Another Korean textbook controversy is happening again:

A conservative high school history textbook is igniting a fresh round of ideological conflicts as it acknowledges Japanese colonial rule’s (1910-1945) contribution to the modernization of Korea.
The New Rights’ Textforum’s textbook focusing on “modernization” and pragmatism rather than ideology or “ethics” has put a twist on historical events. […]

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In what would become the final days of World War II, the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the US Air Force, first on August 6, 1945 and then again on August 9, killing at least 120,000 people initially, and around twice as many over time […]

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The atomic bombing of Nagasaki
The city of Nagasaki during World War II was one of the largest sea ports on the southern island of Kyushu. Along with the seaports the city was also home to many important industrial companies. During the course of the war for whatever reason the city had escaped the B-29 bombings […]

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Today is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. There is much controversy centering around whether the US should of dropped the atomic bomb on Japan to end World War II. In this series of postings I will discuss this issue along with providing the historical context that […]

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This is some surprising news coming out of Japan concerning an issue from World War II that doesn’t involve comfort women for a change:
Japan’s defense minister said Saturday that the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II was an inevitable way to end the war, drawing […]

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UPDATE:  As expected this ad has opened a firestorm of debate.  You can read a whole lot more on this development over at the Marmot’s Hole, Ampontan, and Occidentalism.  Occidentalism has a blown up version of the ad that you can read here.
Just by reading the comments on each of these sites you can see […]

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Japan Probe has an interesting posting about a letter sent by a Japanese General on Iwo Jima to President Roosevelt. This General’s views about WWII are almost word for word what is taught at Yasukuni.
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There is some interesting debate going on over at the Marmot’s Hole over a Korean Government’s Truth CommissionTM report absolving 83 World War II war criminals of Korean ethnicity that served with the Imperial Japanese military. The Marmot’s Hole has since posted a follow up report concerning well noted Korean scholar and author Michael […]

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Oh My News has an interesting interview with Yuko Tojo who is the daughter of World War II era Japanese leader and convicted war criminal General Hideki Tojo. Here is her reason that Tokyo fought World War II:
We should properly explain the international situation at the time, and what the Tokyo Trials were all about. […]

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Many of you that follow my blog know that I criticize Oh My News every once in a while. I maintain that Oh My News is an interesting concept it just needs better editorial over sight IMHO. However, this recent article about the victims of the Hiroshima bombing I felt was very well written because […]

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New Japanese textbooks that whitewash Japan’s colonial history and involvement in World War II continue to be criticized by Japanese NGO’s:
Japanese textbooks that exercised the country’s colonial victims for months may have been approved but will hardly be taught anywhere, a group says. Children and Textbooks Japan Network 21 says the history and social studies […]

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The never ending Japanese textbook debate continues with the Japanese Board of Education in the city of Otawara approving the new controversial Japanese history textbook. The books are mired in controversy due to the alleged white washing of Japan’s World War II atrocities and brutal occupation of Korea. The Japundit provides some interesting excerpts from […]

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