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The Development of Japanese Educational Policy, 1945–85

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

Edward R. Beauchamp
Edward R. Beauchamp*
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History of education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The appointment of an Ad Hoc Reform Council, or Rinkyoshin, on 21 August 1984 was a logical culmination to a lengthy period of concern in Japan over a set of widely perceived educational problems and the future prospects for Japanese education. The charge given to the council by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was clear: “to consider basic strategies for necessary reforms… so as to secure such education as will be compatible with the social changes and cultural developments of our country.” The prime minister went on to remind council members that “if our nation is to build up a society that is full of vitality and creativity as well as relevant to the 21st century, it is a matter of great urgency to design necessary reforms.”

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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , Fall 1987 , pp. 299 - 324
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Copyright © 1987 by the History of Education Society 

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