Tokyo Katsushika Ward held an extraordinary meeting of principals due to the problem of mispaying subsidies to nursery schools, and the ward indicated a policy of requesting a refund, but the nursery school criticized and questioned the ward's response. was one after another.

This problem is that Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, paid more than 500 million yen more than the actual amount to be paid as a subsidy to a licensed private nursery school. Then, on August 31, I showed the policy to seek the return to the ward assembly.

At an extraordinary meeting of the directors of licensed private nursery schools in the ward held on the 1st, Ward Mayor Katsunori Aoki explained his idea of ​​reducing his own salary and said, ``I want to avoid burdening the nursery school with erroneous payments. I was considering how to deal with this feeling, but as a result, I decided to ask for the return. I am very sorry."



The director's meeting was held privately, and according to the attendees, the director and others criticized that ``the salary reduction of the ward mayor alone is lukewarm and insufficient. Has it changed?”



After the director's meeting, Mayor Aoki told reporters, "I am full of regrets, but I would like to consult with each garden about how to repay."

Katsushika Ward Private Nursery School Association Chairman "Sometimes it's hard to convince"

After the director's meeting, Yasuyuki Suzuki, chairman of the Katsushika Ward Private Nursery School Federation, told reporters, "I think it's natural to return it because it's a tax, but I'm emotionally convinced because there are times when I've changed my mind. I would like to discuss the details with the ward, such as how to reduce the impact on the garden and how much it will cost to return it."