Mr. Hirota Says They Take Foreign Nationality Tokyo, Mar. 8.
The Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, told an interpellator in the Diet to-day that the younger Japan-fosse generation born abroad would be educated by the nation of their birth. He added that Japan would strive to prevent these Japanese from losing the Japanese virtues.
Mr. Bunji Suzuki inquired about the education policy regarding the second generation of Japanese born In the United States. The Foreign Minister told him that they would become American citizens "Those born recently," Mr. Hirota said, "will be allowed' to acquire 'American citizenship. As they are 'Tapanese just the same, it is of course necessary to provide them with an appropriate education. As a general rule, Japanese born abroad are supposed' to receive the education of the country where they are born.
"However, the utmost effort will be made not to let these Japanese lose the Japanese virtues. Various methods are provided by maintaining contact with various emigration sociations and with Japanese sidents."—United Press,
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