- Who will be the next Japanese PM? -

 

Japanese prime minister Ishiba has decided to resign, weeks after terrible results in elections that saw the LDP losing their majority. Ishiba says it has nothing to do with that. But what happens next? Who will be the next PM? The current popular contenders are Koizumi, Takaichi, and Hayashi. 

How do you feel about these potential options? Or are there any other possible candidates? Is it going to be a step in the right direction for the increasingly unpopular LDP, or just more of the same with new real change? And how long will the new PM last, considering Japan has had 3 different PMs in the last 5 years?

By the time you have this class, a new Prime Minister will probably have been decided.

 

This class will be with Bryan, while Connor is in the UK.

The next topic (17th of October) will be about the American government's recent announcements about Autism and common pain medicine Tylenol.

 

Integration is the act of joining into a specific community. This is usually said in reference to a foreign person moving to a different country and joining the local community and culture. A good example of this would be the Indian immigrants who moved to the UK after India gained independence. Those Indians moved into various places all over the UK and effectively became British in terms of culture. They learned English (if they didn't already know it), they worked in British companies and joined in traditional British  events and customs.

However, many argue that integration in the modern day just doesn't seem to work.  They point to groups like Afghanis in the UK, and Kurds in Japan to say that some people simply don't integrate and instead make their own enclaves in foreign countries. 

Is it possible for these groups to integrate? Whose responsibility is it? Should the government be doing to more to help them integrate? Or should the individual be doing more? For example, if an Indian moves to Japan, they usually open an Indian restaurant and employ many other Indians and generally speak some form of Indian language all day everyday. Would you consider that as integration? And how does integration fit in with the concept of multiculturalism? If a person integrates, they usually give up their traditional cultural practices, but multiculturalism promotes foreign residents celebrating their culture...

Are some cultures/people simply incapable of integrating into other societies?

 

This class will be with Jake, while Connor is in the UK.

The next topic (17th of October) will be the debate style: Are human rights good or bad)

 

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