(1)Tokyo education board adopts controversial textbook

(1)Tokyo education board adopts controversial textbook

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Tokyo metropolitan education board are surrounded by the press on Aug. 7 before a meeting at the metropolitan government office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to discuss the adoption of a controversial history textbook. The board decided to adopt the textbook, which China and South Korea say glosses over Japan's wartime atrocities, in 24 junior high schools for frail and mentally handicapped children and two branch schools, all run by the metropolitan government.

Chinese envoy lodges complaint over textbook approval

Chinese envoy lodges complaint over textbook approval

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Jian (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 4 prior to their meeting. Chen lodged a complaint over Japan's approval of a controversial junior high school history textbook that critics say glosses over Japan's wartime aggression against its Asian neighbors.

(1)Tokyo education board adopts controversial textbook

(1)Tokyo education board adopts controversial textbook

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Tokyo metropolitan education board are surrounded by the press on Aug. 7 before a meeting at the metropolitan government office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to discuss the adoption of a controversial history textbook. The board decided to adopt the textbook, which China and South Korea say glosses over Japan's wartime atrocities, in 24 junior high schools for frail and mentally handicapped children and two branch schools, all run by the metropolitan government.

Chinese envoy lodges complaint over textbook approval

Chinese envoy lodges complaint over textbook approval

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Jian (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 4 prior to their meeting. Chen lodged a complaint over Japan's approval of a controversial junior high school history textbook that critics say glosses over Japan's wartime aggression against its Asian neighbors.