Because foreign children who came here as teenagers have already established a firm grounding in their mother tongues, they are likely to become bilingual speakers--human resources who will become more valuable for Japanese society. If the education system would only be a little more flexible, they would not have to go through the kind of hardships they now face.

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These children have nowhere to go because they cannot attend either middle or high school. Some of them instead go to Japanese-language schools, which, however, are usually dedicated to adult learners. Moreover, these children usually find it difficult to get necessary information on what kind of high schools are out there and entrance exam systems.

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I think men and women should respect each other mutually and utilize (and) combine our strengths together.

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