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１．新人の方の自己紹介

２．前半のマテリアルの紹介　Iさん

３．マテリアルメーカーの話に聞き入る会場の様子

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《　今回のworkshop　》
○workshop参加人数：６９名（うち新人の方：７名）

○【前半】：Opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic 2020
○【後半】：33% of Japanese think marriage is pointless: survey
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みなさまこんにちは、E’s club幹事のKです。
９月１７日（土）開催の第１３５回workshopの詳細をお送りいたします。

今回もE先生をお迎えしてのworkshopとなります。
E先生には後半のマテリアルをご作成いただきました。
リンク先には動画もありますので、事前に視聴をお願いいたします。(長さは４分５１秒です。)

前半のマテリアルはIさんご作成いただきました。
今回は”Opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic 2020″というタイトルでディスカッションを行います。

[今週のマテリアル]
≪FIRST HALF≫
[Opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic 2020]

RIO Summer Olympic has closed last month. As you know, the next Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo four years later. A variety of preparation is required toward 2020. For example, we have to construct new stadium, athlete village, transportation infrastructure and make all programs of Olympic game. So, this time I want you to discuss the opening ceremony contents of Tokyo Olympic 2020.

Olympic opening ceremony has the following contents.

1. Various performance to introduce the culture of the host country
2. Raising the host country’s national flag and singing national anthem
3. Singing the Olympic anthem and raising Olympic flag
4. Admission of athletes
5. Oration by the Olympic organizing committee chairman of the host city and the IOC president
6. Opening declaration by the head of state
7. Athletes oath, referee oath, coach oath
8. The lighting of the Olympic torch by the final flame bearer

＜Questions＞
Q1. What kind of performance is best to introduce Japanese culture in opening ceremony?
Please share your idea and reason why you adopt this performance.

Q2. Who is the best person in charge of national anthem?
Please share the reason why you chose this person.

Q3. Who is the best person in charge of final flame bearer?
Please share the reason why you chose this person.

Q4. What kind of method of lighting the stadium torch is most sensational?
Please share your idea.

Q5. Do you have any other ideas to liven up the opening ceremony?
Please share your idea.

≪LATTER HALF≫
＜Agenda＞
33% of Japanese think marriage is pointless: survey

＜Reference＞
●https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/33-of-japanese-think-marriage-is-pointless-survey
33% of Japanese think marriage is pointless: survey
By Preston Phro
National Jul. 06, 2013

TOKYO – Go to college, get a job, meet a guy or girl, and…don’t get married?

A recent survey suggests that almost one-third of Japanese people just can’t see the point in tying the knot and settling down. And after you see what some of them have to say about marriage, you might understand why.

Marriage has long been a staple of Japanese society, with enormous industries dedicated weddings and “omiai” (matchmaking). However, recent decades have seen a shift in social standards and the number of people staying single is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years.

With this mind, the magazine Joshi Spa! conducted a survey inspired by a June event extolling the virtues of not getting married. The magazine revealed that 33.5% of the 37,610 respondents said they didn’t see any merit in marriage.

Here’s one person’s thoughts on marriage: “I’ve hated kids for forever and I never thought that I wanted any, so I kind of feel like there’s not point to it.”

Another respondent said, “If you’re single, you can use your money exactly as you like, and no matter how much you spend on your hobbies or interests, no one will complain, and you can live at your own pace. But if you get married, all of that disappears, so I really want to ask, honestly, is there any merit to getting married?”

Joshi Spa! helpfully broke the results down by age group as well, showing that the largest group of people who had no interest in marriage was in their 30s, with 40.5% of them saying “no!” to exchanging vows. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 38% of those still in their teens teens shrugged the idea of marriage off, while 39.1% of 20-somethings, and 35.9% of people in their 40s were also uninterested in matrimonial bliss.

As may be expected, the older groups were more likely to find value in marriage. However, it’s hard to say if this is a sign of a permanent change in thinking or if the “youngesters” are still just having too much fun to settle down.

Shockingly enough, Internet commenters had a lot to say about this.

-Being broke, there’s more demerit than merit for me.

-It’s probably better not to marry someone who thinks about merits and demerits. Unless you don’t mind just being an ATM.

-The merits are just keeping up appearances and being socially responsible. The need for marriage like in the past is going to just keep getting less and less.

-I’m married, but, honestly, I think it’s better not to. Except for the kids… I like my kids.

-Everyone around me in me in their 30s, 40s, and 50s is getting divorced, and I hear nothing but rumors about affairs-it’s all just stupid. Aside from working together to raise kids, I can’t see any point to marriage.

-It’s great if you marry someone you really like. But going so far as to trying omiai or going out marriage hunting, I don’t see the need.

-Marriage is close to the image of getting a parasite and having it endlessly sucking the essence out of you. Seriously, won’t someone take my pig wife away??

Geez, wouldn’t want to be that last guy’s wife.

Sources: Shunkan News, Itai News

●Video – https://youtu.be/kp4FLeY6F9g

＜Questions＞
1. What is your reaction to the article about marriage?

2. What do you think about the point made in the video – the institution of marriage was created to force couples to stay together?

3. What do you think are the benefits of getting married? How about staying single?

4. If you’re single, would you like to get married some day? Why or why not?

5. If you’re single and you don’t want to get married, what are your reasons for staying single?

6. If you’re married, what made you decide to get married?

7. Do you think this survey is accurate? Why or why not? What percentage of your friends are married vs. single?

8. Why do you think marriage rates in Japan are falling?

9. Is marriage an old-fashioned or out-dated idea?

10. How do you think society is changing due to falling marriage rates?

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