For Yoshikazu Kenjo, those who attended his junior high evening classes were not only his students but also his teachers.
"Night junior high schools have accepted those who could not receive an education at regular school age for various reasons," he said.
"Mirroring society, we had war-displaced Japanese from China, and Afghan refugees attended classes after the outbreak of the U.S.-led attacks in Afghanistan," he said.
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