Japan’stextbookexaminationsystemismeanttoallownongovernmententitiestofreelycreatetextbooksinalignmentwiththecountry’scriteria,butthereisactuallyalackoffreedomSomeinvisiblepressureisappliedthroughthegovernment’sauthority,forcingtextbookproductiontofollowtheirwishesIn1997,militarycomfortwomenwerewrittenaboutinallmiddleschoolhistorytextbooks,butrightwingpoliticiansheavilyralliedagainstthisOnelongestablishedpublisherwasattacked,anditeventuallywentbankruptforwritingaboutthedamagesinflictedbytheJapanesearmyindetailAspoliticalpressuregrows,thereareevenplanstorewritetheterminologyofhistorybasedontheJapanesegovernment’spointofviewPoliticalinterferenceintextbooksisgrowingThisfilmdocumentshowthegovernment’sdestructionoftextbooks,academics,andeducationhasprogressed,basedontestimoniesbypoliticians,textbookwriters,teachers,andotherinvolvedparties