Tokyo would consider re-examining a 20-year-old study that led to a landmark apology over its forced prostitution in World War II.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed President of NHK Katsuto Momii to take more responsibility in his role as the national broadcaster's head.
If a government claims to recognize you as the sole legal government of a country, but at the same time allows some of its lawmakers to institute a relationship act with part of your territory, you have good reason to feel cheated and ask why.
China warned the international community of any comments attempted to vindicate Japan's invasion history.
Provocative statements by Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, and its board member on Japan's invasion history have been widely criticized in Japan.
Beijing opposes a Japanese initiative aiming to draw up an act that would "lay the legal basis" to foster ties between Tokyo and Taiwan.
A villager in North China has stumbled upon a book about the trials of Japanese biological troops during WWII, with details of atrocities in China.
Despite Abe's abject denials of the historical truth and evidence, Japan is still liable for its wartime crimes against humanity.
Japan's occupation of Diaoyu Islands violates all established laws and poses a challenge to post-war international order.
Japanese Cabinet members have publicly confirmed that Tokyo will expand "territorial education" regarding disputed islands to include elementary schools.
The denial is "a barefaced challenge to the international justice and human conscience," said a spokesman of China's Foreign Ministry.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts to rewrite history and rebuild the military are the tip of a dangerous nostalgia for an imperialist past.