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Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone = 2005 in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo office (photographed by Tokyo Shimbun)
According to a joint communication survey, 56 out of 82 national universities, excluding graduate university, will display condolence flags and half flags at the joint burial of the late former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone by the Cabinet and the PLD on the 17th. . 19 schools will not be displayed. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology issued a notice requesting the National University to express its condolences, but said it would not force it and the response was divided. There was no response that the university would be silent.
◆ Osaka University “Silence to obey requests”
Many universities that said they would display a condolence flag or half flag responded that the reason was “a response notified by the Ministry of Education.” Some universities said they built on the precedent when similar announcements were given at the joint burial of former prime ministers and the anniversary of the end of the war. Osaka University said: “We will show it silently according to the request.”
Most of the 19 schools that did not display it cited the day of the joint burial as “because it is a holiday on Saturday.” During the examination, 3 schools and 4 schools did not respond.
Notification document from the Ministry of Education requesting the National University to express its condolences for the joint burial of the late former Prime Minister Nakasone
◆ University of Tokyo Gakugei “Large national corporations must be impartial”
Tokyo Gakugei University, which does not show it, said: “I would like to express my deepest condolences,” and since it was a joint funeral of the PLD and the Cabinet, “as a large national corporation that must be impartial and fair, I I will notify. I will refrain from responding as I was. “
71 schools responded that they would not be silent as a university. As with the condolences and the half flags, there were many reasons for “no people on campus on Saturday.” A total of four schools, including Kagawa University, responded that they would notify staff and let the individual decide whether to keep quiet or not. (Joint)
Notice of Condolence RequestOn the 2nd, the government agreed that each ministry and agency would raise a flag of condolence on the day of the joint burial of the late former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and remain silent at 2:10 pm. We also decided to request the cooperation of related organizations to express our condolences in the same way. The Ministry of Education asked the National University and others to raise a flag of condolences and express their condolences in silence on the 13th. A document to the same effect was also sent to the Board of Education of the prefecture as a “reference” and He requested that it be made known to the municipal education committee.
