Do schools in Japan teach a history about WW2 significantly different than the United States version?
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It is an ongoing debate in Japan about how to present their actions in WW2. I think now it is much more realistic than it was 20 years ago, but still needs improvement.
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I believe that all countries have a tendency to teach history from their own perspective. They also tend to leave the horrific parts of their history. However, as you go up the grades in education the teachings become more truthful, that is, if you don't attend a highly conservative or liberal school.
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Of course it will be significantly different because what happened to their country because of WWII is drastically different than what happened here in the US. Also, our history is written in a way that suits us for the most part. Think about it in the terms of our current war. Do you think that the history of this war will read the same in the classrooms of Iraq as it will in classrooms across the US? Unfortunately, history instruction has a lot to do with opinion or experience. It makes sense that Japan teaches history about WWII differently than the US because it happened differently to them.
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the Japan history book about WW2 is different than the whole wide world but the INTERNET is always there free for them to seek another views
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Only somebody who has actually read a history book written by a Japanese historian can intelligently answer this question.
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