(2)Tokyo education board adopts controversial textbook

(2)Tokyo education board adopts controversial textbook

TOKYO, Japan - Civic groups opposing the adoption of a controversial history textbook in public schools conduct a sit-in on Aug. 7 at the Tokyo metropolitan government office. The Tokyo metropolitan education board decided the same day to adopt the history textbook penned by nationalist historians in 24 junior high schools for frail and mentally handicapped children and two branch schools, all run by the metropolitan government.

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