Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Toshiko Abe mentions the Imperial Rescript on Education during a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 22, 2025.

In response to a question from a lawmaker about the use of the Imperial Rescript on Education, Japan's Cabinet said on March 31 that use of the rescript as material for learning is not denied as long ...

A decision by the Japanese government to allow the pre-World War II guiding principles of education in Imperial Japan to once again be taught in schools has surprised observers. The government's ...

Kyoiku Chokugo, or the Imperial Rescript on Education, was eliminated and revoked by the Diet in June 1948 as being incompatible with the basic principle of the Japanese Constitution. Therefore, ...

HIROSHIMA--Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui cited a part of the prewar Imperial Rescript on Education stressing loyalty to the emperor in training materials for new city employees, The Asahi Shimbun ...

Hiromu Morishita is seen among piles of materials in his home in Hiroshima's Saeki Ward on Feb. 9, 2024. (Mainichi/Yuichi Nakagawa) HIROSHIMA -- "It was surprising. I was appalled." The mayor of this ...

Two members of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet said separately on Tuesday that they support using the controversial prewar Imperial Rescript on Education as a teaching material, despite ...

TOKYO (AP) — Opposition politicians on Tuesday criticized a decision by Japan’s Cabinet to allow schools to study a 19th century imperial order on education that was banned after World War II for ...