Germany's Merkel addresses WW2 reconciliation in Japan

Ms Merkel visited a science museum where she met Asimo, a humanoid robot developed by car company Honda German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun a two-day visit to Japan by discussing Germany's reconciliation efforts after World War Two. She said Germany had "faced its past squarely", helping it move forward. Japan has been criticised by its neighbours for what is seen as its inadequate acknowled

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分断された記憶：歴史教科書とアジアの戦争　http://www.nippon.com/ja/in-depth/a00703/　BBCの記者は、教科書を通して日本の在り方と、「最も愛国的」「民族の誇り」で塗り固められた近隣国の姿勢の違いを確認しなさい。

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"Japanese school history textbooks have long been accused of whitewashing Japan's wartime atrocities."