▲ Ambassador Nagamine Yasumasa, Ambassador of Japan to Japan
On the 26th, the government approved a test of an elementary school textbook in which Dokdo distortion technology was strengthened. "The government has passed an elementary school textbook that contains an unjustified claim to Dokdo, our territory which is obviously historical, geographical and internationally legitimate. And urging them to immediately withdraw it. "
"The textbooks passed this test will have a negative impact on the development of future-oriented relations between Korea and Japan by injecting misleading territorial ideas based on false historical awareness into elementary school students," the government said in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It must be obvious. "
"The government will respond to any unjustifiable claims by the Japanese government on Dokdo, and the Japanese government should show responsible actions in the education of future generations while facing the lessons of history," the government said.
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) held a general meeting of the textbook examination council to approve the 12 kinds of textbooks for elementary school social studies whose claim to detain the sovereignty over Dokdo is strengthened.
In response, Deputy Foreign Minister Cho Hyun protested the ambassador to Japan Yasumasa Nagamine at about 3 pm on the day.
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