2011년 일본 중학교 교과서 문제 검토

Abstract

Since the authorization of Japanese Middle School Textbook in 2011 is announced, a number of the History Textbooks written by “Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform” is increased from 1 to 2, and 0.039% to 3.8% in being selected by schools, while Korea shows less concerns than back in 2001. This paper will focus on timeline, contents of the new textbooks, and evaluate the Education ministry’s new guidelines and significance of rising number of endorsing the textbook in Japanese schools. To begin with, my point is made to importance of analyzing the description of history and Dokdo respectively, coordinated in the textbooks by “Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform” and other publishers. Secondly, since the guideline highlights on “Patriotism” and “Internationalism”, the review on the relationship of the textbooks and description is included. Thirdly, I exam the correlation between the significance of increasing number of endorsing Ikyhosha History and Citizen Textbooks, and conflicts in endorsing Ikyhosha citizen textbooks in Okinaya and Yaeyanagu regions as a potential solution to the issue. This patriotism sense stirred by “Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform” has not touched the peak point yet. However, the future of East Asia can be blurred when Japanese become less sensitive to neighbor countries rather than emphasizing on patriotism and public sense. The issues of Japanese Textbook can be a standard to prospect the future of East Asian as well as Japanese’.