Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Japan revises teaching manuals to claim disputed territories...

TOKYO, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura on Tuesday announced that the ministry has revised the country's teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools to claim areas in disputes between Japan and China and between Japan and South Korea, according to local media.

The minister said in a press conference that it is natural for Japan to teach "properly" about its territory, adding that his ministry is working with Japan's foreign ministry on the territorial issues.
The new manuals will describe the disputed territories as " Japan's integral parts," according to Japan's Kyodo News.

Relations between Japan and China have frayed since it illegally "nationalized" the Diaoyu Islands, which are inherent territories of China, in September 2012.
Tokyo and Seoul are also at odds over a pair of rocks in the Sea of Japan. The islets are known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

The manuals will be used for textbooks for junior high school social studies and senior high school geography, history and civics classes, said Kyodo. The country earlier this month revised textbook screening guidelines.

It is unusual to revise the manuals at this time as they are usually revised every 10 years along with the amendment of curriculum guidelines, said Kyodo, adding that the existing teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools were published in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

Textbook revision issue is one of the obstacles between Japan and its neighboring countries as it reflects Japan's attitude toward its militarism past.
South Korea in 2008 briefly recalled its ambassador from Japan in protest after Japan revising the manuals and for the first time mentioning that the disputed territory with South Korea belongs to Japan.

On Tuesday, South Korea blasted again on Japan's move with the South Korean Foreign Ministry summoning Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho and demanding Japan retract the manuals.
Meanwhile, China also logged stern protest against the move and urged Japan stop provocative actions and respect historical realities.
 cntv.cn
28/1/14
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3 comments:

  1. Chinese FM reaffirms China's claim over Diaoyu Islands....

    China has expressed strong concerns and lodged a complaint to Japan over announced plans to revise its textbooks to include the disputed Diaoyu Islands as Japanese territory.

    Speaking at a routine press briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying reaffirmed China’s claim over the Diaoyu Islands.

    "I want to emphasize that the Diaoyu Islands and its affliliated islets are an inherent part of China’s territory. No matter how hard Japan promotes its stand, the fact that the Diaoyu Islands are an inherent part of China cannot be changed. Once again, China urges Japan to respect historic facts, stop provocations, and educate its younger generation with correct historic values. And we hope Japan will make concrete efforts to improve relations with its neighboring countries," she said.

    The Japanese Education Ministry says the revision was approved for junior and senior high school textbooks. The new textbooks will state that the Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku islands in Japan, are its "integral territories".

    The Diaoyu Islands are uninhabited land in the East China Sea. China’s Foreign Ministry says the islands were invaded and occupied by Japan during World War Two. And documents signed at the end of the war stated that they should be returned to China. The ministry urged Japan to respect this history and make up for its mistakes.
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  2. Japan revises teaching manuals, says disputed islands its territory...

    TOKYO — Japan said on Tuesday it was revising teaching manuals to make clear that two sets of remote islands at the center of disputes with China and South Korea are integral parts of its territory, prompting protests from an angry Seoul.

    Japan’s ties with Seoul and Beijing are increasingly strained over a host of issues, including the territorial rows and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit late last year to the Yasukuni shrine, where convicted war criminals are honored along with millions of war dead.

    The conservative Abe has said he wants to revise Japanese history to have a less apologetic tone, a sensitive topic for Asian neighbors such as South Korea and China, where memories linger of Japanese aggression before and during World War Two.

    Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura said the ministry was revising the manuals to teach “properly” about Japanese history and that it would make diplomatic efforts to explain the move to Japan’s neighbors.

    “It is extremely important that the children who will bear our future can properly understand our territory,” he told a news conference...........................http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-revises-teaching-manuals-says-disputed-islands-its-territory
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  3. Japanese kids to study that Korea and China illegally occupy disputed islands ...

    A chain of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute across Asia will be treated as Japanese territory in new secondary school teaching manuals, reported Japan's Education Ministry Tuesday.

    The revision is the most recent push in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's nationalist push to restore Japanese pride. However, it is likely to set off protests from Asian neighbours, especially China and South Korea. Taiwan has already registered concern.

    The ministry said the manuals call the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands and the South Korea-controlled Takeshima islets "integral parts of Japanese territory."

    The Senkakus in the East China Sea are also claimed by China and Taiwan, where they are known as Diaoyu and Tiaoyutai, respectively.

    In September 2012, Tokyo's purchase of three of the islets from a private Japanese owner sparked anti-Japan protests in dozens of Chinese cities and a boycott of Japanese products.

    Takeshima, located between Japan and South Korea, is called Dokdo in Seoul.

    "It is natural for the state to teach properly about (Japanese) territory," Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura said.

    "With the cooperation of our Foreign Ministry, we will explain the country's position to our neighbours," the minister said.

    The Education Ministry said it would notify school boards across Japan on Tuesday about the revision of the manuals..............Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_01_28/Japanese-kids-to-study-that-Korea-and-China-illegally-occupy-disputed-islands-1595/
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