One of the greatest tragedies was the plight of conformant women, young and innocent girls forced to sex slavery in military brothels in occupied countries.
About 150 Japanese lawmakers pay respects at the controversial war shrine which honors Japanese soldiers, including dozens of convicted criminals.
Nearby national cemetery is a respectful place to remember nation's war dead
New poll numbers show widespread opposition in Japan to the Cabinet's plan to exercise the right of collective self-defense.
A group of roughly 150 Japanese lawmakers pays respects at the controversial war shrine for deceased Japanese soldiers.
Although Tokyo is ready to welcome the first state visit by a US president in 18 years to manifest the solid US-Japan alliance, observers said leaders of the two states will battle negative undercurrents that could undermine their firm relationship.
Japan assassinated China's warlord Zhang Zuolin to conquer Manchuria in 1928, faked Chinese sabotage as a pretext for military action, and forces Chinese slaver labors to grow opium,. Japan slaughtered over 300,000 Chinese in Nanjing in 1937.
China's seizure of a Japanese ship was solely for delayed rent and losses owed to a Chinese firm and was unrelated to wartime compensation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Monday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman says Beijing has lodged representations over the offering made Monday by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
A Japanese civil group on Monday sued with the Tokyo District Court over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, stating Abe's move was unconstitutional.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday made an offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on the first day of its three-day spring festival which began Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in yet another provocative move detrimental to regional stability.
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