When a discriminatory remark is uttered during a public meeting hosted by a municipality, it is the city officials responsibility to demonstrate their categorical rejection of bigotry by admonishing the offender on the spot.
NAGOYA Mayor Takashi Kawamura apologized for the city’s failure to prevent discriminatory remarks from being uttered toward a physically disabled man during a public forum held to discuss plans to rebuild Nagoya Castle.
Striving to restore their original appearances, many feudal-era castles around Japan are replacing their modern concrete-built main keeps with ones made from timber.