This lies at the heart of the education ministry's textbook revisions. Even earlier, Tojo, the most heinous war criminal, and prime minister of wartime Japan, had been enshrined as a national hero to be worshiped by all the people.
於是，便在欲維持日本經濟大國顏面的要求下，促成了此次文部省修改歷史教科書的行動。而在此之前，二次大戰中的 A 級戰犯﹘﹘東條英機，早已被他們視為「民族英雄」，而請進了神社，供全民瞻仰。