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.
By breaking up with its militarist past can Japan improve relations with its Asian neighbors and boost its national image, says expert.
The headquarters of Japan's notorious Unit 731 in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, is scheduled to be open for public viewing.
A researcher on Thursday highlighted the role that the Communist Party of China played behind enemy lines during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), while also paying respect to the Kuomintang soldiers.
A Japanese war criminal from World War II confessed that he and fellow military surgeons conducted live-body operations on captives, the State Archives Administration said on Wednesday.
Japan's former prime minister Yukio Hatoyama said he expected current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to face up to history, admit Japan's aggression and apologize to the victims during his statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II.
The museum at Beijing's Marco Polo Bridge chronicles an era of anguish－before the final victory against Japanese invasion.
A simple tent sits by the seashore in the Henoko district of Okinawa's Nago city. Nearby is the area in the city of Ginowan that has been designated as the new base for US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
If Japan wants to reconcile with China over wartime history, it should look to the example set by Germany, a senior Chinese scholar of Japan studies told China Daily.
Later generations should always bear in mind what these veterans contributed to the war that prevented this nation from being subjugated by the foreign aggressors.
China announces a one-off allowance of $790 to be paid to the war veterans ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the WWII.
In November 1941, 2,000 young Canadian soldiers crossed the Pacific Ocean and landed in Hong Kong to fight the Japanese army, which was occupying the then-British Crown Colony. More than 500 of them never returned home.
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