Japan to Assist Municipalities to Realize Free Elementary School Lunches Nationwide

The Yomiuri Shimbun
14:58 JST,
November 17, 2025
The government plans to expand financial assistance to municipalities that currently do not provide school lunches at their elementary schools, as it plans to implement free elementary school lunches nationwide next fiscal year.
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