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Japan's historical education left far behind by Germany: poll

Xinhua, April 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said on Tuesday that its latest poll showed Japan's historical education, particularly on the wartime history, is left far behind compared with Germany since the two countries were both Axis countries during the World War II.

The poll, which surveyed 3,000 young people aged around 20 in both countries last month, said that almost 50 percent German respondents said their country has sufficient education on wartime history during the period of Nazi Germany.

Compared to the European country, only 13 percent Japanese said they thought education here is sufficient over wartime history, while nearly 80 percent said that schools did not well teach the wartime history.

According to the poll, around 68 percent of Germans have basic knowledge or know about the Nuremberg Trials, but only 33 percent Japanese know about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

After WWII, the Allied Forces tried war criminals from Germany and Japan respectively in Nuremberg and Tokyo. The poll said about 32 percent of Japanese respondents said the Tokyo trials were unjust, compared 8 percent of Germans who disagree with the Nuremberg Trials.

Around 46 percent Japanese thought wars waged by Japan during WWII were aggression, but also were defensive wars, compared to about 30 percent said they were aggressive wars.

About 65 percent of Japanese respondents said Japan does not conduct sufficient reflection to WWII.

Meanwhile, the survey also unveiled that 94 percent of Germans said their country reconciled with its neighbors, with 39 percent chose "well reconciled," while only 46 percent of Japanese respondents said they thought Japan has reconciliation with its neighbors, with only 1 percent said "well reconciled." Endi