1) Discuss the proposition that Japan is committed to gender equality.

2) Discuss the effects of ‘greying’ in Japan.

3) To what extent is Japan a homogeneous society?

4) If you were Japan's Minister of Youth Affairs, or Minister of Education, what sort of policies would you try to implement and why?

5) Discuss the pros and cons of the ‘collapse of corporatism’ in the 1990s in Japan, and give your views as to probable working life in the future in that country.

6) Discuss the proposition that the Japanese have always been, and still are, uncomfortable with individualism.

7) To what extent is the 'samurai ideal' of the male relevant today?

8) Discuss the proposition that the burakumin (or any other marginalised group) are their own worst enemy.

9) “What I find ....... (any adjective) about Japan is ........ (any topic)”. (Please discuss it first with me.)

10) Free approach to any topic of your choice. (Please discuss it first with me.)