Monday, October 25, 2004

Tortuous tangles over Japanese textbooks

TOKYO - Given the history of Japanese textbooks outraging the country's neighbors by whitewashing Tokyo's World War II aggression and worsening its relations with China, Korea and other nations, yet another textbook written and published by right-wing groups has emerged. Though it is read by a tiny number of students, it has found its way into popular bookstores where it is a strong seller - a sign of the power of Japan's small number of influential hawks.

(Asia Times Online. October 26. 2004)

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Is this the direction of Japan's policy in the controversial textbook issue?


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