2009 autumun Edition Contents

Feature

Japan’s Agriculture Inaccurately Portrayed by Media

  Agriculture has become something of a boom in Japan. Gals of the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, on Oct. 10, 2009, showed up en masse in a paddy field of Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture. The unlikely farmers were there to harvest the rice which they planted back in May on a project sponsored by Shiho Fujita, a model-turned businesswoman known for making a business of being a gal.

The Jury System Opens Up Closed Courts

  The Jury System Could Reform the Previous Legal System
  The Previous Bureaucratic Trial System Had Various Problems
  Procedure Before Trial May Decrease False Accusation
  Plain Words May Profit the Accused
  Confidentiality Obligation Masks the Judgment Process
  Lessening Juror’s Burden But Creating New Problem
  Amateur Can Deal with the Law Properly

English at Elementary Schools Aims at English-Speaking Japan

  Early Education Show Results
  Communication Capabilities Targeted
  Pros and Cons of Early English
  Looking for Good Teachers

Re-thinking Single Mothers and their Work

  We should realize the value of work again
  Unite and Join Forces to Form a Company
  Is boshikasan really necessary? Are other types of supports more needed than Boshikasan?
  A Child Gives us the Energy to Live

Interview

RE.ALL production committiee
Takeshi Nishiyama
   the Editor in Chief of Re:ALL Vol.1
Jiro Mori
   A professer who supported Nishiyama with giving advice