(2)Ehime education board adopts controversial textbook

(2)Ehime education board adopts controversial textbook

MATSUYAMA, Japan - People stage a rally in front of the Ehime prefectural government office in Matsuyama on Aug. 15 to protest against the prefectural education board's decision to adopt a controversial history textbook written by a group of nationalistic scholars for use at three junior high schools opening next spring.

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