said how to appreciate the records of pupils is a very difficult problem, commenting on the new educational guidance program for senior high school pupils which is scheduled to go into force in April. The paper emphasized, however, that school records must be compiled from an objective point of view on senior high school life itself, and not in connection with the university entrance examinations.

In The Mainichi, in its first editorial titled "Liquidate Confusion over Educational Assessment," said that the new educational guidance program for senior high school pupils, which will go into force in April, seems to have been drawn up mainly with consideration for university entrance examinations. The paper stressed the necessity of correcting the present chaotic state of senior high school education which has been caused by the university entrance examination system. In its second editorial titled "Conduct International Investigations on King Kwanggaeto's Monument," the Mainichi said that international investigations should be conducted for settlement of the dispute between Japanese and North Korean historians on the epigraph borne by the monument dedicated to the ancient Korean King Kwanggaeto which is one of the important data concerning the ancient histories of Japan and Korea.

The Tokyo Shimbun, in its first editorial titled "Revision of Educational Guidance Program and School Report," urged the Education Ministry to establish a new standard for compilation of the pupils' records, commenting on the new educational guidance program for senior high schools which will go into force in April. The paper also pointed out the necessity of studying the reports to be presented to the universities on the occasion of entrance examinations. In its second editorial titled "Is Oil Protein Safe?",

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the Tokyo Shimbun noted that the people are feeling uneasy over the use of oil protein as feed. The paper urged the Government to begin studying at once whether oil protein will not do any harm to the human body.

The Nihon Keizai, in its editorial titled "Discussions and Debates Diet Should Hold on Yen Problem," noted that the Opposition Parties, which are criticizing the Government for the virtual revaluation of the now yen, have not pressed, even once, the Government for such steps as liberalization of trade and tariff reduction. The paper charged that the Opposition Parties are only trying to secure some pledges from the Government, while the Government are only giving evasive replies. The paper said it is time for the Diet to establish a special committee to study such problems as Japan-US trade relations, exchange values of currencies and free trade liberalization.