The government will convene an urgent meeting of the inter-ministry task force on the Japanese history textbook issue Saturday to plan its next step as Tokyo announces the results of its review on Seoul's correction demands made in early May.
The meeting, chaired by Vice Education Minister Choi Hee-seun, head of the task force, will analyze the outcome of Tokyo's review
delivered to the Seoul government Friday.
The Japanese government has agreed to make two revisions while the rightist group said recently it would voluntarily revise five passages in its textbook. The Seoul government demanded in May that a combined 35 passages contained in eight middle school history textbooks be revised.
A government official said...among Seoul's possible countermeasures would be delaying the opening of markets for Japan's cultural products.
The government will also take up the issue at various international meetings in cooperation with North Korea and China.
On Monday, Japanese Ambassador to Seoul Terusuke Terada will officially notify Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo of the results of Tokyo's review as well as the voluntary amendments made by an ultra-rightist group.