JAPAN From the controversial “New History Textbook” written by the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform:

“This Tokyo Tribunal acknowledged that Japanese forces killed numbers of Chinese civilians when they occupied Nanking during the Japan-China War (the Nanking Incident) in 1937. Many questions have been asked, and there are various opinions about what actually happened there. A dispute continues to this day.”

From a textbook published by Shimizu Shoin, currently in use:

“The Japanese forces acted cruelly in various places in China. In particular, when they occupied Nanking, they indiscriminately killed civilians, including soldiers who had thrown out their arms, older people, women and children. The number of dead is said to be over 100,000 and it is estimated to be over 300,000 in China.”

SOUTH KOREA On the 1948 Cheju Massacre, in which tens of thousands of suspected leftists were killed by South Korean authorities:

“Communists instigated an armed insurrection in Cheju on April 3 in order to disrupt the May 10 general election. Many civilians were victimized during the crackdown on the revolt and could not participate in the general election.”

NORTH KOREA On the Korean War:

“The Yankee imperialists invaded our country in the first step toward achieving their ambition of conquering the whole world. But the Yankee imperialists suffered their worst defeat in American history during the Korean War and began to tumble into ruin as the myth of Yankee imperialism as a great power fortress failed to come true.”

CHINA On the Japanese occupation:

“In North China alone the Japanese grabbed over six million young Chinese laborers who were sent to Northeast China to undertake hideous jobs. In addition, over 100,000 workers and war prisoners were sent to Japan where most were maltreated to death.”

On the Great Leap Forward, during which an estimated 30 million Chinese died:

“In 1958 a general policy was accepted; it reflected people’s eagerness to improve China’s backward and economic cultural situation. But the policy neglected practical conditions and objective rules.”

THAILAND The country’s role as an ally of Japan during World War II is not mentioned, nor are the massacres of pro-democracy demonstrators in 1973, 1976 and 1992, when the Thai monarch stepped in to halt the bloodshed:

“All our kings have promoted the prosperity of the realm, have been the leaders in defending and protecting the country, fighting the country’s enemies while caring for the peacefulness and happiness of the population who so inherited a realm in which to live. This is why all Thais should remind themselves of the superior goodness of the Thai king.”

INDONESIA On East Timor:

“On 4 Dec. 1975, Indonesia was deeply touched by a statement from the East Timorese [political] parties that indicated they wanted to become part of Indonesia. Indonesia built roads, bridges, hospitals and schools in East Timor after its integration. Indonesia took better care of East Timor than the government of Portugal ever did.”

INDIA From a ninth-grade text published for schools affiliated with the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh:

“Arabs were barbarians who advanced to convert other people to their religion. Wherever they went they had the sword in one hand and the Quran in the other. Houses of prayer were destroyed. Mercy and justice were unknown to them. Innumerable Hindus were forcibly made Musalmans.”

PAKISTAN From “Introduction to Pakistan Studies,” a book for high-school students:

“The Muslims… understandably dominated all spheres of social life during their rule. The Arab conquest was a blessing for the subcontinent, which attained maximum economic prosperity during Muslim rule.”