textbooks used provocative and inflammatory language and imagery, but that these few books, printed by just one publisher, received greater media attention. Moreover, the minority viewpoint of nationalism and revisionism gets more media coverage than the prevailing majority narrative of pacifism in Japan. Chinese and South Korean textbooks were found to be often nationalistic, with Chinese textbooks often blatantly nationalistic and South Korean textbooks focusing on oppressive Japanese colonial rule. US history textbooks were found to be nationalistic, although they invite debate about major issues. See also Japanese war crimes Bias in education Nanking Massacre denial Historiography and nationalism Japanese nationalism Racism in Japan Manga Kenkanryu Zaitokukai Anti-Chinese sentiment in Japan Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan Anti-Japanese sentiment in China Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea List of war apology statements issued by Japan People's Republic of China – Japan relations History of Japan–Korea relations Korean history textbook controversies American cover-up of Japanese war crimes Japan–Korea disputes Unit 731 Hashima Island Sōshi-kaimei Korea under Japanese rule Comfort women References Further reading Han, Suk Hoon (1999). Rise of nationalistic educational politics in Japan and Korea in the post-United States occupation era (Ph.D. thesis). University of Chicago. Ijiri, Hidenori (1996), "Sino-Japanese Controversy since the 1972 Diplomatic Normalization," in China and Japan: History, Trends, Prospects, ed. Christopher Howe (Oxford: Clarendon), 60–82. Lind, Jennifer (2008) Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics (Ithaca: Cornell University Press). Romeu, M. Gabriela (2013) "The Japanese History Textbook Controversy Amid Post-War Sino-Japanese Relations," Florida International University, Mar 2013. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1952&context=etd. Accessed November 3, 2016 Rose, Caroline (1998) Interpreting History in Sino-Japanese Relations: a Case Study in Political Decision-making (London: Routledge). Whiting, Allen S. (1989) China Eyes Japan (Berkeley: University of California Press). External links Formal Education – Elementary and Secondary Education (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website) JE KALEIDOSCOPE (English translations of Japan's middle school history textbooks today) "Textbook Authorization System in Japan" by Miki Y. Ishikida – English translation of the controversial New History Textbook. Japan textbook angers Chinese, Korean press – BBC coverage of the story. Japan-Korea collaborative history research committee (, Japanese & ) List of authorized textbook by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology () "School history on the global stage, What's taught in the classroom can sometimes have international ramifications" The London School of Economics and Political Science, February 2010 Anti-Japanese sentiment in China Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea Book censorship Censorship in