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It was confirmed today (29th) that the expression 'forced arrest' of Korean workers during the Japanese colonial period was deleted from the textbook for use by Japanese high school sophomores and above from next year during the government's examination process.
Also, the expression 'comfort women in the wartime', which appears in the 'Kono Statement', which acknowledged the coercive nature of the mobilization of comfort women by the Japanese military and the involvement of the Japanese military at the time, also disappeared as the Japanese government practically banned its use.
As for Dokdo, the Japanese government's unreasonable claims of sovereignty over Dokdo, such as 'Japan's own territory' or 'illegal occupation by Korea', have been strengthened.
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced that 239 textbooks used by high school sophomores and above from next year have passed the examination at the textbook examination committee held this afternoon.
As a result of checking 14 textbooks on history (7 textbooks on Japanese history and 7 textbooks on world history) that passed the double screening, the expression 'forced execution' in some textbook applications was classified as 'mobilization' or 'conscription' during the verification process. It has been corrected.
Jikkyo Publishing's exploration of Japanese history initially stated, "The deportation of Koreans to Japan started in 1939 as a recruitment form, and compulsory deportation by government agencies began in 1942. In 1944, when the National Conscription Ordinance was revised and promulgated, it was forced to make up for the labor shortage. As the conduct of the conduct was expanded, the number reached about 800,000.”
However, 'forced arrest' after the blackout is 'mobilization'
In the study of world history at the Teikoku Seowon, there was a description that "[at the time of the Pacific War] workers were forcibly taken from Korea and China to make up for the labor shortage in mainland Japan" It was changed to 'conscription and mobilization'.
During the examination process, it was pointed out that 'the technology is not based on the unified view of the government', so the publisher revised it to pass the examination.
The 'unified view of the government' refers to the expressions of 'compulsory arrest' or 'comfort women in the wartime' in the cabinet meeting on April 27 last year (the equivalent of our cabinet meeting) during the time of Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. It means that the government's position that it is appropriate to write as
Previously, when the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology came out in April of last year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology also pressured the textbooks that had passed the examination to change the technology that included the comfort women and forced deportation.
In the case of wartime comfort women, this is an expression that appears in the Kono Statement, in which the Japanese government officially apologized for the issue of comfort women in the Japanese military in 1993.
Even though the cabinets of Shinzo Abe, Suga, and Kishida Fumio have all announced policies to inherit the Kono Statement, it is being pointed out that it is counter-interesting to not use the expression of “comfort women” in textbooks.
There was a case in which explanations related to the Gono discourse were modified during the textbook examination process.
Tokyo Books' political and economic textbook introduces the Kono discourse, which includes expressions of comfort women in the military. It was only after adding the skills that I could pass the test.
In Chikkyo Publishing's Exploration of Japanese History, mentioning the Pacific War period, there was a description that "many women became Japanese military comfort women", but they had to change 'comfort women' to 'comfort women'.
As a result of analyzing the descriptions of Japanese military comfort women in 14 textbooks on Japanese history and world history, only one textbook explaining the Japanese military’s involvement and forced mobilization was published by Chikkyo Publishing, and the rest were poorly written or not addressed at all. .
Of the 14 papers, 6 Japanese history investigations and 2 world history investigations dealt with the Japanese military comfort women issue. Except for Chikkyo Publishing, the rest of the textbooks described only one of the Japanese military involvement and forced mobilization, or neither did they.
The unfair claim that Dokdo is Japanese territory has been reinforced after the Japanese government forced the textbooks to state that Dokdo is Japanese territory through a study guide revised in 2014.
As a result of examining 12 social studies textbooks excluding history, such as Total Geography (1 type), Geography Exploration (3 types), Maps (1 type), Public Service (1 type), and Political Economy (6 types) that passed the test this time , revealed that Dokdo contains all descriptions of "Japan's (Korea's) indigenous territory".
Eight out of 12 species included a description that South Korea was "illegally occupying" Dokdo, and three contained expressions saying "occupies Korea" or "Korea unilaterally claims to be its territory".
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