THINK TANK SCHEDULE
APRIL, 2004 - MARCH, 2005

DATE TOPIC
March 26, 2005 Experts trade conflicting views on how to handle U.S. beef
(The Japan Times, March 19, 2005)
March 20-21, 2005 Think Tank Spring Ski Tour in Tashiro/Kagura/Mitsumata
March 19, 2005 No plan B for outer space
(The Economist, Mar 10th 2005)
March 12, 2005 Anti-secession bill ups cross-strait tension
(Asia Times Online, Mar 4, 2005)
March 5, 2005 Deportations reveal Japan's fig-leaf diplomacy
(Asia Times Online, Feb 25, 2005)
February 26, 2005 Bad for business?
(The Economist, Feb 17th 2005)
February 19, 2005 The 4% Solution
(TIME, Feb. 06, 2005)
February 12, 2005 Opting for diplomacy over North Korean nuclear threat
(The Guardian, February 4, 2005)
February 11, 2005 Think Tank 1 Day Ski Party in GALA
February 5, 2005 The car company in front
(The Economist, Jan 27th 2005)
January 29, 2005 A hulking beast joins the dogfight
(The Economist, Jan 18th 2005)
January 22, 2005 Why it pays to forgive poor nations' debts
(The Christian Science Monitor, January 13, 2005)
January 15, 2005 Power play in tsunami's wake
(Asia Times Online, Jan 8, 2005)
January 8-10, 2005 Think Tank 2.5 Day Ski Party in Kumanoyu
January 8, 2005 Women in China finally making a great leap forward
(The Christian Science Monitor, December 17, 2004)

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January 1, 2005 HOLIDAY
December 28-30, 2004 Think Tank Ski Tour 2004 in Zao
December 25, 2004 HOLIDAY
December 18, 2004 The challenger
(The Economist, Dec 9th 2004)
December 11, 2004 Japan, land of rising inequities
(Asia Times Online, Dec 4, 2004)
December 4, 2004 Hu and Koizumi, a close encounter at last
(Asia Times Online, Nov 24, 2004)
November 27, 2004 Life After Arafat
(Newsweek, Nov. 22, 2004)

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November 20, 2004 Push to limit Ivory Coast conflict
(The Christian Science Monitor, November 12, 2004)
November 13, 2004 Seoul to scrap Cold War relic, anti-North law
(Asia Times Online, Nov 2, 2004)
November 6, 2004 Born in America, adopted abroad
(The Christian Science Monitor, October 27, 2004)
October 30, 2004 Cheques cancelled
(The Economist, Oct 21st 2004)
October 23, 2004 Daiei Another Day -- Japan's Zombie Lives On
(Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2004)
October 16, 2004 Airing their differences
(The Christian Science Monitor, October 01, 2004)
October 10, 2004 Hiking? to Mt.Oyama
October 9, 2004 Suspended due to Typhoon Ma-on
October 2, 2004 Saving the Smart Kids
(TIME, Monday, Sep. 20, 2004)
September 25, 2004 We have witnessed a triumph of democracy
(Independent, 17 September 2004)
September 18, 2004 Jakarta blast a sign of what's to come
(Asia Times, Sep 11, 2004)
September 11, 2004 How Retailers Are Turning to Tech
(Business Week, AUGUST 31, 2004)
September 4, 2004 A nation's fears reawakened
(The Economist, Aug 27th 2004)
August 28, 2004 Oil's new high may persist
(The Christian Science Monitor, August 19, 2004)
August 21, 2004 Food for thought
(The Economist, Jul 29nd 2004)
August 7-14, 2004 SUMMER HOLIDAY
July 31, 2004 The war on incivility
(The Economist, Jul 22nd 2004)
July 24, 2004 What goes up must come down
(The Economist, Jul 15th 2004)
July 17, 2004 'I think he's a big jerk'
(The Guardian, Friday July 9, 2004)
July 10, 2004 Curbing The Drug Marketers
(TIME, Sunday, Jun. 27, 2004)
July 3, 2004 Closer Union Or Superstate?
(TIME Europe, June 28, 2004)
June 26, 2004 The new face of wealth wears lipstick
(The Christian Science Monitor, June 14, 2004)
June 19, 2004 Automakers Hasten to Woo the Newly Wealthy in China
(The New York Times, June 10, 2004)
June 12, 2004 Harry Potter - with a beard?
(The Christian Science Monitor, June 04, 2004)
June 5, 2004 Kiss of the goddess
(The Economist, May 27th 2004)
May 29, 2004 Serve & volley again
(The Christian Science Monitor, May 21, 2004)
May 22, 2004 Psychological Warfare Goes Online
(Deutsche Welle, 14.05.2004)
May 15, 2004 Why the Atheists are Right About the Pledge
(Newsweek, April 30, 2004)
May 8, 2004 Don't laugh at gilded butterflies
(The Economist, Apr 22nd 2004)
May 1, 2004 HOLIDAY
April 24, 2004 Iraq hostage crisis signals turning point for Japan
(Asia Times Online, Apr 15, 2004)
April 17, 2004 Here Comes The Sun
(TIME asia, April 5, 2004)
April 10, 2004 Japan's slow atonement
(The Korea Herald, 2004.03.29)
April 3, 2004 Taiwan: Recounts, fights, shredded democracy
(Asia Times Online, Mar 24, 2004)