As the extraordinary Diet session began Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid out his legislative agenda and left political observers speculating over the government's apparent tilt to the right and its push for "patriotism."

Abe has made reforming the nation's educational system a priority and his first step is to try to revise the Fundamental Law of Education, which has shaped the postwar school system.

Abe told reporters Tuesday at his first news conference as prime minister that he intended to get a bill revising the education law passed during the 81-day extraordinary Diet session.