SO JAPAN NOW LAYS CLAIM VIA ITS EDUCATIONAL TEXTBOOKS SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ABE TO THE DOKDO ISLAND - NOW UNDER S KOREAN JURISDICTION - AS IT SEEMS WITH THE 5TH LARGEST NAVY JAPAN IS NOW EXERTING ITS MUSCLE IN THE ASIA REGION AS IT TOO ALSO NOW IGNORES THE PLEA TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SLAVERY OF WOMEN IN WW2 CALLED COMFORT WOMEN FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION OF MOSTLY KOREANS AND CHINESE TO SERVICE THE RISING SUN ARMY THAT INVADED BOTH COUNTRIES DURING THAT PERIOD IN TIME–AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN SHINZO ABE LEADS THE PARADE BACK TO HIROHITO IT SEEMS

Civic groups have criticized Japan for trying to turn the clock back to the colonial period by making territorial claims over Dokdo in a foreign policy report and its history textbooks.
They claim such moves will only worsen the already-troubled ties between the two countries and give the younger generation a wrong understanding of history.
The Japanese government's 2015 Diplomatic Bluebook, released Tuesday, said Dokdo is Japanese territory according to historical fact and international law.
The report came a day after Tokyo ensured all 18 of its middle-school textbooks contain claims that Korea is illegally occupying Dokdo.
The Asia Peace and History Education Network called for the government to act sternly against Japan's provocation.
"This shows that Japan maintains a colonial view that looks down on Korea," the group said in a statement.
It added that Japan is repeating distorted historical claims that Dokdo is its territory; the Japanese army did not force Korean women into wartime sexual slavery; and Japan ruled southern parts of the Korean Peninsula in ancient times.
"Japan's distortion of history has become more rightist and conspicuous. The textbooks reflect the Japanese government's claims," the group said.

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