- 前掛け、海外でもブーム (読売新聞)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/komachi/news/20091021-OYT8T00228.htm?from=yolsp
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.)