By YASUHIDE KIDO/ Staff Writer
April 28, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A framed statement from Masashi Sada is set up at the site of the inauguration ceremony of the Hakusui Elementary School on April 2 in the Yoshida district of Minami-Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. It calls on students to sing the school song “featuring beautiful natural environments in Aso with all your heart with your chest out.” (Yasuhide Kido)
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