Since around 1996, in the field of education, under guidance by the Ministry of Education at that time, the instruction for the chorus reading of "Kimigayo" together with raising of the Japanese (rising sun) flag (hinomaru) were strengthened.
平成8年（1996年）頃から、教育現場において、当時の文部省の指導で、日章旗（日の丸）の掲揚と同時に『君が代』の斉唱の通達が強化される。