He made this remark, following the comment made by Kunio YONENAGA, a member of The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education, 'Making schools all over Japan raise the national flag as well as sing the national anthem in unison is my work.'
-東京都教育委員の米長邦雄の「日本中の学校に国旗を掲げ、国歌を斉唱させるのが私の仕事です」という発言に対して。