- 突出、日本の財政悪化…IMF見通し(読売新聞)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20091104-OYT1T00012.htm - Asia Recovering Rapidly, but Faces Challenges, says IMF (IMF)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/CAR102809A.htm
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.)