40% of family can not pay tuition

Osaka faces a severe budget problem, and its governor completely downsizes the waste of public service.

A school teacher in Osaka told that four out of ten families request for the subsidy for schooling their children at upper secondary level. (Japan's compulsory public schooling, ISCED 1&2, are free)

Osaka is now the center of financial difficulty both at the public and private levels.