This innovative book examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. It sets the controversy in the context of debates about memory and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan's relations with its neighbours and former colonies.
Nozaki examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. He sets it in the context of debates about memory and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan's relations with its neighbours and former colonies. He also discusses the legal strug…
This innovative book examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. It sets the controversy in the context of debates about memory and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan's relations with its neighbours and former colonies.
The controversy over official state-approved history textbooks in Japan, which omit or play down many episodes of Japan's occupation of neighboring countries before and during the Pacific War, and which have been challenged by critics who favor a more historically balanced appro…