There is controversy over this issue of some nationalistic-conservative Japanese historians whitewashing Japanese attrocities during WW2, such as the rape of Nanking,
comfort women, torture & execution of Allied POWs, and the use of chemical and biological warfare against civilians in China and Korea.
Now of course, opposition from China & the Koreas stem partly from nationalism and negative media coverage. However, some books have been whitewashed by a small group of conservatives in Japan.
"South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung, praised the widespread decision not to use the text, and a suprapartisan group of South Korean lawmakers who visited Tokyo on Thursday said the overwhelming rejection of the textbook ''represents the conscience of the Japanese public.''
The overwhelming majority of Japanese schools do NOT use the textbooks with conservative whitewashing cuz they know it's BS.
How should East Asian governments (Japan included) react to this controversial issue?
2006-10-03
14:13:57
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Anonymous