- 日刊スポーツ
http://www.nikkansports.com/general/news/f-gn-tp2-20091015-555992.html - 国土交通省 平成22年度概算要求の組み換えのポイント(See pages 5-6)
http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000050553.pdf
Information that may be useful/benefitial for teahers of Japanese language in the U.S. (Some of the contents may rather be aginst language education, which I hope you will use to think about your counter argument.)