Rodo Kumiai) serves as the largest union representing foreign and migrant education workers in Japan. Presidents 1947: Araki Shozaburo 1950: Oka Saburo 1952: Takeshi Kobayashi 1962: Miyanohara Sadamitsu 1971: Motofumi Makieda 1983: Shoju Ohba 1990s: 2004: Yasuo Morikoshi 2008: Yuzuru Nakamura 2012: Ryosuke Kato See also Education in Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japanese history textbook controversies Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform Ienaga Saburo Kimi Ga Yo Flag of Japan National Union of General Workers Azuma Koshiishi References - Japan External links Japan Teachers Union Homepage (in Japanese) Japan Teachers Union Homepage (in English) National Union of General Workers (in English) University Teachers Union (in English) Trade unions in Japan Education in Japan Education trade unions Trade unions established in 1947 Teaching in Japan