As part of the class today, I am giving you in class time to research your topic and 3 main points. I would like you to finish your research this week and cut and paste the six URLs that you chose as part of your research.
Deadline to complete this is Monday, May 3rd before class.
Directions:
Scroll down to the Leave a Reply then cut and paste your URLs and push the Post Comment button.
If you have any questions or need help please email at skoog5600@gmail.com
21st Century Technology Issues 
Main Point one – health
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/why-japanese-diet-so-healthy
https://www.videor.co.jp/digestplus/market/2020/05/36157.html?wovn=en
Main point two – taste
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/11-japanese-dishes-that-taste-a-lot-better-than-they-look/
https://everintransit.com/japanese-food/
Main point three – price
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2202.html
https://heyexplorer.com/cost-of-food-japan/
Main point one – population
main point two – oversea
main point – suger
1. What is Fairtrade?
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/what-is-fairtrade/
https://www.fairtrade.net/about/what-is-fairtrade
2. The Fairtrade standards and products
https://www.traidcraft.co.uk/fairtrade-the-definition
https://www.fairtradecertified.org/why-fair-trade
3. Fairtrade as SDGS
https://www.fairtrade.net/issue/sdgs
https://www.fairtradecertified.org/why-fair-trade/sustainable-development-goals
topic: labour in current industry
1st main point: poverty
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_670171/lang–en/index.htm
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/working-poor/2018/home.htm
2nd main point: proletariat class
https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-covid-19-crisis-shows-capitalism-has-failed-workers-and-the-need-to-revive-labour-politics/353039
https://www.demos.org/research/understanding-working-class
3rd main point: environment
https://www.sustainyourstyle.org/old-working-conditions
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/04/business/uniqlo-operator-partners-u-n-agency-bid-improve-working-conditions-asia/
My topic: Fair-trade
Main point 1: Situation
https://www.fairtrade.net/about/fairtrade-system
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get-involved/donate/why-we-need-fairtrade/
Main point 2: Companies
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/buying-fairtrade/coffee/starbucks/
https://www.benandjerry.com.au/values/issues-we-care-about/fairtrade
Main Point 3: Consumers
http://fairtrademanitoba.ca/get-involved
https://simplysmita.com/blogs/ask-smita/6-things-to-buy-fair-trade
My topic is Antitrust.
Main point 1 Fine
https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2020/05/chinese-antitrust-authority-imposes-maximum-fine
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/antitrust-laws
Main point 2 power
https://www.justice.gov/atr/monopoly-power-and-market-power-antitrust-law
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/antitrust-law.asp#:~:text=Antitrust%20laws%20are%20statutes%20developed,%2C%20price%20fixing%2C%20and%20monopolies.
Mainpoint 3 Alibaba
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/china-regulators-fine-alibaba-275-bln-anti-monopoly-violations-2021-04-10/
Environment issue
https://www.sustainyourstyle.org/old-environmental-impacts
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200310-sustainable-fashion-how-to-buy-clothes-good-for-the-climate
Wastage rate
https://edgexpo.com/fashion-industry-waste-statistics/https://www.commonobjective.co/article/fashion-and-waste-an-uneasy-relationship
Current situation in Japan
https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/shopping/best-sustainable-fashion-shops-and-brands-in-tokyo
https://www.fashion-tokyo.jp/en-gb/About/sus.html
1.work system reform
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Five-things-to-know-about-Japan-s-work-reform-law
2. Future unemployment rate by introducing AI
https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/www.iotforall.com/impact-of-artificial-intelligence-job-losses/amp/
https://journal.jp.fujitsu.com/en/2017/06/12/01/
3. Eco marketing
http://marketingeco.com/eco-marketing-going-green-with-environmentally-friendly-business-practices/
https://lautrecouleur.com/green-marketing-advantages-disadvantages/
Point1 Meat consumption and climate change
https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-climate-impact-of-eating-meat-and-dairy/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/10/05/got-beef-heres-what-your-hamburger-is-doing-to-the-climate/?sh=641cb3b25206
Point2 Efforts to address food waste
https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-food-waste-day
https://www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home
Point3 Efforts to tackle hunger
https://borgenproject.org/five-efforts-to-fight-hunger-in-spain/
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1297810/icode/
Topic is religious persecution in China.
Main topic one- What is religious persecution?
https://slife.org/religious-persecution/
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/religion.htm
Main topic two- Why does that happen in China?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51520622
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-04-22/uighur-muslims-in-china-suffering-crimes-against-humanity-and-genocide-uk-parliament-declares
Main topic three- What is the international perspective on religious persecution in China?
https://www.arabnews.jp/en/japan/article_36800/
https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2020/07/27/the-oil-industry-needs-to-sacrifice-profits-to-help-chinese-uighurs/amp/
1.What Causes Air Pollution?
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-pollution.html
https://climatekids.nasa.gov/air-pollution/
2.History of air pollution in Japan.
http://www.env.go.jp/en/coop/experience.html
https://www.iqair.com/us/japan
3.Air pollution countermeasures related to electric vehicles.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/electricvehicles/reducing-pollution-electric-vehicles
https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/eea-report-confirms-electric-cars
My main point one overtime work
https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/www.firstpost.com/health/7-negative-effects-of-working-overtime-7682621.html/amp
https://ambetter.sunshinehealth.com/resources/better-health-center/work-life-balance/the-dangers-of-working-overtime.html
Second point unemployment
https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/unemployment-rate
https://www.mass.gov/covid-19-and-unemployment-what-you-need-to-know
Last point child labor
https://ourworldindata.org/child-labor
Main point one-food self-sufficiency
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/11/national/japan-keep-food-self-sufficiency-target-45/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/france-is-most-food-sustainable-country-u-s-and-u-k-faltering
Main point two-food loss
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/fight-climate-change-by-preventing-food-waste#:~:text=Today%2C%20an%20estimated%20one%2Dthird,the%20world%20goes%20to%20waste.&text=And%20if%20food%20goes%20to,if%20we%20stop%20wasting%20food.
