An association of ruling bloc lawmakers has drafted a bill to let municipalities provide financial aid to certain types of international schools, many of which are losing students as Brazilian residents lose their jobs amid the recession.
The 55 Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito legislators are thinking of submitting the bill to the Diet before it closes in June.
The draft, recently obtained by The Japan Times, proposes that the state also be allowed to help fund local governments that subsidize unauthorized international schools.