Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform

[3] They argue that textbooks focus too heavily on dark aspects of Japanese history, so as to make Japan solely bear responsibility for the devastation of war.

The group also claims that post-war American occupation attempted to mold Japanese perceptions of history so as to prevent the country from becoming a threat to international security again.

Additionally, members of the Liberal Democratic Party set up associations to support the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform.

Due to criticism, the textbook was adopted by only 0.05 percent of junior high schools in Japan.

[5] Their history textbook Atarashii rekishi kyōkasho (新しい歴史教科書, New History Textbook), published by Fusosha (扶桑社), was heavily criticised for not including full accounts of or downplaying Imperial Japanese war crimes during World War II, such as the Nanjing Massacre, the Kantō Massacre, and the policy of utilizing comfort women.