High court overturns ruling on textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Takashima, 60, a professor at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks with the media in Tokyo on May 29 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court decision and dismissed a suit filed by him demanding 1 million yen in compensation for the government's 1992 textbook screenings. Takashima said he will appeal to the Supreme Court as the high court ruling was merely parroting the opinion of the state.

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