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New coins released to mark memorable date

[2015-08-20 07:42]

A set of commemorative coins will be issued by the People's Bank of China on Thursday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the fight against fascism.

Abe shies away from direct apology

[2015-08-15 07:33]

China is urging Japan to repent in concrete terms after Shinzo Abe downplays his country's aggression in long-awaited WWII statement.

Abe's words uttered with deep ambiguity

[2015-08-15 07:25]

After flying his kite for months, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a statement about Japanese aggression in World War II with phrases that had rarely appeared in his narratives of his country's war history.

Absence of direct 'apology' reveals Abe's lip service

[2015-08-15 07:01]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had the opportunity to continue along the same path as his predecessor, Tomiichi Murayama, and apologize for Japan's past aggression.

China calls for sincere apology after Abe's statement

[2015-08-15 07:01]

China on Friday responded to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II by asking Japan to sincerely apologize for its aggressive past.

Japan's past apologies over aggression

[2015-08-15 08:03]

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe mentioned the "deep remorse" of previous governments for Japan's wartime aggression in a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's World War II defeat.

Alert raised following Abe's Yasukuni offering

[2015-08-17 07:29]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a shrine endorsing convicted war criminals will strengthen right wingers, warn official, scholars.

China publishes videos on sufferings of wartime sex slaves

[2015-08-15 21:34]

China's State Archives Administration (SAA)plans to release videos documenting the suffering of sex slaves at the hand of the Japanese military over 70 years ago.

China voices opposition, dissatisfaction on Abe cabinet members' shrine visit

[2015-08-15 21:00]

China on Saturday voiced "firm opposition and strong dissatisfaction" as three Japanese cabinet ministers visited the Yasukuni Shrine on the day marking Japan's surrender in WWII.

Statement by Abe to offer an 'apology'

[2015-08-11 07:21]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expeced to include the words "apology" and "aggression" on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War WWII.

Scars spur battle over Okinawa's 'war relics'

[2015-08-12 07:44]

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.

Dwindling band of brothers still carry memories of WWII

[2015-08-12 07:44]

Seventy years on, only a handful of Chinese combatants are still alive, and although most are now age 90 or older, their memories of the conflict are still vivid.