日本的历史教科书问题,是这些年来人们十分关注的问题,但关于日本历史教科书的基本情况,特别是日本的教科书制度,日本国内围绕历史教科书的争议与变化,似乎并不是人们都注意到了的。而且,人们一般关注的仅是历史教科书中关于侵略战争历史事实的描述及对战争责任的认识,而往往忽略历史教科书的理论体系即历史观。这样的认识方法难以把握历史教 The issue of history textbooks in Japan is a matter of great concern for many years. However, the basic situation of Japanese history textbooks, especially the textbook system in Japan, and controversies and changes in Japan surrounding history textbooks do not seem to have been noticed. Moreover, people generally only focus on the description of the historical fact of the war of aggression in history textbooks and their understanding of the responsibility of war, but they often neglect the historical system of history textbooks. This way of understanding is difficult to grasp the history of teaching