Chinese envoy lodges complaint over textbook approval

Chinese envoy lodges complaint over textbook approval

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Jian (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 4 prior to their meeting. Chen lodged a complaint over Japan's approval of a controversial junior high school history textbook that critics say glosses over Japan's wartime aggression against its Asian neighbors.

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