Concerning the Korean and Chinese communities, there is a lack of awareness in Japan of the historical and cultural profundity of the discrimination against these minorities which is illustrated by the frequent controversies surrounding the way in which certain episodes of Japan &apos; s history are written in school textbooks, particularly vis-à-vis its historical relations with the Korean peninsula and China.
Concerning the Korean and Chinese communities, there is a lack of awareness in Japan of the historical and cultural profundity of the discrimination against these minorities which is illustrated by the frequent controversies surrounding the way in which certain episodes of Japan &apos; s history are written in school textbooks, particularly vis-à-vis its historical relations with the Korean peninsula and China.