The fact that a local newspaper raise this topic and report on it seems to me to be a sign of, to say the least, a democratic society. I can't imagine PRC government's mouthpiece Xinhua would report on its government-controled textbooks which hide the invasion and forcible assimilation of Tibet and Uigur. Also, a democratic society like japan's based on free speech, more like ours than PRC, cannot ban a book with a certain bias. But as the article tells, the book has basically been ignored by the majority of the school systems there - another sign that it remains healthy. Based on my observation in the country as an English teacher for several years, I can tell schools there teach the war and guilt quite extensively. This has to do with the fact that teachers' union in Japan are staunch left including CCP supporters. Maybe this is why this fringe news became a big deal in local media. Almost all textbooks detail the war atrocities committed by the imperial army, although some of them were only claimed by CCP with no evidence and diplomatically forced into those books. In general, ordinary japanese citizens are staunch pacifist, positive or negative, and liberal-leaning.
Lastly I doubt the motive of the person who posted this topic from a Korean local news agency which is left-leaning/pro-North Korea/Communist China. I cannot help suspecting a certain political position and a motive this person has against U.S. allies.
"Lastly I doubt the motive of the person who posted this topic from a Korean local news agency which is left-leaning/pro-North Korea/Communist China. I cannot help suspecting a certain political position and a motive this person has against U.S. allies."
Yes, please explain your "political" reason for making such a political statement.
The last I checked, S. Korea is still a US ally.