Heart Publishing Co., Ltd. The real Japan lies beyond a broken history. Moral education, which was erased from postwar education, is being reprinted (8th edition) in an elementary school textbook.

[Heart Publishing Co., Ltd.] The real Japan exists on the other side of a broken history. “Moral Education,” a subject that was eliminated from postwar education, is being reprinted (8th printing) in its elementary school textbook. ​ Image
URL: Heart Publishing Co., Ltd. Press release: September 3, 2025 To Members of the Press The real Japan lies beyond this discontinuity in history. “Moral Education,” a subject that was eliminated from postwar education, is being reprinted (8th printing) in its elementary school textbook. Recommended by Naoki Yahagi, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo: “Through stories of great men, students can learn about virtues such as loyalty, filial piety, courage, honesty, diligence, and compassion in a practical way.”
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This book, “Elementary Moral Education,” is a compilation of the essential knowledge that Japanese people must learn in order to remain Japanese, as well as an image of the ideal Japanese person as depicted through the lives of great people. However, the common sense and values ​​of the Japanese people that were important to Japanese people before and during the war have not been conveyed at all to postwar Japanese people. Reading this book, one is shocked by the spectacular discontinuity in Japan’s history. It also offers a glimpse into the true nature of Japan and the Japanese people that existed on the other side of this discontinuity in history. This subject of “moral education” disappeared when Japan lost the war. Needless to say, this was due to the GHQ’s occupation policy of Japan. If the education system of that time had been maintained throughout the postwar period, a terrifyingly developed nation unmatched by any other country would surely have existed in the Far East in the 21st century. The United States feared such a future and did not allow “moral education,” the source of the Japanese spirit. What happened to postwar Japan, which abandoned “moral education”? Even when our national sovereignty is violated or our national honor is tarnished, whether through the abduction issue, territorial disputes, textbook issues, or the comfort women issue, Japan has become a pathetic country that shows no resoluteness and instead shows consideration for the other country. The value of “moral education” would never tolerate such a thing. It would have been unimaginable for prewar Japanese. The fact that the economic, scientific, and technological advantages built up after the war have been lost since the Heisei era is likely related to the retirement of the generation educated before the war. For Japan to be revived, it is undoubtedly necessary for the Japanese people of the Reiwa era to return to the original Japanese identity that has continued since the age of mythology. At the end of the book, Professor Emeritus Yahagi Naoki of the University of Tokyo provides an excellent, detailed and comprehensive commentary on the entire system of moral education in the past. Reading this commentary will clearly highlight the significance of this book for Japanese people today. In addition to the newly reprinted “Elementary School Morals,” Heart Publishing has also published other moral education textbooks, including “Good Children,” “Child Discipline,” “National Etiquette,” “High School Morals for Boys,” and for girls’ high schools, “Secondary School Morals for Girls” and “Outline of Girls’ Etiquette.” Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49367/190/49367-190-69b7b46c970a96d3e23791930088b8ca-1300×660.jpg [Commentary] Naoki Yahagi Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. Born in Yokohama in 1956. Graduated from Kanazawa University School of Medicine in 1981. After that, he worked in anesthesiology, emergency and intensive care, internal medicine, surgery, and other departments. In 1999, he became a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences and the Department of Precision Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. In 2001, he became a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine and director of the Emergency and Intensive Care Units at the University of Tokyo Hospital, where he devoted 15 years of his life to establishing a comprehensive emergency medical system at the University of Tokyo Hospital. He retired in March 2016, completing his term of office. His many books include “People Don’t Die” (Basilico), “The Depths of Japanese History” (Fusosha), “Living Thanks to Them” (Gentosha), and “Practicing to Give Yourself a Rest” (Bunkyosha).
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/49367/190/49367-190-f87f49ecea41ee0a5262a53256ac668a-1748×2489.jpg [Book information] Book title: [Reprint edition] Elementary school training [Middle and high school version] Author: Ministry of Education Commentary: Naoki Yahagi Specifications: A5 paperback, 256 pages ISBN: 978-4802400947 Release: 2020.04.02 Main unit: 1800 yen (excluding tax) Publisher: Heart Publishing Product URL:
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