A Comparison

ARTICLES OF WISDOM teachings were taken out of the curriculum. The purpose of these changes was to shape Japan’s younger generation according to America’s wishes. In 1946, a team of American education experts arrived in Japan with a detailed plan. They produced a report titled: Report of the United States Education Mission to Japan. This report was essentially a practical explanation of the directives General MacArthur had issued to Japan’s Ministry of Education in his capacity as the country’s supreme authority. In 1947, Japan’s Basic Education Law and School Education Law were drafted in line with this report. In 1948, Japan’s Education Board was created to ensure that the education system continued to run according to America’s preferences. Thus, schools, colleges, and universities in Japan adopted an education system modeled entirely on the one in America. Unlike India’s Muslim leaders, the Japanese did not label America’s plan as “educational colonialism,” nor did they launch protests or boycotts against it. Without losing a single day, they placed their entire younger generation into this “American education system.” Now, nearly half a century has passed since then. The outcome is plain for all to see. Those who studied under this system emerged as true “Japanese.” They did not become “Americans” in any sense, as America had intended. On the