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Last Updated on December 8, 2015

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 Self-introducitons
3. Lecture on Physical Message
4. Class Picture Taking for Our Web Site		 (1) Student Info Sheet,
(2) Self-intro Worksheet, (3) pp. 1-2
(4) pp. 22-25		 . .
9/29 1. Self-introduction x 10
2. Intro. to Newspaper English, I
 pp. 1-4, 22-25 .
10/2 1. Self-introduction x 11
2. Scheduling Presentation #1s
3. Intro. to Longer Presentation, I		 pp. 3-4, 9-10, 13-17. Kikutsugi and Maehara
10/6 1. Intro. to Longer Presentation, II
2. Intro. to Newspaper English, II		 pp. 3-6b, 9-11. Fukaya and Asano
10/9 1. Intro. to Longer Presentation, III
2. Intro. to Newspaper English, III
3. Preparation for OP#1s by Kikutsugi and Maehara		 Murakami, Murata, and Shimizu Kikutsugi and Maehara
10/13 1. Intro. to Longer Presentation, IV
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Fukaya and Asano		 Sekiguchi, Namikoshi, and Sakumoto Fukaya and Asano
10/16 1. OP#1s
(1) Kikutsugi (S): "Olympic mess a nation's imndictment," The Japan Times, September 16, 2015, p. 3.
(2) Maehara (N): "Police probe drone crash at Himeji Castle," The Japan Times, September 21, 2015, p. 2.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Murakami, Murata, and Shimizu		 . Nakanishi and Itani Murakami, Murata, and Shimizu
10/20 1. OP#1s
(1) Fukaya (N): "My Number law takes effect amid privacy fears," The Japan Times, October 6, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Asano (N): "Japanese Wins Nobel in medicine," The Japan Times, October 6, 2015, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Sekiguchi, Namikoshi, and Sakumoto		 . Higashinakagawa, Iwakuma, and Nishida Sekiguchi, Namikoshi, and Sakumoto Kikutsugi and Maehara
10/23 1. OP#1s
(1) Murakami (N): "Abe urges top efforts for TPP talks," The Japan Times, September 26, 2015, p. 6.
(2) Murata (N): "Kyushu's ‘cruise train’ goes full steam ahead," The Japan Times, September 26, 2015, p. 3.
(3) Shimizu (N/B): "Nintendo dropped from list of top 100 brands; failure to adapt cited," The Japan Times, October 6, 2015, p. 6.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Nakanishi and Itani		 , Noda, Onishi, and Shimodo Nakanishi and Itani Fukaya and Asano
10/27 1. OP#1s
(1) Sekiguchi (N/B): "Toyota's hands-free car tested in Tokyo," The Japan Times, October 7, 2015, p. 6.
(2) Namikoshi (N): " Japan's own 'Golden Bolt' sets Guinness record," The Japan Times, September 25, 2015, p. 2.
(3) Sakumoto (N): "Lower drinking age eyed," The Japan Times, Septembe 3, 2015, p. 1.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Higashinakagawa, Iwakuma, and Nishida		 Mori, Liu, and Tanaka Higashinakagawa, Iwakuma, and Nishida Murakami, Murata, and Shimizu Kikutsugi and Maehara
10/30 1. OP#1s
(1) Nakanishi (N): "Study finds no cesium in Fukushima children," The Japan Times, October 10, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Itani (N): "Tokyo comes in forth for eighth year in Global Power City Index," The Japan Times, October 15, 2015, p. 2.
2. Schduling OP#2s
3. Introduction to OP#2
4. Preparation for OP#1 by Noda, Onishi, and Shimodo		 Maehara and Kikutsugi Noda, Onishi, and Shimodo Sekiguchi, Namikoshi, and Sakumoto Fukaya and Asano
11/3 1. OP#1s
(1) Higashinakagawa (N): "Kansai airport tests body scanners," The Japan Times, October 16, 2015, p. 2.
(2) Iwakuma (N/B): "Struggling McDonald's serves up new menu," The Japan Times, October 16, 2015, p. 9
(3) Nishida (N/B): "Top carriers vie for iPhone subscribers," The Japan Times, September 26, 2015, p. 6.
2. Preparation for OP#1s by Mori, Liu, and Tanaka		 Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Fukaya and Murakami Mori, Liu, and Tanaka Nakanishi and Itani Murakami, Murata, and Shimizu
11/6 1. OP#1s
(1) Noda (N): "Hotel Okura Tokyo says sayonara - for  now," The Japan Times, September 1, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Onishi (N): "Sendai generating power," The Japan Times, October 22, 2015, p. 2.
(3) Shimodo (N/B): "With flextime, work at laundry firm not too pressing, single moms say," The Japan Times, September 25, 2015, p. 3.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Maehara and Kikutsugi		 Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Ayaka and Nishida Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Maehara and Kikutsugi Higashinakagawa, Iwakuma, and Nishida Sekiguchi, Namikoshi, and Sakumoto
