World / Lessons from history

Japanese war criminal confesses to murder of Chinese civilians: Archive

[2015-08-27 18:36]

A Japanese war criminal confessed to being part of a group that killed more than 200 Chinese civilians during Japan's war of aggression against China, according to a confession released Thursday.

Japanese couple's play atones for 'comfort women'

[2015-08-27 09:08]

A Japanese director, son of a war criminal, and his actress wife will present their play on "comfort women" in the San Francisco Bay Area as a form of atonement for the atrocities inflicted by Japanese soldiers on other Asians during the World War II era.

Born in captivity, raised in freedom

[2015-08-27 07:36]

On the eve of the 70th anniversary of Hong Kong's liberation from Japanese occupation, Dennis Clarke and George Cautherley revisited Stanley Internment Camp where their lives began.

Japanese gives evidence of Chinese POW vivisection

[2015-08-26 18:35]

A Japanese World War II medical soldier said his "field training" involved watching a doctor put a prisoner into a "trance" before conducting a vivisection, according to a confession released Wednesday.

US should not ignore World War II anniversary

[2015-08-26 08:02]

Barack Obama's administration needs to show courage by sending a high-level delegation to attend the event even at the risk of offending Japan.

Stone rollers tell story of sacrifice

[2015-08-26 07:45]

Around 500,000 people near Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, worked to build landing strips for the US air force during World War II.

V-Day celebration to 'create new national history'

[2015-08-25 21:14]

Beijing is in full swing ahead of a military parade and other activities to mark the end of World War II, which European observers say will be significant events in helping the world know how modern China emerged from its humiliating past.

Confession reveals Japanese bacteria, poison gas testing on human

[2015-08-25 18:41]

The Japanese army performed bacterial and poison gas experiments on Chinese people during World War II, a confession by a Japanese war criminal released Tuesday revealed.

Abe shows he has no desire to mend fences

[2015-08-25 08:10]

Sino-Japanese relations have soured to such an extent that they will not get any worse no matter how Abe's absence is explained and construed.

Abe's 'normal country' will not be normal

[2015-08-25 08:01]

The "normal country" that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to make Japan will actually not be normal, because of his focus on military power.

Japanese war criminal's confession reveals Yellow River massacre

[2015-08-24 19:57]

A handwritten confession by a Japanese World War II veteran, released Monday, describes the killing of about 1,000 Chinese in Central China's Henan province.

China has every reason to celebrate victory

[2015-08-24 07:43]

China lost more people, both soldiers and civilians, than any other country, except perhaps for the Soviet Union, in the anti-fascist war.