Japan, S. Korea agree on basis for resolving textbook issue

Japan, S. Korea agree on basis for resolving textbook issue

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (R) meets with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong at her ministry in Tokyo on May 2. They agreed that an apology issued in 1995 by then Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama should be the basis for resolving the issue of controversial Japanese history textbooks.

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