Main point three-food shortage
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/food-security-and-covid-19
https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/world-hunger-facts-statistics
My topic is water resources.
Main point one-current status
Click to access CH04.PDF
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330542148_Current_status_of_drinking_water_sources_in_the_world
Main point two-future prospects
https://www.hitachi.com/rev/archive/2017/r2017_07/r7-01/index.html
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/water-prospects-in-the-21st-century
Main point three-What we can do
http://thewellnessproject.me/2018/04/13/12-ways-you-can-help-protect-our-water-resources/
https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection/easy-things-you-can-do-protect-drinking-water-sources
Topic – LGBTI
Main Point one – law or ordinance
https://www.nippon.com/en/currents/d00174/
https://www.equaldex.com/region/japan
Main Point two – problems
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/28b61a1c2657-only-10-of-firms-in-japan-have-addressed-lgbt-issues-survey.html
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c05903/things-to-know-about-the-lgbt-community.html
Main Point three – accept
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/06/c568e9157f4a-feature-japanese-schools-introduce-lgbt-friendly-uniforms.html
1.Why people upload pirate and why people watch pirate.
Kyodo News
「Japan enacts copyright control law to ban pirated manga downloads」
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/33f524714d35-japan-enacts-copyright-control-law-to-ban-pirated-manga-downloads.html
Reddit
Smart protection
How does online piracy of movies and TV series actually work?
https://smartprotection.com/en/media/how-does-film-series-online-piracy-work/
2.The impacts of pirate
Kyodo News
「Japan enacts copyright control law to ban pirated manga downloads」
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/33f524714d35-japan-enacts-copyright-control-law-to-ban-pirated-manga-downloads.html
Chron
「How Does Illegally Downloading Music Impact the Music Industry?」
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/illegally-downloading-music-impact-music-industry-27748.html
3.How to solve the problem.
Japan’s NEW Manga Copyright Law Is In Effect Today, But What About Anime?
https://animemotivation.com/japan-copyright-law-2021-anime/
viaccess orca
6 Ways to Stop Digital Piracy
https://www.viaccess-orca.com/blog/six-ways-to-stop-digital-piracy
Current status
https://blog.usejournal.com/what-is-digital-privacy-search-encrypt-explains-why-privacy-matters-768ec372bf00
Damage when private information leaks
https://www.cybintsolutions.com/4-damaging-after-effects-of-a-data-breach/
Solution to save privacy on the internet
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/privacy-ten-tips-2018/23022/
1. process of military and conflicts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Myanmar#:~:text=The%20Royal%20Burmese%20Army%20was,the%20history%20of%20Southeast%20Asia.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/myanmar-history-coup-military-rule-ethnic-conflict-rohingya
2. situation of citizens
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/01/asia/myanmar-military-coup-explainer-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/07/myanmar-coup-ousted-mps-accuse-military-of-human-rights-abuses
3.solutions and international law
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210425_04/
Sorry, I changed three main topic to what is LGBT, LGBT peoples problems, How should we solve this problem?
1. What is LGBT?
・https://lgbt.ie/what-is-lgbt/
・https://s.weddingpark.net/magazine/97/#item302215
2. LGBT people’s problems
・https://www.unfe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/LGBT-Rights-FAQs.pdf
・https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFNfW1-sM8
3.How should we solve this problem?
・https://gooddo.jp/magazine/gender-equality/lgbt-gender/6739/
・https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/may/-sp-gay-rights-world-lesbian-transgender
1.problem for LGBT people
LGBTQ+ Bullying – BulliesOut
There’s a problem with the LGBT rights movement – it’s limiting freedom
2.what is LGBT
Defining LGBTQ
WHAT IS LGBT? – LGBT Ireland
3.organization and event
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association | ILGA
東京レインボープライド2021
1.Artificial language
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue104/conlangs.html
https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/artlang.htm
2.Esperanto
https://egalite.hu/inf/arguen.htm
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/birth-ludwig-zamenhof-creator-esperanto
3.Future
https://www.1stopasia.com/blog/the-phenomenon-called-artificial-language/
https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/the-future-of-esperanto-looks-bright-according-to-our-readers/a-4528662
My topic is political correctness.
1.word hunting:
https://themagicrain.com/2017/03/excessive-political-correctness-in-the-acg-community/
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/has-political-correctness-gone-too-far
2.freedom of expression:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=free+speech+political+correctness&docid=608022448414947980&mid=362FF423AB1F563BF976362FF423AB1F563BF976&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
https://www.sjuhawknews.com/political-correctness-effect-on-free-speech/
3.public opinion:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-americans-dont-want-become-234031669.html
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/july_2020/for_most_political_correctness_is_killing_freedom_of_speech
others: https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/society/pt20200911093755.html
My topic is “Drugs”
1. What kinds of drugs
https://www.unodc.org/drugs/en/get-the-facts/types-of-drugs.html
https://drugaware.com.au/getting-the-facts/faqs-ask-a-question/what-are-drugs/
2. the danger of using drugs
https://thesevenlakesinsider.com/2020/09/the-danger-of-drugs/
https://freshsaga.com/episode/the-real-danger-of-drugs/
3.drugs addiction treatment
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/treatment-approaches-drug-addiction
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment-research-based-guide-third-edition/frequently-asked-questions/what-drug-addiction-treatment