<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:MS PMincho, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style=""><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: 'MS PMincho', serif;"><div style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial">Sorry, mistypo. I meant to say, "These discussions somehow ceased", not "seized". </font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial">I'm sorry about the confusion that it might cause.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font
size="2" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style=""><font face="Arial" size="2">----Akiko</font></div> <div style="" class="yui_3_2_0_4_145432176112180"><br></div><br><div id="yiv538820805" style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family:MS PMincho, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>Dear Kine-Japaners</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>Paul and others asked about abolition of arts and humanities at national universities last summer.</div><div>These discussions somehow seized, but now is the time we should clarify what has been happening and</div><div>what will happen to arts and humanities at national universities in Japan.</div><div><br></div><div>Professor Muroi, the author of "Bunkei gakubu kaitai" (The reconstructions of Departments of Art and Humanities (social sciences)),</div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">talked about the details at Japan National Press
Club.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQIM2y2g144" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-family:arial, sans-serif;
font-size:14px;">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v= dQIM2y2g144</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Akiko </span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px;"> <div style="font-family:MS PMincho, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:MS PGothic, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>