Anthem Fight

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Anthem Fight

• Masayuki KOSAKA
• 2006/10/16

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Please Imagine

• You are teacher
• You dont sing Kimigayo in the ceremony
• You will be penalize
• Official warning
• Pay cut
• Suspension
• How do you think?

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Background Information

• The Principals suicide
• Approval of the law
• After enforcement the law

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Background Information

• The Principals suicide
• Approval of the law
• After enforcement the law

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The Principals suicide

• The principal of Hiroshima prefecture high school
  was suicide in 1999
• Why?
• He was caught in a dilemma of
• Hinomaru hoisting
• Kimigayo unison
• He was suicide

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Background Information

• The Principals suicide
• Approval of the law
• After enforcement the law

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Background Information

• The Principals suicide
• Approval of the law
• After enforcement the law

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Approval of the law

• His suicide became a chance
• Approval and Enforcement of law of the national
  flag and the national anthem
• Enforced it on August 13, 1999.
• This law says
• The national flag is Hinomaru
• The national anthem is Kimigayo

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Background Information

• The Principals suicide
• Approval of the law
• After enforcement the law

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Background Information

• The Principals suicide
• Approval of the law
• After enforcement the law

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After enforcement the law

• The Ministry of Education (at that time)
  investigated the execution condition
• Hinomaru hoisting
• Kimigayo unison
• Please look at next figure

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High school's execution condition
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education state
the directive

• In graduation or entrance ceremony
• Hinomaru hoisting, Kimigayo unison and piano
  accompaniment is obligation of the high school
• Teacher who dont follaw it will be penalized
• The Tokyo District Court says
• This directive is illegal

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Summary of BI

• The Principals suicide
• The principal was suicide because of dilemma
• Approval of the law
• Approval and Enforcement of law of the national
  flag and the national anthem
• After enforcement the law
• Directive in ceremony
• This directive is illegal

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Five Comprehension Questions

• Q1. What did Mr. Nanba say about Tokyos
  directive?
• A1. He said it was invalid and breached the
  Fundamental Law of Education
• (Paragraph 3)

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Five Comprehension Questions

• Q2. What was the suit originally filled against?
• A2. It was filed against the Tokyo Metropolitan
  Board of Education and the Tokyo Metropolitan
  Government
• (Paragraph 6)

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Five Comprehension Questions

• Q3. What are the penalties for teachers who were
  penalized under the directive?
• A3. They are official warnings, pay cuts and
  suspensions
• (Paragraph 9)

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Five Comprehension Questions

• Q4. How old is the science teacher at a
  Nishi-Tokyo high school?
• A4. He is 52 years old
• (Paragraph 10)

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Five Comprehension Questions

• Q5. What do the guidelines set by the education
  ministry in 1999 say?
• A5. They say schools must fly the national fag
  during official ceremonies and that teachers must
  lead the students in singing the national anthem
• (Paragraph 13)

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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My Opinion

• The directive is illegal
• Two reasons
• The Constitution of Japan
• The Fundamental Law of Education

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Two reasons

• The Constitution of Japan
• The Fundamental Law of Education

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Two reasons

• The Constitution of Japan
• The Fundamental Law of Education

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The Constitution of Japan

• Article 19
• Freedom of thought and conscience shall not be
  violated.
• Some people might say
• I dont want to sing Kimigayo
• Hinomaru is the symbol of the militarism
• These are clearly individual thought and
  conscience . However...
• the directive force them to sing Kimigayo while
  facing Hinomaru

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Two reasons

• The Constitution of Japan
• The Fundamental Law of Education

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Two reasons

• The Constitution of Japan
• The Fundamental Law of Education

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The Fundamental Law of Education

• Article 10
• 1) The education shouldn't be daunted by any
  unfair control. The education has the direct
  responsibility for all of people
• However
• The directive control the education by Kimigayo
  and Hinomaru

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My Opinion

• The directve
• Infringe the Freedom of thought and conscience
• Control the education
• Because of
• The Constitution of Japan
• The Fundamental Law of Education
• My opinion is
• The directive is illegal

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation

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Overview

• 1. Background Information
• 2. Questions and Answers
• 3. Five Comprehension Questions
• 4. My Opinion
• 5. Self-evaluation