World / Lessons from history

WWII war criminal confession proves Japan's massacre of Chinese civilians

[2015-08-23 16:22]

A written confession from a Japanese soldier from World War II, released Sunday, revealed the purge of a village in central China's Hubei province.

Evidence reveals Japanese invaders' looting of China's resources

[2015-08-23 16:09]

Japan sought out and looted mineral resources in northeast China as early as after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, according to over 2,000 files released by the Liaoning provincial geological archives.

Confession shows Japanese army's experiments on people

[2015-08-22 17:02]

The Japanese army performed medical experiments on civilians in China during World War II, a confession by a Japanese war criminal released Saturday revealed.

Confession reveals Japanese soldier torturing for pleasure during WWII

[2015-08-21 18:07]

Confessions by Japanese war criminals released Friday reveal soldiers tortured civilians for pleasure during the invasion in World War II.

More evidence of Japanese WWII brothels

[2015-08-21 17:43]

A World War II-era phone directory of Japanese nationals living in China, made public on Friday, contains evidence of the Japanese military brothels in which many women were enslaved.

Park's attendance reflects common stand on history

[2015-08-21 07:27]

Next month's V-Day commemorations could have been a historic opportunity for China, the ROK and Japan, the major players in Northeast Asia, to reflect on those days and look forward to forging a better future together.

Japanese soldiers fried, ate human flesh of Chinese civilian: archive

[2015-08-20 15:28]

Japanese soldiers fried the flesh of a Chinese civilian and ate it during WWII, according to a war criminal who confessed to scores of murders and rapes in a document published by the State Archives Administration (SAA) on Thursday.

Japanese soldiers burn Chinese civilians to death

[2015-08-19 16:47]

Japanese World War II soldiers burned Chinese civilians, including women and children, to death, according to a war criminal whose confession to scores of murders and rapes was published by the State Archives Administration (SAA) on Wednesday.

Newly published document exposes Japan's WWII comfort women policy in Nanjing

[2015-08-19 16:18]

A 70-year-old petition published Wednesday about a real estate dispute in East China's Nanjing City has provided a glimpse into the comfort women trade during Japan's World War II invasion.

Conflicting reports on possible Abe visit

[2015-08-19 09:20]

Some Japanese officials have dismissed media reports that said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will start a visit to China on Sept 3, the same day as China's military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II.

Abe's words ring hollow, expose his mask

[2015-08-19 07:31]

Let us hope, therefore, that traditional caution and the simple human sense of self-preservation may yet reassert itself in both Tokyo and Washington.

Japanese used Chinese civilians for bayonet training

[2015-08-18 18:37]

Japanese World War II soldiers conducted bayonet training on live Chinese civilians, according to a war criminal whose confession to scores of murders and rapes was published by the State Archives Administration (SAA) on Tuesday.