What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members,

This is the announcement of the upcoming Practice.

1. Date: Oct.14th.
2. Genre: Discussion
3. Title: Story of Mistakes (Failure) and lessons you learned
4. Description:

(1) Make some groups.

(2) Please talk about your story of mistake you made in the past and
what you learned from it within your group.

(3) Select one presenter in your group and share some of impressive stories with everybody.

I hope you enjoy it.

Thank you.

Y.Atsuta

Hello, Dear Kyoto(NHK)ESS Members !
Some announcement and information for Oct.21 practice are as follows.

Genre ： Discussion

The title of the practice is

“ Which head (minister etc.) of ministry in the new cabinet do you choose ? ”

Suppose you have enough political power , and under strong support by citizens, you can not run away from it.


内閣官房（＊）
Cabinet Secretariat
http://www.cas.go.jp/
内閣府
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
http://www.cao.go.jp/
　宮内庁
the Imperial Household Agency
http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/
　国家公安委員会（＊）
National Public Safety Commission
http://www.npsc.go.jp/
　　警察庁
the National Police Agency
http://www.npa.go.jp/
　防衛省（＊）
Ministry of Defense
http://www.jda.go.jp/
　金融庁（Ｔ）
Financial Services Agency
http://www.fsa.go.jp/
総務省（＊）
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
http://www.soumu.go.jp/
法務省（＊）
Ministry of Justice
http://www.moj.go.jp/
外務省（＊）
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/
財務省（＊）
Ministry of Finance
http://www.mof.go.jp/
文部科学省（＊）
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
http://www.mext.go.jp/
厚生労働省（＊）
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/
農林水産省（＊）
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
http://www.maff.go.jp/
経済産業省（＊）
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
http://www.meti.go.jp/
国土交通省（＊）
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
http://www.mlit.go.jp/
環境省（＊）

Ministry of the Environment
http://www.env.go.jp/


We will have 4～6 members in each group. It is recomendable a prime minister should
exist in each group. In the last announcement of each group, the prime minister shall
tell us the outline of the discussion.

Additional information will sent later.

Hello, Dear Kyoto(NHK)ESS Members !
Some additional announcement and information for Oct.21 practice are as follows.

Genre ： Discussion

The title of the practice is
“ Which head (minister etc.) of ministry in the new cabinet do you choose ? ”

After dividing members into several groups, each member can study about
jobs of the ministries of the cabinet reading reference papers. Each member should choose the minister in the cabinet(the group; suppose it as the cabinet) within 20 min.
After discussion for 20～30 minutes the prime minister of each group will
Announce policy of each minister in the group.

Expecting heated discussion, see you coming saterday.
Y. Imai
( Refer attached documents)

財務省
財務省
財務省の権力は省庁の中でトップクラス。というのも、各省庁の予算を決めているから。
仕事内容
• 健全な財政の確保
• 適正で公平な課税の実現
• 国庫の適正な管理
• 通貨に対する信頼の維持
• 外国為替の安定の確保　　など。
平たく言うと、

• 予算の作成
• 税金の仕組みを考える。
o 税金を集めるのは財務省に属する国税庁。
o 脱税を取り締まるのは国税局査察部(いわゆる「マルサ」)
• お金を作る。
o 実際に作るのは、独立行政法人の印刷局と造幣局。

外務省
外務省ホームページ（日本語）:トップページ
外務省は人員不足。
戦後、公務員の大リストラが必要になったとき、外交官出身の吉田茂総理が他省庁の反対を押し切るために率先して外務省の大リストラを行ったため、それが尾を引いているといわれている。
仕事内容
• 平和で安全な国際社会の維持に寄与
• 良好な国際環境の整備
• 調和ある対外関係を維持し、発展させる
• 国際社会での日本国と日本国民の利益の増進　　など。
平たく言うと、

• 外国との交渉の窓口
• 海外の情報収集
• 大使館などの仕事
ポスト
• 大使
o 大国の大使は事務次官経験者から選ばれる。小国や発展途上国の大使は、嫌がる人が多く、他の省庁から派遣された人に任せることもある。
o アメリカ大使：外交官の最高のポスト。
法務省
法務省
仕事内容
• 法の番人として刑法、民法、商法などの重要な法律を管理
• 法務大臣の所管に検察庁があるので、各省庁が裁判のときに検事を貸す(レンタル検事)
• 法務省の事務次官は、最高検察庁長官になるためのポスト。法務省は検事の力が強いので、最高検察庁長官が頂点の存在。
• 法務大臣は、最高検察庁長官を通じて、検察の捜査に意見できる(指揮権)。
• 刑務所の運営。

