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A group of academics in the U S，… say they′re sticking to their guns on the Japanese government′s efforts to whitewash past wartime atrocities This comes after some scholars in Japan called for revisions to a U S history book that details Japan′s wartime sexual slavery Connie Kim has more Professor Alexis Dudden from the University of Connecticut says she and her fellow academics will not ″retract″ or ″alter″ the statement they published in the March edition of the American Historical Association periodical The statement said that no government should have the right to ″censor history″ and accused the Abe administration of ″questioning established history ″ Dudden told Seoul－based Yonhap news agency Tuesday that her group will continue to support academic freedom for people engaged in researching and teaching history She was responding to a group of Japanese scholars who demanded last week that U S publication McGraw－Hill revise a history book′s description of Japan′s military sexual slaves Historians estimate some 200－thousand women， mostly from Korea， were forced to work in brothels for the Japanese military during World War 2 Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe also claims there are errors in the history book， which is used in classrooms Earlier this year， Abe said he was surprised to see how the American textbook described the sexual enslavement issue and pledged continued efforts for changes His administration continues to deny state responsibility for the country′s past atrocities Japan′s latest claim follows a string of revisions the country has been issuing about its wartime atrocities Connie Kim， Arirang News