Last discussion topic was that we should introduce the system of daylight saving time. This discussion member were Ms. Satsuki, Kamazuka, Amasawa, Mr. Nikaidou and a chair.
According to the chair, in U.S.A, Canada, Australia and many European countries introduce this system. Therefore, we could introduce too.
First, Ms.Satsuki said she agreed with this idea. She is a government office worker so she stated one's views of the government aspect. For example, she proposed that we could reduce the number of traffic accidents because we could go home before it gets dark. Additionally, the system will lead to the ecology activity. The reason why she said such an idea that if we could go home before it gets dark, we could cut down on the use of lights at the each offices. Therefor, she agreed with the system.
Second, Mr. Nikaidou who is a company employee said his opinion. According to his opinion, he was on neutral ground because the system has both advantage and disadvantage. He said it was good for us to cut cost of energy thanks for the system because we could think about global warming. On the other hand, if we introduce this system, his company have to change all clocks so that means they need a lot of money. Therefore, he couldn't agree with the idea completely.
Third, Ms. Kamazuka said her opinion. She has a daughter who is a elementary school student so she worried about her child's physical condition. If we introduce the system, children's class schedule would change so Ms. Kamazuka thought that they wouldn't be able to keep up with the change of their environment. Consequently, she disagreed with the idea.
Last, Ms. Amasawa who is a elementary school teacher said her opinion. She agreed with the idea because she thought thanks for the system, children can go home before it gets dark so it is very safety for them.
Afterward all panelists said their opinion, they talked about the cost, advantages and case of Hokkaidou. Then, Ms. Nikaidou suggested that we would change only opening time instead of daylight saving time system. According to her idea, we have not to change our clocks and only change our schedule.
After their discuss, audience asked some questions to each panelists. Then, one of the students came up with a new idea. That was we would introduce only eastern Japan. The reason why she thought, western Japan's evening later than eastern Japan so western Japan need not to introduce the system. We thought the new idea was better but we couldn't understand the purpose of the idea completely.
Therefore, when the chair asked us that we agree with the system or not, most of us couldn't agree with the idea.
In the end, our consensus was "NO" so the team couldn't lead to the assent side.