11/10 1. OP#1s
(1) Mori (N): "Abe vows $1.5 billion in refugee aid," The Japan Times, October 1, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Liu (N/B): "Tokyo’s sake brewers to woo foreigners with tours," The Japan Times, October 25, 2015, p. 2.
(3) Tanaka (): Canceled for No Show
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Fukaya and Murakami		 Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Shimizu and Sekiguchi Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Fukaya and Murakami Noda, Onishi, and Shimodo Nakanishi and Itani
11/17 1. OP#2s
(1) Maehara (N): "Japan considers halting, cutting fees to UNESCO," the Japan Times, October 14, 2015,  pp. 1-2.
(2) Kikutsugi (N): "Tokyo, Astana urged to take CTBT lead," The Japan Times, September 24, 2015, p. 2.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Ayaka and Nishida		 Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Namikoshi and Sakumoto Early Deadline due to the Mita Festival for Ayaka and Nishida Mori, Liu, and Tanaka Higashinakagawa, Iwakuma, and Nishida
11/27 1. OP#2s
(1) Fukaya (N): "Okinawa files complaint over restart of landfill work for Futenma replacement," The Japan Times, November 2, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Murakami (N): "‘Abenomics’ is doing fine," The Japan Times, November 2, 2015, p. 11.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Shimizu and Sekiguchi		 Miri, Nakanishi, and Murata Shimizu and Sekiguchi Maehara and Kikutsugi Noda, Onishi, and Shimodo
12/1 1. OP#2s
(1) Ayaka (N): "Taxi, railway companies try to help foreigners," The Japan Times,, November 6, 2015, p. 2.
(2) Nishida (N): "First same-sex papers issued," The Japan Times, November 6, 2015, pp. 1-2.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Namikoshi and Sakumoto		 Shimodoo, Kumachan, and Maki Namikoshi and Sakumoto Fukaya and Murakami Mori, Liu, and Tanaka
12/4 1. OP#2s
(1) Shimizu (N): "Halloween poses growing police challenge," The Japan Times, November 3, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Sekiguchi (B): "Cheap gas fuels Record U.S. sales for Japanese carmaker, " The Japan Times. November 5, 2015. p. 10.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Miri, Nakanishi, and Murata		 Onishi, Noda, and Liu Miri, Nakanishi, and Murata Ayaka and Nishida
12/8 1. OP#2s
(1) Namikoshi (N/S): "More Giants pitchers bet on games," The Japan Times, October 21, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Sakumoto (N): "City of Shima withdraw 'ama' divers mascot after local backlash," The Japan Times, November 7, 2015, p. 2.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Shimodoo, Kumachan, and Maki		 Mori Shimodoo, Kumachan, and Maki Shimizu and Sekiguchi
12/11 1. OP#2s
(1) Miri (N): "H-IIA rocket carries first commercial satellite," The Japan Times, November 25, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Nakanishi (N/S): "Japan public education spending OECD lowest," The Japan Times, October 26, 2015, p. 2.
(3) Murata (N): "Japan to push clean coal technology," The Japan Times, November 13, 2015, p. 3.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Onishi, Noda, and Liu		 Onishi, Noda, and Liu Namikoshi and Sakumoto
12/15 1. OP#2s
(1) Shimodoo (N): "Farm workers pulling up their roots," The Japan Times, November 28, 2015, p. 1.
(2) Kumachan (N): "Changes to male work culture urged," The Japan Times, November 26, 2015, p. 2.
(3) Maki (N/B): "Disputive job-hunting season," The Japan Times, November 22, 2015, p. 10.
2. Preparation for OP#2s by Mori		 Mori Miri, Nakanishi, and Murata
12/18 1. OP#2s
(1) Onishi (N): "Child centers to foucus on serious abuse cases," The Japan Times, December 1, 2015, p. 2.
(2) Noda (N): "Global warning could submerge large chunks of Tokyo, Osaka: study," The Japan Times, November 10, 2015, p. 1.
(3) Liu (N): "Non-Japanese workers need ways to vent," The Japan Times, December 2, 2015, p. 3.		 Shimodoo, Kumachan, and Maki
12/22 1. OP#2s
(1) Mori (N): "New images show seaplane sunk in Pearl Harbor attack," The Japan Times, December 7, 2015, p. 2.		 Onishi, Noda, and Liu
12/25 Backup Date for PPD OP#2s
  
1/8 1. Deadline for TP#2s   Mori Deadline for ALL TP#2s
1/12 Backup Date
 
NOTES on Abbreviations:
OP = Oral Presentation, N = National, B = Business, O = Opinion, S = Sports, TBA = To Be Arranged