THINK TANK SCHEDULE
APRIL, 2000 - MARCH, 2001

DATE TOPIC
MARCH 31, 2001 Worst Case Scenario
(TIME, March 26, 2001)
MARCH 24, 2001 Superduperconductivity
(The Economist, Mar 15th 2001)
MARCH 17, 2001 King Of The Jungle
(TIME, March 12, 2001)
MARCH 10, 2001 Seoul Searching: Hot Potato
(TIME ASIA, March 3, 2001)
MARCH 3, 2001 In Search Of Napster II
(TIME, February 16, 2001)
FEBRUARY 24, 2001 A Class Apart
(TIME Europe, February 16, 2001)
FEBRUARY 17, 2001 Why Pro-Lifers Are Missing the Point
(TIME, February 11, 2001)
FEBRUARY 10, 2001 The return of the bodysnatchers
(The Economist, Feb 1st 2001)
FEBRUARY 3, 2001 Calling All Citizens...And Becoming One
(TIME, Saturday, January 27, 2001)
JANUARY 27, 2001 Power To The People
(TIME, Wednesday, January 17, 2001)
JANUARY 20, 2001 Mrs. Carnahan Goes To Washington
(TIME, Friday, January 12, 2001)
JANUARY 13, 2001 Kotaro, a Think Tank member, will prepare an essay of his own writing and deliver it in the class this week.
Presentation and discussion be made on the essay.
Please also get prepared for the article below in case Kotaro's essay is not avairable.
JANUARY 6-7, 2001 Report on Ski Party in Nasu
JANUARY 6, 2001 Slavery's New Face
(Newsweek, December 22, 2000)
New Year's Bonus
This article is three times as long as usual one. Do your best!
DECEMBER 28-30, 2000 Report on Ski Tour in Naeba
DECEMBER 23, 2000 Fingering fingerprints
(The Economist, DECEMBER 14, 2000)
DECEMBER 16, 2000 Good Cow, Bad Cow
(TIME, DECEMBER 11, 2000)
DECEMBER 10, 2000 "Kasutera" & Suasage Cooking Party Report
DECEMBER 9, 2000 Into the War Zone
(TIME, NOVEMBER 30, 2000)
DECEMBER 2, 2000 Big-Time Screen Play
(TIME, NOVEMBER 27, 2000)
NOVEMBER 25, 2000 It's a Mess, But We've Been Through It Before
(TIME, NOVEMBER 13, 2000)
NOVEMBER 18, 2000 The Cost of Living
(TIME, NOVEMBER 16, 2000)
NOVEMBER 11, 2000 Just Mad About Nader
(TIME, NOVEMBER 04, 2000)
NOVEMBER 3-4, 2000 Report on Hakone Tour
OCTOBER 28, 2000 East Is East and West Is West
(TIME, OCTOBER 23, 2000)
OCTOBER 21, 2000 Where Chaos is King
(TIME, OCTOBER 16, 2000)
OCTOBER 14, 2000 Where Harpoons Fly
(TIME, OCTOBER 9, 2000)
OCTOBER 7, 2000 License to Drink
(TIME, OCTOBER 2, 2000)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 Let's Keep It Confidential
(TIME Digital Europe, September 2000)
SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 Foreigners at the Wheel
(ASIAWEEK, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000)
SEPTEMBER 16, 2000 For Love of Country
(TIME ASIA, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000)
SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 Heresy and Holocaust
(TIME EUROPE, AUGUST 21, 2000)
SEPTEMBER 2, 2000 Hirohito, behind it all along
(U.S.News, AUGUST 28, 2000)
AUGUST 26, 2000 Staying In and Tuning Out
(TIME, AUGUST 21-28, 2000)
AUGUST 19, 2000 Learning to Let Go
(TIME, JULY 31, 2000)

Please refer to this page, too.

August 5, 12, 2000 HOLIDAYS
JULY 29, 2000 Space Pork
(TIME, JULY 24, 2000)
JULY 22, 2000 Stop the Insanity
(NEWSWEEK, JULY 14, 2000)
JULY 15, 2000 Peeping Larry
(TIME, JULY 10, 2000)
JULY 8, 2000 Reality Check on the Human Genome Project
(Newsweek, June 30, 2000)
JULY 1, 2000 Tell -- But Don't Show
(TIME, JUNE 26, 2000)
JUNE 24, 2000 Is it a carve-up?
(TNE ECONOMIST June 17rd - 23th 2000)
JUNE 17, 2000 two articles this time
The American Presence
Business Ties
You're also strongly recomended to read
What's At Stake In Korea's Historic Summit
To My Unknown Cousins
(TIME, JUNE 12, 2000)
JUNE 10, 2000 The health effect
(TNE ECONOMIST June 3rd - 9th 2000)
JUNE 3, 2000 Is Nothing Sacred?
(TIME, MAY 29 2000)
MAY 27, 2000 WHAT WILL REPLACE THE TECH ECONOMY
(TIME, MAY 22 2000)
MAY 20, 2000 Cutting off NTT
(TNE ECONOMIST MAY 13-19TH 2000)
MAY 14, 2000 Report on Mt.Nokogiri Hiking
MAY 13, 2000 A Real Nut Case
(The New York Times, APRIL 12, 2000)
MAY 6, 2000 Japan's Governors Take Aim At Mighty Tokyo
(TIME, APRIL 24, 2000)
APRIL 29, 2000 HOLIDAY
APRIL 22, 2000 Microsoft's Future
(TIME, APRIL 17, 2000)
APRIL 15, 2000 Caught in a Trap?
(TIME, APRIL 10, 2000)
APRIL 8, 2000 Americafs education choice
(TNE ECONOMIST APRIL 7TH 2000)
APRIL 1, 2000 Big China, Little China
(TIME, MARCH 27, 2000)