Japan adopts history textbook that justifies its invasion of Asia
On Thursday the Tokyo Education Board adopted a new public school history textbook filled with nationalistic bias involving distortions of historical facts and exoneration of the Japanese invasion of Asian countries and the rounding-up of women in occupied areas for use as sex slaves for its military personnel.
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The newly adopted textbook describes a distorted historical perspective as the following:
1) By describing myths as historical facts, it encourages Japan to worship its emperors.
2) It refers to the Pacific War as a “great war to unify Asia” in militaristic terms.
3) It beautifies the Japanese invasion of Asian countries and interprets its cause as a war to liberate Asian people.
4) It glosses over its invasion and colonial governing history of Asian countries that it occupied.
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