# Classrooms Ban Digital Textbooks and AI

> Japan's schools must stop using digital textbooks and AI to teach critical thinking.
- Title: Classrooms Ban Digital Textbooks and AI · Nikkei Asia
- Summary: Japan's schools must stop using digital textbooks and AI to teach critical thinking. Japan's education experts argue digital textbooks and AI harm students'…
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- Source: Nikkei Asia — https://asia.nikkei.com/opinion/classrooms-should-ban-digital-textbooks-and-ai
- Published: 2026-10-10T20:05:11+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: digital textbooks, ai, japan, education, thinking skills, classrooms, news, business, world
## Digital Textbooks and AI
Japan's schools must stop using digital textbooks and ai to teach critical thinking.

> Future generations must learn to think for themselves
## Kuniyoshi Sakai
Kuniyoshi Sakai is a professor in the university of tokyo's graduate school of arts and sciences.
## Education Concerns
Digital textbooks and ai reduce students' ability to think independently.
## Key takeaway

Japan's education experts argue digital textbooks and AI harm students' independent thinking skills.