厚生労働省
厚生労働省
仕事内容
• 国民生活の保障と向上
• 社会福祉、社会保障、公衆衛生の向上と増進
• 労働条件や労働者の働く環境を整えること
• 職業の確保
• 引き上げ者、戦傷病者、戦没者遺族、未帰還者留守家族などの援護と、旧陸海軍の残務の整理　　など。
平たく言うと、

• 社会福祉と医療
文部科学省
文部科学省ホームページ
憲法で保障された教育(すべての国民は、法律の定めるところにより、その能力に応じて、ひとしく教育を受ける権利を有する)を国民に行う。
仕事内容
• 教育の振興
• 生涯学習で豊かな人間性の人材育成
• 学術、スポーツ、文化の振興
• 科学技術の振興
• 宗教関係の事務　　など。
ちなみに、スポーツ振興くじtotoの胴元。

国土交通省
国土交通省
仕事内容
• 国土の開発と保全
• 社会資本の整備
• 交通政策
• 気象
• 海上の安全と治安の確保　　など
無駄な公共事業が発生する仕組み
• 政治家は選挙で選ばれる
• 政治家の熱心の支援者は建設業者が多い
• 自分の選挙区に公共事業を国や地方自治体から持ってくる
• 次の選挙での当選につながる
農林水産省
農林水産省ホームページ
仕事内容
• 食の安定供給
• 農林水産業の発展
• 農山漁村と中山間地域などの新興
• 森林の管理
• 水産資源保存と管理　など
競馬の胴元は農林水産省。
食料自給率が低い理由
畜産で使う餌(飼料)の小麦や大麦の自給率が11%しかないから。
飼料を輸入してそれを肉や豚の餌にし、それを肉にして食べるから食料自給率が低い。

• 食料自給率が低いことの問題点
o 相手貿易国が不作だったときに、売ってもらえない可能性がある。
o 相手貿易国が戦争などに巻き込まれた場合、食料が輸入できなくなる
o 開発途上国の食費が、日本の食料輸入で上がる(日本が高い価格で海外の農産物を買うと、値段が上がり、開発途上国の貧しい人が食べ物を買えなくなる)。それにより、国際社会から非難を受ける可能性がある。

総務省
総務省
色々なことをやっているので、財務省と同じくらい権力があり、公務員志望者の人気が高い。
仕事内容
• 行政制度の管理
• 地方自治の実現
• 民主政治の確立(選挙)
• 自律的な地域社会の形成
• 国と地方公共団体などとの連絡役
• 情報通信政策
• テレビなどの電波事業の管理
• 郵政事業
• 消防
• 行政評価　　など
防衛省
防衛省・自衛隊
仕事内容
• 日本の平和と独立を守る
• 国の安全を保つ
• 陸上自衛隊、海上自衛隊、航空自衛隊の管理
• 在日米軍の事務管理　など。
自衛隊の最高司令官は、内閣総理大臣。
自衛隊の組織
• 内閣総理大臣
• 防衛大臣
• 統合幕僚監部(総司令部)
• 自衛隊員

経済産業省
経済産業省のWEBサイト / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• 産業政策
• 貿易や中小企業対策
• 競輪とオートレース

環境省
環境省へようこそ！
• 環境問題に対応するための総合的な省庁。
• 地球温暖化対策など

Hi, everyone. This is Octane announcing the 2nd practice on October 28.

Are you ready to come on the day to earnestly enjoy and learn English and some of the United Nation’s activity? I promise you have an electrified experience within the 60 min of practice together with me.
Following you will see a part of the content in the practice on the day. I hope to see you at the temple.
できれば、前もって少しは準備して調べといてね、そしたら当日は楽しいし。

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In 2015, seventeen SDGs goals are proposed by the UN as the obligation of all member nations to be achieved before 2030.
Purposes of the goals are briefly described in Sheet 1, but not in the right order to the original one. In the sheet they are arbitrarily numbered by alphabets A‾Q.
In Sheet 2, although incapable to show today in this RoundTable, to my regret, each of the seventeen goals has its own logo mark designed by the UN to symbolize specific activities.

PRACTICE:
Procedure 1. Read Sheet 1 to study 1) what are serious world problems, 2) what is the purpose of UN’s SDGs: first by each and then in the group.
Procedure 2. Take a deep look at Sheet 2 and connect each logo with one of the descriptions in Sheet 1 (group work). If needed in advance, you can find the logos by the internet.
Procedure 3. Presentation time for opinions and impressions for SDGs.

< Sheet 1 > Seventeen Goals of SDGs.

Goal A. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal B. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal C. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal D. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal E. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal F. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal G. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal H. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal I. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal J. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal K. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Goal L. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal M. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal N. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal M. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal O. Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal P. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal Q. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

< Sheet 2 > will be presented on the day

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS member,

This is summary of the announcement of practice in English Camp.

