New school textbook in Japan have replaced terms like “forcibly mobilized” with “participated” and reaffirmed Japanese sovereignty over Dokdo. This changes symbolize right wing political pressure, which downplayed Japanese military’s role in mass suicides and comfort women that betrayed South Korea’s diplomatic concessions.

• Hankyoreh Article: https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/english_editorials/1121524.html

• The Korea Times Article: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20230328/revised-japanese-textbooks-downplay-wartime-forced-labor-catching-korea-off-guard

• The Mainichi Article: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230628/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

• Union of Catholic Asian News Article: https://www.ucanews.com/news/japan-slammed-for-erroneous-wwii-history-in-textbooks/101826