Published on July 15, 2019.
This article introduces Professor Hiroshi Furuta’s latest work and records the author’s astonishment upon learning for the first time what South Korean history textbooks contain.
It argues that precisely those who judge Japanese and world politics, diplomacy, and culture only through the Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, Akahata, NHK, TV Asahi, and TBS should read this book in order to understand the reality of South Korean education.

July 15, 2019.
I learned for the first time from this book what South Korean history textbooks contain, and I was astonished.
Readers who, in response to my recommendation, purchased the following latest work by Professor Hiroshi Furuta at their nearest bookstore must by now be feeling the greatest possible gratitude.
This book is essential reading precisely for those who subscribe to the Asahi Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, the Tokyo Shimbun, Akahata, and the like, and who judge Japanese and world politics, diplomacy, and culture only by watching news programs on NHK, TV Asahi, TBS, and the like.
I learned for the first time from this book what South Korean history textbooks contain, and I was astonished.
But the people mentioned above should also learn it for the first time, just as I did.
Without even knowing that they have received this kind of education, what kind of image of South Koreans had we formed!
Without knowing their actual condition, what kind of friendly relations can be built?