That day Ri Sang U, vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the Union of Korean Teachers and School Clerks in Japan, Pak Ki Bom, chief of the General Affairs Department of the Union of Korean Education Association in Japan, Kim Sun On, chief director of Tokyo Korean School, and Kim Su On, vice-chairman of the Educational Association of Tokyo Korean Middle Higher School, conveyed a written request addressed to the minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and a paper carrying signatures of at least 3 670 retired teachers in different parts of Japan to the ministry.

They accused the Japanese authorities of turning deaf ear to the voices of people from all strata calling for including Korean schools in the above-said list.

They clarified that the Japanese people are also opposed to the exclusion of Korean schools only from the list.

They denounced the Japanese authorities' national discrimination, saying that students who should be indulged in study should not be made to worry that they are subject to discrimination.