 Outside of the school system, there was a controversy regarding "Kimigayo" soon after the passage of the 1999 law.A month after the law's passage, a record containing a performance of "Kimigayo" by Japanese rock musician Kiyoshiro Imawano was removed by Polydor Records from his album "Fuyu no Jujika".Polydor did not want to attract harassment from far-right groups.