Topic1　Tsukiji

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/02/02/reader-mail/may-the-spirit-of-tsukiji-survive/#.W1XY6vZuKUk

1. Do you know famous “the Tsukiji fish market” in Tokyo? Tokyo metropolitan government has already decided to move it to another place. Do you think this decision is right or not?

2. Why the Tsukiji fish market attracts not only foreigners but also Japanese so many? Can you describe the reasons?

3. Some people speculate that if the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 would not be held in Tokyo, the Tsukiji fish market could be located in the present place. Do you believe this theory?

4. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been dishing out a lot of measures to repeal her predecessors’ decisions regarding the Olympic Games in 2020 including replacement of the Tsukiji fish market, only to find that they failed. How do you think her behavior?

Topic Plea Bargain
How should we appreciate plea bargain to make our society better?

1. Have you ever heard a word “plea bargain” before? In old-fashioned U.S. detective dramas, we would often find this word, so it is widespread in the U.S. but not in other countries.

2. Do you know that the Japanese authorities have already adopted this system? If you did not, what is the reason the government implemented plea bargain in Japan?

3. Please discuss the pros and cons of this system. Does this system fit Japanese society?

4. The plea bargain was invented from the idea that finite resources of police or law enforcement should be used in the most effective way as well as limitation of the statute. Do you think this system does our society good or harm?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/21/editorials/japans-first-ever-plea-bargain/#.W1cLwvZuKUk

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