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A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry censured Japan for history distortion at a press conference on March 25.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Japan deliberated on and adopted high school textbooks misrepresenting the crimes Japan had committed during its colonial rule, including forced slave labour. As to this, the spokesman said that Japan has been trying to obscure historical fact and avoid historical liability and described this as its stereotyped trick aimed at denying and distorting its history of aggression.

He stressed that China strongly urges Japan to squarely see its history of aggression, make soul-searching, draw the line at militarism, give the Japanese younger generations a clear understanding of historical truth and deal with historical issues in a responsible and reasonable manner.