Ruin your holiday…Come join me.
When my Japanese teacher started asking me and my class mates what we did during the break, my friends started answering this and that in their own way. Most of them had common answers like travelled, studied, watched movies, etc. When my turn to answer the question came, I started thinking what I really did during the break. It was really embarrassing that I couldn’t figure out an appropriate answer.
AP言語セクション. 第一回目:ベトナム語
新年明けましておめでとうございます。今月号から、APUタイムズでは新しい連載記事がはじまります。それはAP言語です。AP言語を学んでいる学生たちのために作られたこのコラムの中では、ネイティブが簡単な文章でおもしろいテーマを書いています。第一回目はベトナム語です。ベトナムに興味があり、ベトナム語を勉強している人は是非、手に取ってみてください。言葉だけでなく、国の文化の勉強にもなるでしょう。
また、AP言語を勉強中のみなさんに記事を書いていただく計画もしています。AP言語をチャレンジして、楽しみましょう。では皆さんのAP言語の記事を心よりお待ちしております。Editorial. Moving ahead with the APU Times
The APU Times has enthused leap and bounds within the span of three years of short history. Established in 2007 by a few visionary who advocated for the right to information of students, it established itself as a true university newspaper. Despite the economic and human resources problems, it rose to become one of the top rated non premiere organizations of APU.
Religious harmony or indifference!?
I am not a Christian by religion; nonetheless Christmas came with possibly bigger fervor to me than to Christians themselves. Vacation in university and not many things to study: those were perfect recipe for the festival.
新しいサークルの可能性
A serious threat to stability in South America
Yosshakoi', 2010 Enthusiasm in Oita
Exactly two days after entering the year of 2010, APU culture and art circle 'Yosshakoi' participated in a small New Year performance in Jasco mall, Oita. Despite only consisted of thirteen members due to the event being held in the middle of winter holiday, Yosshakoi still showed an energetic but elegant performance.
村上 俊輔
揺れる鳩山政権「普天間基地移設問題」
政権交代から 100 日が経ち、さっそく新政権は暗礁に乗り上げた。「普天間基地移設問題」である。鳩山内閣はいまだ普天間基地移設問題について具体的な考えの閣内一致が図られていない。元々普天間基地移設については自民党政権時代に日米合意がなされていたが、政権交代に伴い民主党が見直したことで再び問題が発生した。米政府は現行案である普天間の老朽化による辺野古への移転と嘉手納以南の土地返還と軍の再編計画の一部である在沖縄海兵隊のグアム移転の同時進行を日本政府に迫り早期決着を表明している。さらに米側は普天間移設が進まないと、在沖縄海兵隊のグアム移転や嘉手納基地以南の土地の返還も含む日米合意全体に悪影響が出るという懸念も表明した。
Do buying big cars spur terrorist attacks?
夏の風物詩としての花火
Exclusive Interview with Former President of APU, Prof. Monte Cassim
As a part of the change in the executive postings of the Ritsumeikan Trust, Professor Monte Cassim will end his tenure as the President of APU. This time, The APU Times had an opportunity to know more about his experience, ideas and opinions on the development in Asia Pacific.
Copenhagen Summit: An Agreement???
インターネットの匿名性
2009 年 12 月 6 日、産経新聞で「ネット上で実名か匿名かという議論を取り上げていた。」
そこで述べられていた内容は匿名性の利点、そしてその匿名性を利用しての社会問題等であった。利点といえば責任を負わずリスクを伴わない発言ができ、相談事など自己を特定されたくないことに勝手がいいということだろう。The Decline of the West, the Rise of the Rest?
Looking into our daily life, it seems that world is moving very fast. The winner today might be the loser tomorrow. Since the future is always uncertain, the dominator has always to be careful because the other may catch-up the position. In this kind of situation, new order will emerge, and cooperation will be the answer. This narrative is exactly the condition of our global politics today, as eloquently presented in The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East by Kishore Mahbubani, Former Singaporean Ambassador for the United Nations and Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.




