Hi, everyone.
I'm happy to present the announcement for the latter half of practice on Oct. 8th, 2022.
(Genre）Discussion
(Procedure) Make some groups which consist of 3-4 members in each group.
(Theme) What would you do if you were Prime Minister of Japan today?
Take a look on A) to F) and discuss on 1) to 8)
A） Russia waged war against Ukraine on Feb. 24th, 2022.
・ Putin’s miscalculation
・Unfruitful military operation
・Obsolete Russian weapons
・Severe economic sanctions from the West
・Zelensky‘s strategy: Ask for help via mass media and the West. Not to give up.
・１/6 of China's economy, with a 142 million population
・Real GDP (purchasing power parity)$3,875,690,000,000 (2020 est.) Real GDP per capita $26,500 (2020 est.)
B) China
・OBOR(One Belt One Road, 一帯一路)
・Xi Jinping‘s 3rd term likely
・Confrontation with the US
・Support, wait and see with Russia
・SCO（Shanghai Cooperation Organization,上海協力機構）
・Hongkong
・Taiwan
・Senkaku
・No.2 economy with a 1.4 billion population
・Real GDP (purchasing power parity)$23,009,780,000,000 (2020 est.) Real GDP per capita $16,400 (2020 est.)
C)Taiwan
・Biden “the US would defend Taiwan.”
・One China policy
・Semiconductor supplier
・Geopolitical position: near China and Senkaku
・Big as Kyushu with a 23 million population
・Real GDP (purchasing power parity)$1,143,277,000,000 (2019 est.) Real GDP per capita $24,502 (2018 est.)
D）North Korea（DPRK）
・Nuclear weapons and missile test
・Negate agreement with Japan
・Need for economic aid and money
・Refuse to return the abductees to Japan
・Sell weapons to Russia
・25 million population with Real GDP (purchasing power parity)of $40 billion (2015 est.)
E) the US
・Sanction against Russia
・Support Ukraine
・FRB‘s FOMC to raise FF(federal fund) for 0.75%
→tight interest policy to moderate inflation
・8％ inflation： CPI 8.3% on Aug 2022
・Insufficient supply despite demand increase in post corona pandemic
・No.1 economy with a 333 million population
・Real GDP (purchasing power parity)$19,846,720,000,000 (2020 est.) Real GDP per capita $60,200 (2020 est.)
F) Japan
・Inflation: 3% on Aug 2022
・Yen depreciation
・Price hike for energy and food
・Birth rate: 1.3 babies for one woman
・Real GDP (purchasing power parity)$5,224,850,000,000 (2019 est.) Real GDP per capita $41,400 (2019 est.)
Discussion
１） What is your impression of Russia？
２） What is your image of the Ukraine war?
３） What is your image of China？
４） What is your image of Taiwan？
５） What is your image of North Korea？
６） What is your image of the US？
７） What is your image of Japan？
8) What would you do if you were Prime Minister of Japan today?
Thank you for your kind cooperation
Osamu Minamihashi