Tensions between the two Asian giants, China and Japan, are running high after the Japanese government tried to block China's application to UNESCO to list documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and "comfort women", or the 200, 000 sex slaves taken by Japanese troops during World War II, in the Memory of the World program.
At least seven remains of bodies have been found by archeologists from a warship sunken by the Japanese navy during a Sino-Japanese War 121 years ago.
A special committee under the upper house of the Japanese national Diet passed controversial government-backed security-related bills amid chaos in the chamber.
Friday marks the 84th anniversary of an incident with widely undervalued global importance -- the invasion of northeast China by Japanese troops on Sept. 18, 1931.
Chinese TV dramas normally portray duchesses as elegant aristocratic ladies who did nothing but watch opera. But in reality, several Chinese duchesses rode on horseback and led soldiers to fight the Japanese invaders 70 years ago.
China's grand military parade on Thursday, the country's first to celebrate the victory of World War II (WWII), will serve as a vivid reminder of China's irreplaceable contributions in the war and its inspiration to protect peace.
Ahead of Beijing's activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of World War II, hundreds of young people and veterans participated in parades on Sunday in Hong Kong to mark the V-Day and commemorate those who fell during the conflict.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked U.S. President Barack Obama to look into the alleged spying activities on the Japanese government and companies raised by the Wikileaks website earlier this month, local media reported Wednesday.
"This is long overdue," said Donald Thurin, an affiliate to the United Nations (UN), after viewing an exhibition on the World Anti-Fascist War here Monday evening.
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Thirty heads of state, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye, will attend China's V-Day celebrations on Sept. 3, a senior official announced on Tuesday.
China again demanded Japan squarely face its aggressive past and reflect upon it after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.
"Nanking Nanking," a Chinese film on the Nanjing Massacre hit the largest Japanese video website Niconico, while viewers' live comments exposed the ignorance of history of the Japanese netizens.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII may mention Japan's wartime crimes, which Italian experts wish will be a clear apology and become a touchstone for future relations with neighbors China and South Korea.
For most of the people around the world, history is about objective facts of the past. However, for a handful of right-wing Japanese politicians, it is not.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should apologize for wartime aggressions "from the heart," his predecessor Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday in Seoul while visiting the site of a colony-era prison where he knelt before a memorial monument.
Chinese veterans who fought in the Anti-Japanese War will receive 5,000 yuan (802.57 U.S. dollars) ahead of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression on Sept. 3.
The memorial services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki should serve as an opportunity for Japan not only to commemorate the victims of atomic bombs but also to have a thorough reflection upon its history of militarism.
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