Mariko oi biography for kids

"Students learn about the extent of the damage caused by Japan in many countries during the war as well as sufferings that the Japanese people had to experience especially in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa in order to understand the importance of international co-operation and peace.

"Based on our guideline, each school decides which specific events they focus on depending on the areas and the situation of the school and the students' maturity."

Matsuoka, however, thinks the government deliberately tries not to teach young people the details of Japan's atrocities.

Having experienced history education in two countries, the way history is taught in Japan has at least one advantage - students come away with a comprehensive understanding of when events happened, in what order.

In many ways, my schoolfriends and I were lucky. Because junior high students were all but guaranteed a place in the senior high school, not many had to go through what's often described as the "examination war".

For students who are competing to get into a good senior high school or university, the race is extremely tough and requires memorisation of hundreds of historical dates, on top of all the other subjects that have to be studied.

They have no time to dwell on a few pages of war atrocities, even if they read them in their textbooks.

All this has resulted in Japan's Asian neighbours - especially China and South Korea - accusing the country of glossing over its war atrocities.

Meanwhile, Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticises China's school curriculum for being too "anti-Japanese".

He, like Fujioka, wants to change how history is taught in Japan so that children can be proud of our past, and is considering revising Japan's 1993 apology over the comfort women issue, external.

If and when that happens, it will undoubtedly cause a huge stir with our Asian

Mariko Oi Biography

Mariko Oi is a media personality serving as a reporter and presenter for BBC News based in Singapore. She joined the broadcast in December 2006. Previously, she was a producer at Bloomberg Television.

Mariko Oi Age

She hasn’t mentioned when and where she was born. Therefore her age is unknown.

Mariko Oi Height

She is tall in stature however her height is undisclosed.

Mariko Oi Nationality

Oi belongs to the Japanese nationality.

Mariko Oi Education

She graduated from Keio University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Studies in 2002. She also earned First Class Honors in Communication, and Journalism from RMIT University in 2004.

While at RMIT University, she was a reporter at C News and Channel 31 between May 2004 and December 2004. She was also a production manager at RMITV between January 2003 and December 2003. Additionally, she was a producer, presenter, and director of programmes such as Newsline, Pluck, and Raucous on Channel 31.

Between April 2002 and December 2003, Mariko was a presenter at SYN FM Radio.

Mariko Oi Parents

Oi grew up in Japan. In 2015 during a discussion with the Womenomics at a Crossroads panel, Mariko said, “I wanted to become a stay-at-home mum until I was 16. All our mothers were – and our grandmothers. I’m not saying it’s in our DNA, because it’s clearly not in mine, but it’s a model that worked so well after the war: the hardworking salary man supported by the housewife at home.”

She hasn’t revealed more information about her parents and siblings. It is therefore not known whether she has siblings or not.

Mariko Oi Husband and Kids

Mariko is married to Skye Neal, a British. He is also the Head Professional at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore.

The couple has three children, a son and two daughters.

Mariko Oi BBC

Oi is a bilingual reporter with 15 years of experience in journalism.

Since joining the BBC as a reporter in 2006, she has covered major breaking

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This isn't how Haining sees it. When she grew up in the 1980s and 90s, Japanese pop culture - music, drama, and manga - was popular with young Chinese people. She and her friends, she says, had a positive attitude towards Japan.

"But I cannot speak for every Chinese person, 1.3 billion of us, for China is a vast country, and people are entitled to have their personal feelings," she says.

"For example, among those who lost close family members because of Japan's invasion, or among those who actually suffered a great deal during the war, hostility or even hatred might still remain. They shouldn't be judged because of that."

Singapore, where I've lived since 2006, also suffered at the hands of Japanese soldiers, but there have not been anti-Japanese protests there for decades.

Different sources cite different numbers of casualties, but 50,000 to 100,000 ethnically Chinese Singaporeans are believed to have been killed in what is known as the Sook Ching massacre. In a small city state of some 800,000 in 1942, that is a huge number.

I met a relative of one victim at the Civilian War Memorial on Beach Road.

"I don't blame today's generation," said Lau Kee Siong, to my surprise. I asked him why he was so much less angry than those Chinese protesters.

"We are a country of immigrants so our basic philosophy is that we must survive," he said.

"When we became independent from Malaysia in 1965, the general assumption was that we had about three years before we would have to crawl back into Malaysia. So when Japan came along and offered financial support and investments, the most logical thing was to accept them instead of criticising what they had done to us in the past."