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Tokunaga, Tomoko; Douthirt-Cohen, Beth – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2012
In 2003, the Japanese Ministry of Education accredited the high school diplomas of most "ethnic high schools," which are schools by and for specific ethnic minority populations, such as Korean, Brazilian, or Chinese students in Japan. Prior to this policy, diplomas from most ethnic high schools were not recognized by the Japanese…
Descriptors: High Schools, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
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Cave, Peter – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Japan has often been criticized for allegedly teaching its schoolchildren about the history of Imperial Japan 1895-1945 in selective and misleading ways. Is this criticism justified, and how does it compare with the record of another former colonial power in East Asia: England? International criticism of history teaching in England has been…
Descriptors: Criticism, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, History Instruction