- 日本人に「通勤燃焼族」増加中 朝夕で効率的な「カロリー消費」 (J-CAST)
http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/jcast/business/story/20091026jcast2009252542/
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.)