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Entrance ceremonies mark new school year
Daily Yomiuri (Japan), Apr. 7, 2001http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20010407wo32.htm  [Story no longer online? Read this]
Entrance ceremonies marking the first term of the school year were held Friday at public schools nationwide as children began their new school lives.
Most of Tokyo's 1,356 public primary schools had entrance ceremonies, and about 90,000 children entered primary school in Tokyo this year. (...) In Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, the 12-year-old daughter, eight-year-old son and seven-year-old son of Chizuo Matsumoto, leader of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, began to go to a local public primary school. Even though they had initially been refused admittance to the school because of anti-Aum sentiments voiced by other students' parents, the city education board decided to accept them last month. [...more...] [Need the full story? Read this] 
See also:
» Children of Asahara forced to pay for guru's alleged crimes, Japan Times (Japan), Dec. 30, 2000 » Children of Aum's disciples caught in crossfire, Asahi News (Japan), Oct. 4, 2000 » Hard Legacy for Family of Japanese Sect's Leader, New York Times, Sep. 1, 2000 » Ryugasaki's approach to cult is broader lesson in tolerance, Asahi Daily News (Japan), Apr. 8, 2001 (Opinion) |
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