Semigov't body begins drive to teach children about finance

NAGOYA, Japan - Some 200 students attend a special class on consumer education by financial planner Katsumi Ichionose at a junior high school in Nagoya on July 13. The school was chosen as the first stop in campaign by the Central Council for Financial Services Information, a government-private sector body, to tour some 20 schools across the nation to teach children about financial affairs. (Kyodo)

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