- 不景気で節約志向ここにも 「食べ残し持ち帰り」が主婦に人気 (J-CAST)
http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/jcast/society/story/20091230jcast2009256826/
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.)