I dont think this is the official anthem of Japan, it's the one used during WWII， and this has be prohibited from playing, except for some right winged schools would play it. There's no official national anthem for Japan right now. —unsigned comment by Mingyuan (talk) .
- Wikipedia's article says that this is in current use. -- 200.234.1.206 23:01, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- Its official status is per Translation:Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem —Beleg Tâl (talk) 21:07, 16 August 2018 (UTC)