It has been confirmed that many social studies textbooks that Japanese high school students will use starting next spring contain the absurd claim that Dokdo is Japanese territory.
On the 25th, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology held a general meeting of the Textbook Inspection Investigation Council and finalized the examination results for textbooks to be used by high schools from next year. The social studies textbooks that passed inspection are seven types of comprehensive geography, eleven types of comprehensive history, twelve types of public, and one type of politics and economics. Public is a subject related to social systems, politics, and economics.
According to the Jiji Press, both geography and history textbooks and public textbooks have covered Dokdo, with instances where the description of Dokdo as 'Japan's inherent territory' was added after passing inspection. The views of the Japanese government asserting sovereignty over Dokdo are also reflected in textbooks that passed inspection four years ago and are still in use.
The absurd claims about Dokdo are also expanding in elementary and middle school textbooks. Earlier, Tokyo Shoseki stated in a primary school guidance textbook that passed inspection in 2023 that Dokdo is 'illegally occupied by Korea, and Japan is protesting.'