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Intellectuals protest nationalist-authored history text

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature prize winner Kenzaburo Oe (L) and Mutsuko Miki, widow of former Prime Minister Takeo Miki, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 about their statement urging the education ministry not to approve a junior high school history textbook written by nationalist academics. In addition to Oe and Miki, the statement had the support of novelist Hisashi Inoue, photographer Yoshino Oishi and Yoshikazu Sakamoto, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.