- AKB48の姉妹版、世界に広がる?
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20100106-OYT1T00209.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.)