EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & PRACTICE IN JAPAN

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	The adjacent Figure shows the meanings of the principle of democratization, regional devolution, and autonomy enacted by the Board of Education in 1948 as well as alterations under the Law concerning the Organization and Functions of Local Educational Administration. The revisions associated with recent decentralization are also mentioned. The Law concerning the Organization and Functions of Local Educational Administration distanced itself from the legislative substance of the Board of Education Law, with methods for activating Boards of Education remaining an issue. The Law concerning the Organization and Functions of Local Education Administration in 1999 restructured educational administration under general administration, involving repeals of aspects of decentralization such as the superintendent appointment system and the institution of commission affairs.