The chairman of the school corporation that operates Doshisha International High School apologized in public for the first time since a boat on a school training trip capsized off Henoko in Okinawa Prefecture, killing a female student. He also said the peace program that included the trip raised a problem for the neutrality of education, NHK reported.
The chairman spoke at a press conference held by the corporation. He offered his apology to the student's family and to the school community.
Questions over the program
The chairman said the neutrality of education was at issue in the peace studies program that the training trip was part of. The source does not say what specifically he identified as the problem, or whether the program will be changed.
The source does not give the date of the press conference, the name of the chairman, the age of the student, or the circumstances in which the boat overturned. It also does not say how much time passed between the accident and the chairman's appearance.