In line with the Japanese authorities’s view, the 4 forms of far-right tendencies have been rejected
![The geographical textbook of Imperial Seowon, which calls Dokdo Takeshima and marks it as Japanese territory. [Tokyo correspondent Lee Seunghoon]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202603/24/news-p.v1.20260324.0e47698bc0ac417e8c583af66717f8b4_P1.jpg)
Many social studies textbooks to be used by second-year Japanese high school students from next spring include a compelled declare that “Dokdo is Japanese territory.” Since the inauguration of the right-wing Takaichi Sanae authorities, textbooks appear to have largely accepted the Japanese authorities’s far-fetched view.
On the twenty fourth, Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology held a normal assembly of the Textbook Inspection Review Council and confirmed the outcomes of the overview of textbooks to be used by front-line high faculties from 2027. Among them, social studies textbooks are at challenge. This contains topics similar to Japanese historical past, world historical past, politics, economic system, and geography.
A complete of 27 social studies textbooks have handed the examination this time. As a results of confirming them by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on this present day, many of the know-how associated to Dokdo was included as “the unique territory of Korea (Japan).
“Takeshima, the Japanese territory of Shimane Prefecture (the title of Dokdo claimed by Japan), is Japan’s personal territory, however it’s illegally occupied by South Korea, and Japan continues to protest,” said a geographical exploration textbook published by Tokyo Book. Similar contents are described in the geography exploration textbook published by Imperial Seowon.
This distortion of history in Japanese social studies textbooks faithfully follows the opinions of the Japanese government. The Japanese government controls the contents of textbooks in three stages: instructional guidelines, their explanations, and textbook examination. Learning guidance is a top-level principle that serves as the criterion for the other two steps.
![High school social studies textbooks that passed the examination this time. [Tokyo correspondent Lee Seunghoon]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202603/24/news-p.v1.20260324.30ef6203f0ea4069a87bb4573b10e058_P1.png)
The guidelines for high school learning announced by the Japanese government in March 2018 dealt with the fact that Dokdo is Japan’s own territory and that Japan is working to resolve the territorial issue peacefully. In addition, in April 2021, the National Assembly decided that the term “worker” was appropriate instead of “compelled efficiency.” It is also the government’s view to use the term ‘Japanese Military Sexual Slavery’ instead of ‘military Japanese Military Sexual Slavery’.
In this textbook inspection, four books that Reiwa Book Co., founded by author Tsuneyasu Takeda, applied for as geography and history textbooks were rejected. Reiwa Book has published a history textbook of far-right middle schools that denies the coercion of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery and insists on colonial modernization.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology pointed out that high school textbooks applied for by Ray Wasser’s book are largely similar to middle school textbooks, adding, “There is a really critical flaw within the fundamental composition.”
On the other hand, the South Korean government strongly protested the Japanese government’s approval of high school textbooks distorting historical facts based on its own historical views and urged immediate correction.
In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited Hirota Matsuo, the general director of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building on the same day to convey its protest. As he entered the government building, Matsuo did not answer any questions from reporters, such as “Do you not suppose unfair claims of Dokdo may adversely have an effect on Korea-Japan relations?”