City in Tochigi Pref. adopts controversial textbooks

City in Tochigi Pref. adopts controversial textbooks

OTAWARA, Japan - Protestors encircle the car carrying Takashi Onuma, education board chief of the city of Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 13 after the education board adopted a junior high school history textbook that China and South Korea say distorts history.

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