I will not point my finger to those textbook writers as if they are trying to revise history. Even they must know that the truth is known everywhere, and Japan's inhumane war crimes cannot be disputed.
But I will say that by omitting many of the facts of history, the textbook writers are insulting millions of victims in China, Southeast Asia, and amongst British and American POWs, not to mention those of them who are still alive.
Japanese army conquered Nanking against heavy Chinese resistance and went onto a rampage of murdering and raping to release their anger. After three days of Armageddon, 300,000 deaths of civilians and POWs are totaled. Same thing happened in Tianjin, except the death total is 100,000. The fact is that Japan has committed the worst war crimes in modern history. Their POWs' death rate is 46% comparing to 7% in Germany. And 100 Malaysians are killed for every murdered Japanese soldier. Of course, it would be wrong for me, who did not live to receive the offense, to hold any grudge against today's Japanese, who didn't commit any of those crimes. But still, they ought to have some sincerity to atone for their fathers' mistakes.