Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Beijing, Seoul Protest Japanese School Textbook View on Territorial Claims


TOKYO--Japan's latest round of textbook reviews highlighting its claim to contested territories met criticism from South Korea and China on Tuesday, the latest indication that far more extensive changes sought by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative administration will not be welcomed by the nation's nearest neighbors.
In a review of textbooks for 11th and 12th grade classes released Tuesday, Japan's education ministry noted that the proportion of high school textbooks covering Japan's territorial rows with China and South Korea has increased from less than 70% to around 90%. The ...

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