Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this proves the shamelessness and moral vulgarity peculiar to Japan keen on concealing its dirty history of aggression and inhuman crimes at any cost. It goes on:

The issue of history textbooks is, in essence, a sensitive political issue of whether Japan properly understands and approaches the past blood-stained history of aggression or not. It is also a yardstick distinguishing whether Japan has the willingness to educate the rising generation in a correct outlook on history or not.

However, the Japanese ultra-right forces are working hard to trample down even the inviolable idea of educating the younger generation in history as it is and implant the militarist outlook on history and revanchism into their minds.

What merits a more serious attention is that the acts of tampering with history have reached the phase of totally twisting and denying it, going beyond the stage of concealing and playing down it under the zealous support and patronage of the Japanese authorities.

A whirlwind of implanting a wrong outlook on history into the minds of the youngsters is now sweeping across Japan. This is a natural product of the political climate in Japan rushing headlong into the lurch to the right.

Japan's past crimes are neither buried into oblivion of history nor being forgotten by people no matter how much water flows under the bridge.

Japan's persistent distortion of history will only invite international isolation.