Following the death of former Prime Minister Abe, it turned out that the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education sent a letter to all metropolitan schools last month urging them to raise the flag at half-staff at the wake and funeral.
The Fundamental Law of Education prohibits political activities that support or oppose a particular political party, and the Tokyo Board of Education explained that ``there was no intention of forcing it, just forwarding the administrative communication.''
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, in response to the death of former Prime Minister Abe from a gunshot wound, on the 11th of last month, all 255 metropolitan schools, including high schools and special needs schools, were flagged at half-mast at the wake and funeral. It means that a document was sent by e-mail urging the hoisting of the
We don't know how many schools actually responded.
On the same day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of General Affairs sent an administrative notice to each bureau urging them to hoist the flag at half-staff, saying, ``We ask for your special consideration regarding the hoisting of the flag at half-mast.'' It means that a document was sent to
The Fundamental Law of Education prohibits political activities that support or oppose a particular political party.
The board of education of the metropolitan government said, ``We just responded and forwarded it as a normal administrative communication like the other bureaus within the agency. I'm explaining.