A South Korean boy holds an anti-Japanese banner at a rally in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul April 5, 2005. Rallies were held on Tuesday in protest against new controversial Japanese history textbooks about Japan's military aggression in Asia and its 1910-1945 colonial rule over the Korean peninsula and Japan's sovereignty claims over a group of islets that South Korea refers to as Tokto and Japan, as Takeshima. (Reuters)

South Korean members of civic group shout slogans during a rally against Japan's sovereignty claims over Dokdo islets, which South Korea is effectively controlling, in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul Tuesday, April 5, 2005. They also claimed some Japanese textbooks that are undergoing review by the Japanese government justify Japan's imperialist occupation of neighboring countries, including Korea, during World War II. (AP)

Seo Sang-soo is detained by his colleagues while he attempts to stab himself with a knife at an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul yesterday. Protesters rallied yesterday against a new controversial history textbook about Japan's military aggression in Asia and its 1910-45 colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula and Japan's sovereignty claims over a group of islets that South Korea calls Dokdo and Japan Takeshima. (REUTERS) --/enpcontent-->

A controversial textbook, written by nationalist scholars for junior high schools, is displayed during a news conference held by civic groups opposed to the approval of the new version of the textbook in Tokyo April 5, 2005. Japan's Ministry of Education approved on Tuesday a revised version of the textbook that critics say whitewashes Japan's militaristic past, further fraying already tense ties with China and South Korea. (Reuters)