Speech Topic Database			Date:	12/01/03
	Type: S=Social policy, V=Value, S/V=Social value, I=Informative
Topic	Category	Conclusion	Type	Contest	Year	Rank
Child abuse	Child abuse	Fix child guidance clinics	S	Sophia	2003	1
Child abuse in institutions	Child abuse	Prevent	S	Okuma	2003
Parenting	Children	How to be a parent	S	Amano	2003	3
UN Children's Rights Convention	Children	Jpn shld review/rethink	S/V	Fukuzawa	2003
Child prostitution	Children/Ed	Improved sex ed	S	Fukuzawa	2003
"Amakudari"	Corruption	End "amakudari"	S	JUEL	2003
Corporate whistleblowers	Corruption	More ethical companies	S	JUEL	2003	1
Death education	Death	Promote death education	V	Suekawa	2003
Gay discrimination	Discrimination	Stop unconscious discrimination	S/V	Kaneko	2003	3
Bank loans	Economics	Change lending criteria	S	Amano	2003
Bankruptcies	Economics	Recovery system	S	JUEL	2003
Consumer loan companies	Economics	Regulate commercials	S	Suekawa	2003
Credit card deliquency	Economics	Be more careful	S	Okuma	2003
After-school care	Ed/Handicapped	Allow handicapped in	S	Fukuzawa	2002	2
Early/preschool education	Education	3-step plan	S	Fukuzawa	2002
Integrated study	Education	Make more efficient	S	JUEL	2003
Integrated study	Education	Improve framework	S	Amano	2003
Integrated study	Education	Improve framework	S	Sophia	2003	2
Teacher stress	Education	Reduce class size	S	Okuma	2003	2
Teacher stress	Education	Reduce class size	S	Kaneko	2003	2
Teacher training	Education	Train inflexible teachers	S	JUEL	2003
Teacher training	Education	Train inflexible teachers	S	Sophia	2003
Employment for elderly	Elderly	Adopt worksharing	S	Fukuzawa	2003
Foreign caregivers for old	Elderly	Allow them into Japan	S	Suekawa	2003
Fulfilling elderly lives	Elderly	More care & volunteer	S	Fukuzawa	2002
Old age	Elderly	How to grow old	S/V	Sophia	2003
Senile dementia	Elderly	More Group Homes	S	Amano	2003
"Freeters"	Employment	Economic education	S	Suekawa	2003
Finding suitable jobs	Employment	"Career education"	S	Fukuzawa	2003	1
Getting a job	Employment	Find a dream first	S	Kaneko	2003
High employee turnover	Employment	Need longterm POV	S/V	Suekawa	2003
Intership programs	Employment	More and better ones	S	Okuma	2003
Intership programs	Employment	More and better ones	S	Kaneko	2003
Part-time worker wage	Employment	Make same as fulltimers	S	Fukuzawa	2003
Danger of chemicals	Environment		S	Suekawa	2002	3
Diff. Between Jpn/Europe	Environment	Not much diff., attitude	S/V	Suekawa	2002
Environmental hormones	Environment	Danger!  Warning speech	S/V	Suekawa	2002
Heat Island phenomenon	Environment	How to reduce affect	S	Sophia	2003
Recycling	Environment	Promotion of recycling	S	Sophia	2003
Wild animal extinction	Environment	Breed and release	S	Kaneko	2003
Family	Family	Importance of family	V	Kaneko	2003
Handicapped	Handicapped	Allow in ordinary classes	S	Okuma	2003
HC'ed children's future	Handicapped		S/V	Suekawa	2002
Sign language for deaf	Handicapped	Expand use	S	Kaneko	2003
Sign language for deaf	Handicapped	Expand use	S	Amano	2003
Anti-war	International	Recall past, stop war	S/V	Fukuzawa	2003
Fighting for peace?	International	War is evil	S/V	Suekawa	2002
Harms of globalization	International	Glocalize, not globalize	S/V	Okuma	2003	1
Capital punishment	Legal	Abolish	S	Suekawa	2002
Courtroom participation	Legal	Allow families to watch	S	Kaneko	2003	1
Crime victims' families	Legal	More financial aid	S	Fukuzawa	2002
Econ. prob. of victim families	Legal	Systems, give support	S	Suekawa	2002
Repeat criminals	Legal	Stiffer parole system	S	Fukuzawa	2003
Transparency in trials	Legal	Support for victims	S	Suekawa	2003	1
Transparency in trials	Legal	Support for victims	S	Fukuzawa	2003
"Kisha" club system	Mass media	Abolish	S	JUEL	2003
Media literacy	Mass media		S	JUEL	2003
Atopic dermatitis	Medical	Stop using steroids in treatment	S	Okuma	2003	4
Breast cancer	Medical	More X-ray machines	S	Okuma	2003
Children's cancer	Medical	Support Make-a-Wish Japan	S	Fukuzawa	2002
De-ban thalydomide	Medical	Effective cancer treatment	S	Suekawa	2003
De-ban thalydomide	Medical	Effective cancer treatment	S	Suekawa	2003	3
Glaucoma	Medical	Annual checkups	I	Suekawa	2003
Informed consent	Medical	Right to refuse to know	S	JUEL	2003	3
Lack of pediatric clinics	Medical	Increase 24/7 clinics	S	JUEL	2003	2
Lack of pediatric clinics	Medical	Increase 24/7 clinics	S	Amano	2003
Medical insurance system	Medical	Reform	S	Fukuzawa	2002	1
Medical insurance system	Medical	Reform	S	Suekawa	2002
Medical malpractice	Medical	New system (IC tags), etc.	S	Fukuzawa	2003	3
Organ transplants	Medical	Allow childrens transplants	S	Fukuzawa	2002
Prenatal exams	Medical		S	Suekawa	2002	2
Prevent HIV/AIDS	Medical	Greater awareness	S	Kaneko	2003
Relax medicine testing	Medical	Accpt foreign test results	S	Suekawa	2002
Surrogate motherhood	Medical	Don't prohibit	S	Okuma	2003
Terminal cancer patients	Medical	Inform and support	S	Amano	2003	1
Hospices	Medical/Hospice	Increase	S	Kaneko	2003
In-home hospice care	Medical/Hospice	For in-home hospice care	S	Suekawa	2003
Grid computing	Medical/Tech	Use PCs to fight AIDS	S,I	Amano	2003	2
Official development aid	ODA	More efficient ODA	S	Okuma	2003	3
Official development aid	ODA	More efficient ODA	S	Fukuzawa	2003	2
Young voter turnout	Political	Internet voter forums	S/V	Suekawa	2003	2
Masturbation	Sex	Don't be afraid of it	S	Suekawa	2003
Differences in people	Social	Accept differences	V	Sophia	2003
Foster parents	Social	Adopt this system	S	Fukuzawa	2002
Foster parents	Social	Adopt this system	S	Suekawa	2002	1
Foster parents	Social	Adopt this system	S	Okuma	2002	1
Jpnese vs. Asian youth	Social	Look to Asian youth	S/V	Fukuzawa	2002	3
Patriotism	Social	Needed for improvement	S/V	Fukuzawa	2002
Highways	Society	Nationalize highways	S	Sophia	2003
Sports	Society	More facilities, etc.	S	JUEL	2003
Sports	Society	More facilities, etc.	S	Sophia	2003	3