Nine parts of disputed history textbook to be rewritten

Nine parts of disputed history textbook to be rewritten

TOKYO, Japan - Kanji Nishio, head of an authors' group that wrote a disputed junior high school history textbook, briefs reporters July 2 at the education ministry in Tokyo. The group will ''voluntarily'' rewrite nine parts of the textbook, including five passages that South Korea has demanded be revised.

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