TOKYO: A Japanese kindergarten known for its nationalist curriculum has apologized after coming under fire for hostile comments about Korean and Chinese parents. The operator of Tsukamoto Kindergarten in the western city of Osaka was questioned by local education authorities last month after complaints from parents in December. The kindergarten previously had said the insults were provoked by criticism it had received from Chinese and South Korean parents. A number of incidents of hate speech against specific ethnic groups on the streets or online have been reported in Japan in recent years. They are most commonly directed at Koreans who came to Japan when the Korean peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule between 1910-1945, and at their descendants who stayed in the country.

Source: Manila Times February 21, 2017 12:07 UTC