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What to read in 2019
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Reading Material	Source	Class Date
New Haneda flight paths over residential areas to begin in March 2020 in bid to boost capacity ahead of Olympics U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes U.S. Airlines and Cities for New Tokyo Haneda Routes		Dec.21
At Cop25, Policymakers will try to lay plans for a global carbon market Cop 25 in Madrid: UN Secretary-General Guterres says ‘planet is close to a point of no return’	The Economist Dec.1st 2019	Dec.14
Don't freeze English education reform Why Japan's English education is a fiasco	(Japan Times 　NOV 8, 2019) (Japan Times NOV 11, 2019)	Dec.7
Is Big Data the Secret Sauce? Is Big Data the Secret Sauce?(全文日本語訳)		Nov.30
1)Brave Blossoms step up their game 2)Men force feet into high heels as Japan's #KuToo movement seeks to build on media attention		Nov.16
Pressured by its struggling finances, Yokohama goes all in on casino bid		Nov.2
Explained: what’s driving Japan’s escalating feud with South Korea?		Oct.26
College Access and Affordability: USA vs. the World		Oct.19
The steam has gone out of globalisation		Oct.12
①Child Marriage: Everything you need to know ②Malala just sent a powerful Open Letter to Commonwealth Calling for Girl's Education		Oct.5
Optimism may hold secret to longer life, study suggests	The Guardian　26 Aug 2019	Sep.28
You Probably Ingest Thousands of Microscopic Pieces of Plastic Each Year A call for healthy, blue oceans in Asia and the Pacific	Newsweek 9/2 The Japan Times 7/30	Sep.21
Where Trump failed, Macron may have succeeded Trump talks trade peace, but there’s no deal in sight	CNN 2019.8.27 asiatimes 2019.8.27	Sep.14
・Beating the heat at the Tokyo olympics ・Concerns rise with Tokyo heat after rowers treated at Olympic test event		Sep.7
Is Japan a "model" for modern monetary theory? Singapore topples United States as world’s most competitive economy		Aug.31
Are funerals growing obsolete?		Aug.24
Police and protesters clash throughout Hong Kong on third day of unrest		Aug.17
Should Japan allow females to ascend the throne? Imperial institution thrives due to change		Aug.10
The Future Draws Closer	the Japan Times/opinion, 7.18.2019	Aug.3
Japan's gender problem is a 'human disaster,' says award-winning scholar Chizuko Ueno		Jul.27
5G will have an enormous impact on the world 5G explained: How it works, who it will impact, and when we'll have it		Jul.20
Japan whaling: Commercial hunts to resume despite outcry		Jul.13
Report on Japan pension shortfall spurs anxiety — and a