Sunday, October 7, 2007

Okinawans Protest Cover-up of Mass Murders and Suicides in History Textbooks

Japan is revising its school social studies textbooks to cover up mass murders and suicides of Okinawans imposed by the Japanese military before the American invasion of Okinawa in 1945.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/asia/07okinawa.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fE%2fEducation%20and%20Schools

The Okinawan protests against this cover-up have rocked the new government.

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