- インタビュー:村上春樹、 「1Q84」で描くポスト冷戦の世界(朝日新聞)
http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/enews/RTR200911240049.html - Japan's Murakami says metaphor more real after 9/11(Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5AM0F520091123
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.)