”Takeshima is an inherent part of Japanese territory”: South Korea expresses regret over passage of history-distorting textbook

On the 19th, the South Korean government expressed regret over the Japanese government passing textbooks containing biased content in the examination process, and summoned Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi.
On the same day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement from a spokesperson saying, "The Japanese government has made unjust claims regarding Dokdo (Japanese name: Takeshima), the former comfort women issue, and the former forced labor issue.
"We express deep regret that textbooks containing extremely outrageous and incomprehensible false statements about (Japan's) colonial rule were passed, and we urge them to immediately correct the situation."
The Korean government continued, "In response to the Japanese government once again passing textbooks that contain unjust claims to Liancourt Rocks, which are clearly Korean territory based on historical, geographical and international law,
"We strongly protest," he said, emphasizing that "we make it clear that we cannot accept any of Japan's claims regarding Liancourt Rocks."
On the same day, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang In-sung met with Koichi Aiboshi, a professor at the Japan University of Korea, at around 5:40 p.m.
The Korean ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building to express his protest. Ambassador Sangho entered the building without answering questions from reporters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, "Far from apologizing and reflecting on past mistakes, the statement included content that glorified them.
"Approving the textbook is clearly an irresponsible move that not only goes against the trend of development in relations between the two countries, but also teaches young people a distorted view of history."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued, "We cannot help but be concerned about the prejudices that the generation that will shape the future of Japan, as well as the future of our bilateral relations, will have if they receive biased and distorted history education. The Japanese government has
"We need to face up to this and take a more responsible stance in educating future generations," he said. On the same day, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced that it had banned two junior high school social studies textbooks that distort historical facts based on a false view of history.
Some junior high school social studies and instruction textbooks have strengthened Japan's claim to sovereignty over Takeshima (Lokdo), which Korea claims as land, and the new textbooks are amending the existing "Japanese territory" to include Takeshima.
The definition was changed to "inherent territory of Japan."