At the Japanese-run public elementary school where he enrolled at age seven, the principal led the students in daily worship of the Japanese emperor. The children sang Kimi ga yo, raised the flag of the rising sun, and in history class memorized the names of Japanese emperors.
七歲時讀土城公學校，每天在校長指揮下遙拜皇居、高唱「君之代」、升太陽旗，上歷史課時需背誦歷代日本天皇姓名。