Music Advocacy Facts

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In Japan, Music, Fine Arts and Crafts, and Calligraphy are separate curriculum education categories with designated curriculum hours.

From: Synopsis of the Report "(Japan's) National Curriculum Standards Reform for Kindergarten, Elementary School, Lower and Upper Secondary School and Schools for the Visually Disabled, the Hearing Impaired and the Otherwise Disabled," July 29, 1998, The Curric

Available here: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Japan)

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