Taketomi is resisting a textbook that it considers too revisionist on World War II.Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times TAKETOMI, Japan — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative government has begun to pursue a more openly nationalist agenda on an issue that critics fear will push the country farther from its postwar pacifism: adding a more patriotic tone to Japan’s school textbooks. The pro
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