Panel compiles report to make textbook screening transparent

Panel compiles report to make textbook screening transparent

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, presents a report to education minister Ryu Shionoya on Dec. 25 as the governmental panel outlined a set of measures to make the screening process for school textbooks transparent.

Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, hands a report to education minister Kisaburo Tokai (R) on Dec. 26 in which the council approved requests by textbook publishers to reinstate references to the Japanese military's role in forcing civilians to commit mass suicides during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, hands a report to education minister Kisaburo Tokai (R) on Dec. 26 in which the council approved requests by textbook publishers to reinstate references to the Japanese military's role in forcing civilians to commit mass suicides during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

Panel compiles report to make textbook screening transparent

Panel compiles report to make textbook screening transparent

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, presents a report to education minister Ryu Shionoya on Dec. 25 as the governmental panel outlined a set of measures to make the screening process for school textbooks transparent. (Kyodo)