Panel calls on gov't to revise 1947 education law

Panel calls on gov't to revise 1947 education law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) receives a report from Reona (Leo) Esaki, chairman of the National Commission on Educational Reform, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 22. The report says the government should break a long-standing taboo and carry out a major revision of the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education to enable it to meet current needs.

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