Operators of Chinese and Korean schools in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures on Monday called for preferential tax treatment for donations to their schools, claiming that only providing such treatment to European and American international schools in Japan is discriminatory.
Tokyo Chosen Gakuen and Kanagawa Chosen Gakuen, both of which provide education for Koreans in Japan, and Yokohama Yamate Chinese School filed a petition with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations to correct the tax practice.
According to the petition, Korean and Chinese schools are unable to receive tax breaks for donations to the schools for such purposes as renovating or building school facilities, although such tax breaks are given to European and American schools in Japan.
The petition says such discriminatory treatment is a human rights violation.
Han Chong Suk, head of the mothers' association of Tokyo's Korean school and one of those who filed the petition, told a news conference that the construction of the school has been financed solely by donations.
"We want (the tax system) rectified," Han said
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