{"id":151555,"date":"2023-02-14T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151555&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:05:51","slug":"graduation-mask-policy-divides-students-and-teachers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/graduation-mask-policy-divides-students-and-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Mask Policy Divides Students and Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Japanese government recently announced a policy allowing students to attend graduation ceremonies without wearing masks. In response,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dazaifu <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nishi Elementary School in Dazaifu City changed its policy from allowing students to remove masks during entry and exit and during the presentation of certificates, to removing masks throughout the ceremony except during the singing of the school song. Some students have mixed feelings about removing their masks, with some wanting to take them off, others resistant, and others wanting to decide based on what others are doing. The school will allow students to decide for themselves and will make a final decision taking into account notices from the education board and the opinions of teachers, guardians, and guests. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230213\/5010019216.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_fukuoka-elementary-school-mask_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C795&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_fukuoka-elementary-school-mask_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_fukuoka-elementary-school-mask_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_fukuoka-elementary-school-mask_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C581&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_fukuoka-elementary-school-mask_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C436&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese government recently announced a policy allowing students to attend graduation ceremonies without wearing masks. In response, Dazaifu Nishi Elementary School in Dazaifu City changed its policy from allowing students to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":151564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-151555","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}