- Who is the oldest person you know well? It could be family member, a friend, a coworker or a neighbor. Approximately how old are they? How do you know them? How often do you see them? What do you tend to talk about?
- Tell us about something that they have said, or that they think, that you think is very much typical of their generation but not of yours.
- Do you have friends who are much older or younger than you? Is it easy for you to talk to people from different generations or do you prefer to have friends who are a similar age?
- There are many generations in Japan that we often associate with "jidai" such as "showa jidai" or "taisho jidai". Tell us about a generation that thinks or acts very differently to other generations in Japan.
- Do you think that you have an easier life or a more difficult life than the previous generation? Why?
- What do young people in Japan have to face (struggle with) that you did not?