THINK TANK SCHEDULE
APRIL, 2002 - MARCH, 2003

DATE TOPIC
March 29, 2003 Regime change: How will we know when it happens?
(The Christian Science Monitor, March 21, 2003)
March 22, 2003 Afghan women 'still suffer abuse'
(BBC NEWS, Tuesday, 17 December, 2002)

Report: Afghan Women Still Face Violence
(AP, Thu Mar 6)

March 15, 2003 Fading
(The Economist, Mar 6th 2003)
March 8, 2003 Japan's Deflation Dogfight
(TIME Asia, March 3, 2003)
March 1, 2003 When to terrorise the talent
(The Economist, Feb 20th 2003)
February 22, 2003 These fuelish things
(The Economist, Feb 13th 2003)
February 15, 2003 The Space Shuttle Must Be Stopped
(TIME, Feb. 10, 2003)
February 8, 2003 Too Big to Fail?
(TIME Asia, Feburary 3, 2003)
February 1, 2003 A Time to Fight?
(TIME Asia, January 27, 2003)
January 25, 2003 Disney wins in Supreme Court copyright protection ruling
(AP, Jan 18, 2003)
January 11-12, 2003 1.5 Day Ski Party in Minakami
January 18, 2003 How Dangerous is North Korea?
(TIME, Sunday, Jan. 05, 2003)
January 11, 2003 How far to go
(The Economist, Jan 2nd 2003)
January 4, 2003 The past year, believe it or not, was surprisingly good. How about 2003?
(The Economist, Dec 19th 2002)
December 28-30, 2002 Think Tank Ski Tour 2002 in Naeba
December 21, 2002 United's woes may reform airline industry
(The Christian Science Monitor, December 9, 2002)
December 14, 2002 Going Nowhere Fast
(TIME Asia, December 9, 2002)
December 8, 2002 2002 Cooking Party
December 7, 2002 Feeding on Fantasy
(TIME, DEC 2, 2002)

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November 30, 2002 Miss World Pageant Quits Nigeria After Fatal Riots
(Reuters, Fri November 22, 2002)
November 23, 2002 US prepares for a post-Hussein Iraq
(The Christian Science Monitor, November 13, 2002)
November 16, 2002 A Different Party Line
(TIME, November 11, 2002)
November 9, 2002 Canadians exempted from U.S. security law
(National Post, Friday, November 01, 2002)
November 2, 2002 The Secret Sacrifice
(TIME, Oct. 22, 2002)
October 26, 2002 High Tech in China
(Business Week, OCTOBER 28, 2002)
October 19, 2002 Japanese science shines again
(The Japan Times, Oct. 11, 2002)
October 12, 2002 Pick the right fight
(The Economist, Oct 3rd 2002)
October 5, 2002 Scraping home
(The Economist, Sep 25th 2002)
September 28, 2002 Following up the Pyongyang summit
(The Japan Times, September 20, 2002)
September 21, 2002 Nepal revamps security after attacks
(BBC NEWS, 10 September, 2002)
September 14, 2002 TEPCO's betrayal
(Mainichi Daily News, Aug. 31, 2002)
September 7, 2002 Sustaining the poor's development
(The Economist, Aug 29th 2002)
August 31, 2002 The young and the rested
(The Economist, Aug 22nd 2002)
August 24, 2002 Cabinet rift over plans to attack Iraq
(TMES ONLINE, August 16, 2002)
August 17, 2002 Cool!
(U.S.News, 7/29/02)
August 3, 10, 2002 HOLIDAY
August 3, 2002 Fireworks Festival in Ichikawa
July 27, 2002 Slow Going for Next Supersonic Jet
(ABCNEWS, July 14, 2002)
July 20, 2002 Tough calls in child-soldier encounters
(The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2002)
July 13, 2002 The Morning After
(Time asia, July 8, 2002)
July 6, 2002 WorldCom's Sorry Legacy
(BusinessWeek, JUNE 28, 2002)
June 29, 2002 Wanna Speak English?
(Time europe, Jun. 24, 2002)
June 22, 2002 Business Negotiation
(Kotaro, a Think Tank member, will lead us in a game in which two groups have a business negotiation.)

Please also get prepared for the article below in case Kotaro is not avairable.
Lost Cities
(Time europe, Jun. 17, 2002)
June 15, 2002 Watch What You Eat
(Time europe, Jun. 10, 2002)
June 8, 2002 Siesta time
(The Economist, May 30th 2002)
June 1, 2002 The price is wrong
(The Economist, May 23rd 2002)
May 25, 2002 Playing softball in Havana
(The Economist, May 16th 2002)
May 18, 2002 Deal firmly with China over defection
(Mainichi Shimbun, May 10, 2002)
May 11, 2002 Toxic but containable
(The Economist, Apr 25th 2002)
MAY 5, 2002 Fuji Safari Park Tour
May 4, 2002 HOLIDAY
April 27, 2002 Animal doctors
(The Economist, Apr 18th 2002)
April 20, 2002 The Cost of Starting Families First
(Time, April 15, 2002)
April 13, 2002 Food Fight
(Time europe, April 8, 2002)
April 6, 2002 The houses that saved the world
(The Economist, Mar 28th 2002)