Quotes of the Day
Friday, Mar. 27, 2009
We are prepared to fight to the end to bring freedom and democracy back to education in Japan.
- TORU KONDO,
- a teacher who led a lawsuit filed by a group of teachers who were punished for refusing to sing the national anthem and salute the country's flag — gestures considered by many a symbol of Japan's past militarism. A judge threw out the case
Photo: Junji Kurokawa / AP | Source: New York Times