2s		 Inoue and Ushio All TPs Due
NOTES on Abbreviations:
N = National, B = Business, O = Opinion, S = Sports, TBA = To Be Arranged, W = World, AP = Asia/Pacific