竹島と尖閣諸島が日本の領土というのはずっと前から日本が主張していたことです。韓国や中国の機嫌をうかがって、これまで教科書に書いてなかったこと自体がおかしいのです。逆に、韓国や中国が領土問題についてどう教科書に書こうと、日本は内容を変えろなどと言うつもりはありません。他国の教育に干渉しないのが普通ではないですか？

Hi Fluffy, I’ll give everyone an English version on your comment so you can get some feedback to your question:

Japan has maintained for many years that Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands are Japanese territory. The concept of courting Korea and China’s requests to put something in textbooks that has never been there before is strange. In contrast, Japan does not tell Korea or China how to write about the territorial issue or change the contents of their textbooks. Isn’t it normal for other countries not to interfere with a nation’s education system?

Thank you for this article. It’s very helpful to show how the actions of the leaders of a country are often not completely reflecting the opinions and wishes of its people.

Wow, big shocker, huh? Contrast that with the usual surveys that are given to the Chinese people in China. Not all of them of course, but their surveys always say that japan/japanese are reviving militarism, etc. etc. etc. I mean, they spout automatic nonsense, live in denial of their own past, and continue to engage in despicable racist attitudes and actions against japanese. And they justify their stupidity by crying louder about japan’s past wartime actions. I mean, just look at the nationalists that continue to come to this board (and will debate about how right they are and how bad japanese are on this thread alone).

Is anyone out there, besides japundit, ever going to tell the world what true reality is instead of the autopilot japan bashing and hating everyone engages in???

nagoya_canuckさん翻訳ありがとうございました。英語力はまだ未熟なのですが、こちらは英語サイトなのでやはり英語で書くように努力します。

Anonymous, I would like for you to point out exactly who denies Japan did bad things in the past. The emperor, the prime minister, and other representatives of the Japanese　government have issued apologies to victims of past Japanese aggression.

The Chinese government accepted apology, signed the Peace Treaty and agreed to the normalization of relations with Japan. However, many Chinese people don’t seem to know these facts because the propaganda machine spews out false claims.

In my experience, people in Hong Kong and Taiwan seemed to very friendly to the Japanese, and Japanese pop music, films, anime, fashion etc were all popular there. In contrast, a textbook rarely read in Japan stirred a mass hysteria and race-based violence against all things Japanese (including Chinese owners of them) in China. It just goes to show you the destructive effect of the paranoid nationalism in mainland China.

Remember China had accused teachers, merchants, priests or foreign educated people etc as the enemies of people’s China and over 20 million people were killed during the Cultural Revolution.
Their idea is simple black and white and they can’t accept individuality and difference.

Hey Fluffy, well yah most of the conversation is in English. I think either should be fine but in reality not everyone can read both so people can’t join in an interesting conversation. Our last discussion was interesting but no one else joined in. I didn’t want to translate the whole thing, it would have taken a while. If you dont have time to write in English go ahead and write in Japanese and I might translate it again. if I feel like it

“Japan, as a nation, officially apologized to China.”

It won’t be enough until we trample people’s rights by banning them from going to Yasukuni, and waste taxpayers’ money by giving it to some bitter old people in other countries who wouldn’t appreciate it anyway! Even if all that does happen, I’ll just make up another complaint! I claim to love Japan despite my constant whining about everything it does and my incessant excuses for everything China and Korea do!:roll:

I figured somebody will come in here and post that tripe, so I decided to beat him to it.

As a Canadian-born Chinese person, I am often ashamed of how China handles things. -___- I do think both Japan AND China should make more efforts in improving international relations with each other. For nations with so much intertwined culture and history, they’re really drifting apart.

In my experience, people in Hong Kong and Taiwan seemed to very friendly to the Japanese, and Japanese pop music, films, anime, fashion etc were all popular there. In contrast, a textbook rarely read in Japan stirred a mass hysteria and race-based violence against all things Japanese (including Chinese owners of them) in China. It just goes to show you the destructive effect of the paranoid nationalism in mainland China.

Yes, I agree. I have a lot more hope on China’s young people today; many of them seem to be very absorbed in Japanese pop culture and the like. It’s the older Chinese that are the most hostile. I know my friend’s dad does not allow her to buy manga because it is Japanese.