On the other hand , Japan 's Ministry of Education , Culture , Sports , Science and Technology ( MEXT ) reviews and approves the content of school history textbooks available for selection by Japanese schools . Foreign scholars , as well as many Japanese historians , have criticized the political slant and factual errors in some approved textbooks . After a textbook by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform ( JSHTR ) passed inspection in April 2001 , the South Korean government , 59 NGOs from South Korea and Japan , and some Japanese teachers ' unions , registered objections to certain passages ' omission of Imperial Japanese war crimes including comfort women and the Rape of Nanking . Although Tsukurukai 's textbook has sold six hundred thousand copies in the general market , it has been adopted by less than 0.39 % of Japanese schools . In 2010 , another textbook by the JSHTR passed inspection and was published by Jiyusha ( 自由社 )
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