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Seoul wins battle against Japan for textbooks
Virginiaâs state legislature approved Thursday a bill requiring school textbooks to include the Korean name for the sea between Japan and South Korea, in a major win for Seoul
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irginia's state legislature approved Thursday a billrequiring school textbooks to include the Korean name for the sea between Japanand South Korea, in a major win for Seoul.
The two key US allies, battling renewed tensions dating from imperial Japan, fought a proxy battle over the textbook change, with their respective ambassadors visiting the Southern state's capital Richmond repeatedly.
Korean American activists gained the upper hand in their effort to address historical grievances with Japan -- that rouse deep passions in South Korea -- at the local level in the United States.
The Virginia House of Delegates voted 81-15 to approve the measure requiring 'that all textbooks approved by the Board of Education (after July 1, 2014) when referring to the Sea of Japan, shall note that it is also referred to as the East Sea'.
