Japanese History Textbook Distortion
When I was searching for the late Kim Eun-Rye, a victim of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during World War II, I found an article about “comfort women’s” demonstration in Japan in 2001 against distorted Japanese historical textbooks.
Two former “comfort women”, Hwang Keum-ju and Kim Eun-Rye, visited the Japanese education ministry and requested correction of distorted Japanese history textbooks.
The Japanese government reduced or removed facts about “comfort women” from students’ textbooks. How shameful is this? Not only has the Japanese government been ignoring their crimes but also they try to hide and distort the historical facts. This is an apparent crime itself!
They may think their crimes may be forgotten in hundred years when none of the former “comfort women” will have survived. They may believe that they don’t need to teach their students the history because it’s their shameful atrocity. But they should know what’s more shameful is not to admit their crimes and to be a coward about it.
They should realize Korea and Japan, and other victimized countries and Japan will never establish real neighborhood ties between each other. They should remember that we won’t be able to take true steps forward before they officially apologize for their crimes.
Two former “comfort women” cried that Japanese government officers don’t have any conscience. They also lamented they couldn’t even die peacefully when the Japanese government tries to hide the truth as if it had never happened.
The Japanese government must stop committing another appalling crime by not telling their own descendents the truth about the crimes they committed.
Filed under Women and War November 1, 2008
