Teach your children well
Japan is locked in a debate over revision of the nation’s Fundamental Law of Education, which has been in place and unchanged since it was enacted during the U.S. postwar Occupation.
Some in Japan say that the revisions are necessary in order to eliminate Occupation rules that were designed to destroy Japanese nationalism, while critics in China and South Korea say that a rise in Japanese nationalism has the potential of setting off a new round of Japanese militarism.
The revision would make it a goal of education policy to cultivate “an attitude that respects tradition and culture, loves the nation and the homeland that have fostered them, respects other nations, and contributes to peace and development of international society.”
The phrase is the result of a compromise between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which sought stronger wording on patriotism, and its junior coalition partner, the New Komeito.
Given the fact that in China and Korea children are educated to be ultra-nationalists through formal education, media, and people around them, I find the complaints from Chinese and Koreans in this case more than a little hypocritical.
April 28th, 2006 at 1:45 pmI agree with Fluffy.
April 28th, 2006 at 6:44 pmsigh.. our government committed so many crimes.. Maybe if we just admit our wrongs there would be no need for this.. I hate how our country doesn’t admit to anything.. Obvioiusly we did something wrong.. Itll be so much easier if we weren’t so stubborn. I AM SORRY KOREA I AM SORRY
May 21st, 2006 at 1:54 pmare you kidding me? i really don’t think you’re japanese. even if you are, the whole comment was just patronizing, even sarcastic.
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:42 am