ABSTRACT
Closely related to the theme of the previous chapter, namely, how Japanese religions negotiate borders with politics at the systemic level, is the issue of the relationship between religion and public education in Japan (type 13), which is formally regulated by the Fundamental Law of Education (Kyōiku kihonhō https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203066614/29c871e3-decb-427d-95e2-4f6ccd755d08/content/inline8_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>). Enacted in 1947, this legislation set the standard for an effective separation of secular public education from politics and religion, and was intended to prevent a return to the ideological overtones of Japanese wartime education. This aim was particularly evident in Article 9 of the law, which stated that
The attitude of religious tolerance and the position of religion in social life shall be valued in education. (2) The schools established by the national and local governments shall refrain from religious education or other activities for a specific religion (tokutei no shūkyō no tame no shūkyō kyōiku sono hoka shūkyōteki katsudō https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203066614/29c871e3-decb-427d-95e2-4f6ccd755d08/content/inline8_2_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>).
(Monbu Kagakushō 2011)