Osaka's Korean school lost in high school tuition free lawsuit August 29 18:28
The Supreme Court decided to dismiss the appeal in a trial requested by a school corporation that operates a Korean school in Osaka, which was excluded from the system for making tuition fees free from high school. The school corporation's defeat has been confirmed.
In the system for making tuition fees free from high schools that began in 2010, foreign schools are also eligible if designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, but Korean schools were excluded in 2013, The school corporation that operates the Korean school, “Osaka Chosen Gakuen,” requested that it be subject to gratification because the government's response was illegal.
The first trial admitted the appeal of the school corporation as "It is illegal to exclude Korean schools based on diplomatic and political judgments unrelated to ensuring equal education opportunities."
On the other hand, the 2nd trial cancels the 1st trial and sued the school corporation as “there is a suspicion that the Korean General Federation =“ Unfair Control ”from the Federation of Koreans in Japan and it was not illegal” Dismissed.
On the other hand, the school corporation had appealed, but Toshimitsu Yamazaki, the third court of the Supreme Court, decided to dismiss the appeal by 29th, and the school corporation's defeat was confirmed.
Trials over the fact that Korean schools have been removed from the scope of tuition fees have been brought up in five places nationwide, but trials appealed by former students of Korean schools in Tokyo by 28th The loss has been finalized.