The operator of a Korean senior high school in the city of Hiroshima appealed to a higher court Tuesday a ruling dismissing its claim for the publicly funded tuition support that covers most of the nation's high schools.

The appeal comes just days after a court found for the first time that it is unlawful to deny the tuition subsidies to a Korean school. The previous case concerned the operator of a Korean senior high school in Osaka.

The appeal was filed with the Hiroshima High Court by the operator of the Hiroshima Korean School. On July 19, the Hiroshima District Court dismissed the school operator and other plaintiffs' request to revoke an earlier decision by the government to deny Korean schools access to the subsidies.