BBC Japan: Survey shows
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Japan: Survey shows over 70 per cent of school boards asked to reject textbook
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jul 17, 2001
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo
Tokyo, 17 July: More than 70 per cent of municipal education boards say they have been asked not to adopt a controversial history textbook for use in public junior high schools, according to a survey by a bipartisan Diet group released Tuesday [17 July]. The group, formed in late June to discuss the textbook issue, contacted 3,247 education boards for the poll, and 1,170 responded. The textbook in question is Fuso Publishing Inc's "Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho" (New History Textbook), which critics have charged glosses over Japan's wartime atrocities.
In a meeting in the Diet Tuesday, the group said 73.2 per cent of respondents received requests to reject the book for use in the academic year starting next April, mainly from teachers' groups in Japan and abroad. The bipartisan group includes lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. It is headed by former agriculture minister Shoichi Nakagawa.
The group views demands for revisions by foreign countries as interference in domestic affairs, and seeks a fair selection process in choosing textbooks. According to the survey, 50.1 per cent of respondents said they have decided to make public the process of selecting textbooks and reference materials used during it.
The survey said 47.4 per cent have banned the practice in which teachers recommend textbooks from several companies ahead of the evaluation and decision-making process by the boards, suggesting teachers influence boards in the adoption of textbooks. In the survey, respondents also questioned the commercialization of the Fuso book, saying its popularity would make the selection process unfair. Others said the controversy should not be brought into the academic world, the survey showed.
"Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho" was written by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform, a group of nationalist academics and their supporters, and was approved for use in public junior high schools by the government in April along with other texts.
Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho￣
Source: Kyodo News Service, Tokyo, in English 1215 gmt 17 Jul 01
/BBC Monitoring/ ㉟ BBC.
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jul 17, 2001
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo
Tokyo, 17 July: More than 70 per cent of municipal education boards say they have been asked not to adopt a controversial history textbook for use in public junior high schools, according to a survey by a bipartisan Diet group released Tuesday [17 July]. The group, formed in late June to discuss the textbook issue, contacted 3,247 education boards for the poll, and 1,170 responded. The textbook in question is Fuso Publishing Inc's "Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho" (New History Textbook), which critics have charged glosses over Japan's wartime atrocities.
In a meeting in the Diet Tuesday, the group said 73.2 per cent of respondents received requests to reject the book for use in the academic year starting next April, mainly from teachers' groups in Japan and abroad. The bipartisan group includes lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. It is headed by former agriculture minister Shoichi Nakagawa.
The group views demands for revisions by foreign countries as interference in domestic affairs, and seeks a fair selection process in choosing textbooks. According to the survey, 50.1 per cent of respondents said they have decided to make public the process of selecting textbooks and reference materials used during it.
The survey said 47.4 per cent have banned the practice in which teachers recommend textbooks from several companies ahead of the evaluation and decision-making process by the boards, suggesting teachers influence boards in the adoption of textbooks. In the survey, respondents also questioned the commercialization of the Fuso book, saying its popularity would make the selection process unfair. Others said the controversy should not be brought into the academic world, the survey showed.
"Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho" was written by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform, a group of nationalist academics and their supporters, and was approved for use in public junior high schools by the government in April along with other texts.
Atarashii Rekishi Kyokasho￣
Source: Kyodo News Service, Tokyo, in English 1215 gmt 17 Jul 01
/BBC Monitoring/ ㉟ BBC.
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