South Korea demanded Saturday that Japan take "visible action" over recently approved Japanese junior high school history textbooks that critics say whitewash Japan's past military aggression, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.
Han Seung Soo, South Korean foreign affairs and trade minister, made the demand during a meeting at a Beijing hotel with Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka.
"Japan should take visible actions, such as by making revisions to the textbooks," Han reportedly told Tanaka. "Please relay this message to the prime minister (Junichiro Koizumi) and the Education Ministry."