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Japanese education ministry orders publishers to file reports on deals with teachers

( July 11, 2016, 01:24 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s education ministry has ordered two textbook publishers to examine their transactions with school teachers and submit the results of their investigations by Aug. 23, the Asahi newspaper reports. Japan’s education ministry has ordered two textbook publishers to examine their transactions with school teachers and submit the results of their investigations by Aug. 23, the Asahi newspaper reports. The ministry issued the order after the Japan Fair Trade Commission found that the companies had provided seasonal gifts to school teachers and administrators during the course of an investigation into the nation’s textbook industry. The two companies are Kyoiku-Geijutsu Sha and Dainippon Tosho, according to the report.  ...

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