Divided Memories: History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia

Passage from a Japanese history textbook on the 1931 “Manchurian Incident.”

Passage from a South Korean history textbook on the economy under Japanese colonial rule. 

Passage from a Chinese history textbook on the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937.

Passage from a Taiwanese history textbook on the Japanization movement under Japanese colonial rule.

Passage from an American history textbook on the Pearl Harbor attack.