Kindergarten apologizes for playing Japanese military song at graduation  

上海一幼兒園畢業典禮放日本軍歌 官方嚴肅處理

據上海市閘北區教育局官方微博消息，今天(11日)下午，閘北區教育局關注到網上反映民辦上海市震旦外國語幼兒園曾在今年6月27日幼兒畢業典禮上使用《軍艦進行曲》作為背景音樂的事件，并于第一時間進行了核實，情況基本屬實。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A kindergarten in Shanghai has apologized for unintentionally using a Japanese military song as background music at a graduation ceremony.

A class of children at Zhendan Kindergarten in Shanghai's Zhabei district played drums with the song at a graduation ceremony on June 27, which parents posted online.

The video clip made a splash online Thursday, after the background music was identified by netizens as Warship March, a song for the Imperial Japanese Navy, reports said.

The local education department said that afternoon that an investigation had been launched, and promised to deal with the incident seriously.

In a written apology to the public, the head of the kindergarten said the headmaster didn't know anything about the song and selected the music at random for the children's performance.

The headmaster has been suspended, the People's Daily Online said.