Reading Material |
Source |
Class Date |
Will Japan Ever Grow Up?
| Far Eastern Economic Review July 2009 |
Dec.26 |
New growth strategy needed to protect jobs
| Daily Yomiuri Online Editorial Nov.30 |
Dec.19 |
Shooting down cancer
China's Africa Gambit
| The Economist Sep.13, 2008 TIME Nov.16, 2009 |
Dec.12 |
Introduction from The Power of Kindness
No Website
| by Piero Ferrucci |
Dec.5 |
Rap Sheet: Why is American history so murderous?
| The New Yorker Nov.9 |
November 28 |
Why the Wall Came Down
Hatoyama's Challenge
| TIME Nov. 9 ibid |
November 21 |
The Golden Pavilion/Rokuon-ji Temple
The Tojiin Temple and its Garden
Taizo-in Temple
No Website
| Travel Guidebook |
November 14 |
A Very Murky Business edited
Harness your star power to shine in interviews
| TIME Sep.14 CNN.com world business Oct.9 |
November 7 |
What Women Want Now
| TIME Oct.14 |
October 31 |
Guardian Angels Or The 'Third Man Factor'?
| NPR Oct.10 |
October 24 |
Why Turkey Must Get In
Delhi’s Grand Strategy
Why Japan Isn’t Rising
We Are What We Treat
The 'Tax the Rich!' Reflex |
Newsweek Jul. 27 |
October 17 |
A Star Idolized and Haunted, Mickael Jackson Dies at 50 |
The New York Times June 25 |
October 10 |
Japan's Next First Lady: Introducing 'Mrs. Occult'
A Wind Shift Coming in the Global-Warming Debate? |
TIME Sep. 7 ibid. Sep. 23 |
October 3 |
Puff Daddies
A poem by David Rakoff Text Edited |
Slate Sep. 10, 2009
Frenemies from This American Life Sep.11 |
September 26 |
Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009: The Brother Who Mattered Most |
TIME Sep.7 |
September 19 |
Proactive security stance key to Japan-U.S. alliance
Pop 'idol' phenomenon fades into dispersion |
Daily Yomiuri Online Aug.23
The Japan Times Aug.25 |
September 12 |
In the Middle of the Journey
No Website |
by V.S. Naipaul |
September 5 |
Aso falls victim to media attacks - Kwan Weng Kin |
The Malaysian Insider Feb.20 |
August 29 |
America's Wars: How Serial War Became the American Way of Life |
The Huffungton Post July 21 |
August 22 |
East Versus West |
Forbes May 11 |
August 15 |
Why Girls Have BFFs and Boys Hang Out in Packs
The Myth of the Math Gender Gap |
TIME Jul.17 ibid. Jul.24 |
August 8 |
Stroke of Insight |
Ted Talks: Jill Bolte Taylor Speaks |
August 1 |
Priced to Sell: Is free the future? |
The New Yorker July 6 |
July 25 |
Night of the Festval translated by John Bester No website |
Miyazawa Kenji Original title “祭の晩” |
July 18 |
'Slumdog' Boyle celebrates beating the odds |
The Japan Times April 17 |
July 11 |
Obama Calls for New Beginning Between U.S., Muslims
Speech Stirs Mixed Feelings in Holy Land |
TIME June 4 |
July 4 |
How to Help North Korea's Refugees
The Herbivore's Dilemma |
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL June 16
Slate June 15 |
June 27 |
Boom Times Are Back
Is Hong Kong a Has-Been? |
Newsweek June 8
ibid. May 29
|
June 20 |
Earnest debate vital in extended Diet session
Building new top seller key to GM recovery |
Daily Yomiuri June 3
ibid. June 2
|
June 13 |
Old Japanese Maps on Google Earth Unveil Secrets |
TIME May 4 Expired
You can get the same article from U.S.News June 7
|
June 6 |
Pope Benedict on the Question of Judaism |
TIME May 18
|
May 30 |
Why Susan Boyle Makes Us Cry
Unlikely Singer Is YouTube Sensation
The Contrarian Take on Susan Boyle
Text Edited |
The Huffington Post April 16 The New York Times April 17 Slate April 22, daily magazine on the Web
|
May 23 |
Ozawa: The Man Who Wants to Save Japan
|
TIME Mar.12 |
May 16 |
Federal Action Is Required on Healthcare
The Market Can Fix the Healthcare Problem
Copyright Laws Work Well Against Illegal File Sharing, Also Called Online Theft
Prosecuting Online File Sharing Turns a Generation Criminal |
U.S.News & World Report Feb. 2009
ibid.
U.S.News & World Report Special Year-End Issue 2008
ibid. |
May 9 |
Health Care Reform
Commentary by Robert Pear, NYT reporter
Text Edited
|
The New York Times April |
May 2 |
Tails of Manhattan by Woody Allen |
The New Yorker Mar.30 |
Apr. 25 |
Piracy and the Constitution |
The Japan Times Mar.26 |
Apr. 18 |
Myths of the Global Recession
Cheaper Isn't Better |
Newsweek Feb.14
ibid. Jan. 24 |
Apr. 11 |
The Way We Were: Rethinking the American Dream |
Vanity Fair April |
Mar.28 |
Talking and Listening to Iran |
TIME Feb. 23 |
Mar.21 |
Leave no stone unturned for lay judge system |
Daily Yomiuri Online Editorial Feb.23 |
Mar.14 |
Japan's Big-Works Stimulus Is Lesson |
The New York Times Feb.5 |
Mar.7 |
You have thousands of angels around you |
Atlantamagazine. com |
Feb.28 |
Pilot Is Hailed After Jetliner's Icy Plunge
1549 to Tower: ‘We’re Gonna End Up in the Hudson’ |
The New York Times Jan.16
ibid. Jan.18 |
Feb.21 |
The Enigma In Chief
America's Next Top Model
|
Newsweek Jan.10 TIME Jan.26 |
Feb.14 |
Late 'manga' pioneer Tezuka still the king
An audience with Miyazaki, Japan's animation king
|
The Japan Times Dec.2,2008 Kyodo News
ibid. Dec.4 |
Feb.7 |
Obama sworn in, ushers in 'new era of responsibility' |
The Japan Times Jan.21 Kyodo News |
Jan.31 |
Visual Thinking |
Granta 101 |
Jan.24 |
#3 Nicolas Sarkozy
#4 Sarah Palin |
TIME Dec.17,2008
ibid. |
Jan.17 |
The Housing Nightmare Hits Main Street
The Scenarios Get Darker
Embracing the Unsolved
One Debt Begets Another
Student Loans Feel the Pinch
Bedford Falls Revisited? |
U.S. News & World Report Mar.10,2008
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid. |
Jan.10 |
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