The Oita Prefecture Board of Education released its opinion on the 8th that “biased education was conducted” at one junior high school in the prefecture. First year students were distributed materials that claimed the national flag and national anthem were “symbols used to conduct war”, and that they “frightened some foreigners”. They board said the material were inappropriate because they did not follow the legal requirement for neutrality in education. The materials were distributed on a class about National Foundation Day, which is February 10.