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Today is Children’s Day. It is a day set aside to: honor children’s personalities and work towards their happiness Let’s hope that the Government of Japan and the Boards of Education will learn to honor children’s personalities and work towards their happiness, and faithfully observe the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

2025-05-05 08:51:43 +0900 JST

Today is Constitution Memorial Day. Let’s recall Article 98: This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the nation and no law, ordinance, imperial rescript or other act of government, or part thereof, contrary to the provisions hereof, shall have legal force or validity. The treaties concluded by Japan and established laws of nations shall be faithfully observed. Let’s hope that the Government of Japan and the Boards of Education will learn how to faithfully observe human right treaties. ...

2025-05-03 07:28:19 +0900 JST

The following is an appeal from the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA). The Japan Federation of Bar Associations is conducting this survey as the first subcommittee of its Human Rights Conference Symposium scheduled for December will be on the theme of inclusive education. “Inclusive education” does not just mean having children in the same classroom. It is necessary for all children, including those with disabilities, to be valued and to believe that “it’s okay for everyone to be different” and “it’s okay to be who you are”. ...

2025-05-01 11:15:54 +0900 JST

Six and a half years have passed since this school enrollment consultation result. At that time I wasn’t aware of my child’s rights and were not informed enough to deal appropriately with the Board of Education. Today I wrote a “request for disclosure of retained personal information” in order to find out what happened behind the scenes. The disclosure request mechanism is defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. ...

2025-03-13 16:12:44 +0900 JST

Yesterday I asked the Elementary School principal for a copy of the paper from the Board of Education. He said he cannot provide me a copy without confirming with the Board of Education first. Today we talked again. In the meanwhile he confirmed with the Board of Education. He cannot provide me a copy due to protection of “personal information”. Well, this is my son’s “personal information”! The content of the pricipal’s memo: ...

2024-12-13 20:30:40 +0900 JST

A few days ago my child’s elementary school principal informed me about some information from the municipality’s Board of Education that he wants to share. Today we had a meeting that was attended by the principal, the vice principal and us, the parents. The principal read out a letter from the Board of Education’s school enrollment support commitee. I do not recall the detailed content, but the letter ended with: ...

2024-12-11 18:42:47 +0900 JST

It is 2024-11-21: More than 17 years have passed since Japan signed the CRPD Nearly 11 years have passed since Japan ratified the CRPD Yet, a Board of Education issues the below school enrollment result for an impaired child. Segregated education is a human rights violation! Fortunately, at that time, their parents were aware of their rights.

2024-11-21 12:34:56 +0900 JST

It is 2018-09-05: Nearly 11 years have passed since Japan signed the CRPD More than 4.5 years have passed since Japan ratified the CRPD Yet, a Board of Education issues the below school enrollment result for an impaired child. Segregated education is a human rights violation! Unfortunately, at that time, the parents were not aware of their rights.

2018-09-05 12:34:56 +0900 JST