Moritomo Gakuen

Moritomo Gakuen
Native name	学校法人森友学園
Romanized name	Gakkō hōjin Moritomo Gakuen
Founded	August 25, 1952

Moritomo Gakuen (学校法人森友学園, Gakkō hōjin Moritomo Gakuen) is a Japanese private school operator, most known for its involvement in a 2017 political scandal implicating former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his wife, Akie Abe.

Moritomo Gakuen began as a kindergarten (preschool) operated by Yasunori Kagoike [ja]. Kagoike implemented a nationalist curriculum at the school which included daily recitations of the Imperial Rescript on Education, a practice employed at schools in the Empire of Japan from 1890 to 1945.^[1] Moritomo Gakuen is controversial about teaching anti-Korean education.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Repeta, Lawrence (2017-10-15). "Backstory to Abe's Snap Election – the Secrets of Moritomo, Kake and the "Missing" Japan SDF Activity Logs". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
^ "Vox - Inside North Korea's bubble in Japan (Timestamp 11:30)". YouTube. 31 October 2017.
^ "What's so bad about Imperial Rescript on Education anyway?". Japan Times. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2023. There has been a scandal over Osaka school operator Moritomo Gakuen's questionable dealings with government officials to get a sweetheart deal on state land for a new school. There were shocking revelations about the anti-Chinese and anti-Korean xenophobia of the operators.
^ "재일민단, 학부모에 혐한문서 日유치원에 "민족 차별" 항의문". 연합뉴스. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2023. 재일본대한민국민단(재일민단)이 재일동포를 포함한 학부모들에게 혐한(嫌韓) 문서를 보낸 일본 오사카(大阪)의 유치원에 "민족 차별 행위"라고 비판하는 내용의 항의문을 보냈다고 교도통신이 27일 보도했다.

[:2-1] Repeta, Lawrence (2017-10-15). "Backstory to Abe's Snap Election – the Secrets of Moritomo, Kake and the "Missing" Japan SDF Activity Logs". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 2017-10-17.

[2] "Vox - Inside North Korea's bubble in Japan (Timestamp 11:30)". YouTube. 31 October 2017.

[3] "What's so bad about Imperial Rescript on Education anyway?". Japan Times. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2023. There has been a scandal over Osaka school operator Moritomo Gakuen's questionable dealings with government officials to get a sweetheart deal on state land for a new school. There were shocking revelations about the anti-Chinese and anti-Korean xenophobia of the operators.

[4] "재일민단, 학부모에 혐한문서 日유치원에 "민족 차별" 항의문". 연합뉴스. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2023. 재일본대한민국민단(재일민단)이 재일동포를 포함한 학부모들에게 혐한(嫌韓) 문서를 보낸 일본 오사카(大阪)의 유치원에 "민족 차별 행위"라고 비판하는 내용의 항의문을 보냈다고 교도통신이 27일 보도했다.

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