元通訳水原被告の掲載差し替え　中３英語教科書―教育出版

　教育出版は２０日、２０２５年度から使用される教科書の検定に合格した中３英語の教科書に関し、米大リーグ・ドジャースの大谷翔平選手の元通訳水原一平被告について掲載していた部分を差し替えたと発表した。文部科学省で今月中旬、訂正申請が承認されたという。
　同社によると、掲載は計３ページ。「成功者を支えた人々」という項目で、大谷選手との写真を交え、水原被告はプライベートもサポートしているなどと紹介した。この部分を、サッカー日本代表を取り上げる内容に変更した。（2024/06/20-12:12）

Japanese textbook publisher Kyoiku-Shuppan Co. said Thursday that it has removed a section in its approved English textbook for junior high school third-year students that introduced Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani.
   The move came after Mizuhara reportedly pleaded guilty early this month to bank fraud and other charges for stealing 17 million dollars from Ohtani's bank account. "It has become a big scandal, so we found him (Mizuhara) inappropriate for a textbook," an official of the publisher said.
   The revision to the textbook has been approved by the education ministry, according to the company.
   The three-page section in question noted that Mizuhara supported Ohtani, including in his private life, with a photo of the two. It has been replaced with a section on the Japanese men's national soccer team.