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Genre: variety

1st stage: Democracy game
13:15-14:30　Practice①75分　Ms. Tanihara
Genre :Quiz, Translation and Play

Title: Let's answer the questions of science or social studies and play in English!
At first,
please make some groups to have 4-6members in each group.

Part 1: (Warming up) Questions of science or social studies (13:15-13:25)
At first,please read and try to answer these questions by yourself.
Then, shall we share these answers with your group members?

Part 2: English Theater
2-1. Preparation(13:25-14:10)
I'll give each Japanese famous story for each group.
At first, please translate Japanese into English.
Then, develop some unique story after this.
2-2. Presentation (14:10-14:30)
Please play and share the story of your group with all members.

I hope you will enjoy it! See you on next Saturday.

Best wishes,
Yuko Tanihara

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Genre: variety

1st stage: Democracy game
Guess the most answers in each theme.
2nd stage: Pictionary
Guess the word from the picture.
3rd stage: Spelling Chain
Write many words connecting the last letter and the first letter.
4th stage: Mastermind　　
　　Guess the 4-letter word.

I’ll explain that in detail on that day.
I’ll hope you enjoy that.

Best wishes,
Akihiro Tabata

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16:10-17:30　Practice③80分　Mr. Mashima
“Debate：”

Genre : Debate

Prepositions A : NHK should be privatized.

B : Schools should be " Coeducation " .

First of all, this debate is not very much formal one.

Affirmative and Negative debaters will exchange rebuttals after the opening
remarks by both team leaders.

The chairperson is responsible for steering the debate.

Procedures and time allocations.

1. Make Affirmative and Negative teams for the given preposition ( 2min
).
2. Team preparation time ( 5 min )
3. Each team leader gives affirmative and negative opening remarks
respectively ( 2min each ).
4. Exchange rebuttals ( less than 1 min each ) like
Aff.=>Neg.=>Aff.=>Neg.=> ( 28min )
5. Judgement ( 1min )

.

Please develop your perspective for the given prepositions.

Isamu Mashima

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20:30-21:30　Practice④60分　Mr. Yoshida
Genre: Listing Comprehension

Title: What's going on there?

Perhaps listing skill is one of the hardest things to acquire for
none-native English speakers. Let's face the fact :)

This year, I'd like to you to watch some video clips, then answer
questions (what's happening). To make it interesting (or hard) for
you, I'm going to choose videos from collections of comedy and sci-fi
DVDs. Of course, they are for adults!

Since this Practice is the last of day one, let's kick back and enjoy
the ride!

Cheers!

Masakazu Yoshida

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11月5日（日）
9:00-10:15　Practice⑤ 75分　Mr. Masayama
Genre: Quiz

Title: Riddle me a riddle, what’s this?

How to play:

① Make teams in which each one consists of four to five members.

② I’ll ask you riddles posed in order of low to high-rank.

③ Every team has a discussion time for two to four minutes to solve a
riddle according to its difficulty, and I’ll ask your team the solution in
turn when the discussion time is over.

④ Your team will be able to ask me for a hint by raising a hand during
the discussion time if it can’t find out a clue to solve, but in this case,
your team will get only half a point it can get without the hint even if it
hits the correct solution.

⑤ Each obtained point by your team will be added to your team score and,
I’m going to announce the total scores of each team at the end of the game.

I also hope all of the participants will enjoy the game and become
clear-headed through it. Sorry if the game makes your hangover even worse!
:) .

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10:25-11:25　Practice⑥60分Mr. Minamihashi
ommunication is a must for us, either for expressing ourselves or
listening to the others’ stories. So, I planned this practice to boost
communication for all of us.
1）Date: Nov. 5th,
2017　―10:25―11:25
2）Genre: Talks
3）Title: Communication
through brief comments on 140 topics!
4）Description:

10:25－10:30
A) Count 1 to 10 so that we would have some groups of 2 to 3 members.
B) Have your own material with 3 pieces of paper, which would be distributed
to all.
＜PART 1＞　10:30－10:50 Light－hearted topics
Decide the first speaker in your group, choose your topic one by one
from 70 topics in PART1, and make brief comments on the topic in turn clockwise
until 10:50.
NOTICE: Please remain silent
except on your own turns so that even shy members can speak out on their turn.
＜PART 2＞　10:50－11:20 Serious topics
From 10:50 to 11:20, choose your topic from PART2, which is on the
other side of the paper.
＜Share Impressions
with your group members> 11:20－11:25
From 11:20 to 11:25, share your general impressions of your group,
topics and ESS English Training Camp 2017 as a whole.

Let’s
maximize our communication!

OSAMU MINAMIHASHI