Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, hands a report to education minister Kisaburo Tokai (R) on Dec. 26 in which the council approved requests by textbook publishers to reinstate references to the Japanese military's role in forcing civilians to commit mass suicides during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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