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The Japanese History Textbook Controversy Amid Post-War Sino-Japanese Relations, Maria Gabriela Romeu
The Japanese History Textbook Controversy Amid Post-War Sino-Japanese Relations, Maria Gabriela Romeu
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The relations between China and Japan are strained and continue to foster negative emotions partly because of China’s grievances about Japan’s actions during World War II and the allegedly false historiographical accounts found in Japanese history textbooks. This study will utilize historical analysis of the events leading up to the Nanjing Massacre in December of 1937, examine the Japanese Ministry of Education’s (MEXT) critical and contentious role in the selection of textbooks, used for primary and secondary schools, and will also juxtapose the controversial 2001 Atarashii rekishi kyōkasho with current Japanese history textbooks. The study will also include a syntactical …