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Poll on Japan's distortion of history in its new textbooks

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File photo shows a scene of the Tokyo Trials in Japan. After WWII, the Allied Forces tried Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, May 3, 1946. /Xinhua
File photo shows a scene of the Tokyo Trials in Japan. After WWII, the Allied Forces tried Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, May 3, 1946. /Xinhua

File photo shows a scene of the Tokyo Trials in Japan. After WWII, the Allied Forces tried Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, May 3, 1946. /Xinhua

Japan has approved a new version of its textbooks that play down the country's wartime atrocities. Do you agree that history textbooks should respect basic historical facts? Do you think Japan should apologize and compensate for its forced recruitment of "comfort women" and laborers? 

Japan has repeatedly provoked criticism from Asian countries over the issue of textbooks. Do you think this is an important issue in the region? Are you worried about the attitudes of the Japanese government towards its history?  

Take this survey to share your views with us.

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