World / Sensitive issues

Japanese state minister visits Yasukuni shrine

[2014-04-29 09:17]

Japan's Administrative Reform Minister Tomomi Inada paid a visit to the notorious Yasukuni war shrine on Monday afternoon.

Learning the lessons of defeat

[2014-04-28 07:20]

On the 120th anniversary of the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), China should reflect on the causes for its defeat

More evidence to nail Japan's lies on wartime crimes

[2014-04-26 07:21]

Nearly 90 newly sorted documents of the Japanese military during its occupation of Northeast China from 1931 to 1945, just released by Jilin Provincial Archive in Changchun, once again revealed Japanese war atrocities and proved how wrong Japanese right-wing politicians have been.

Files shed new light on Japan's atrocities

[2014-04-26 04:17]

Some 89 files related to Japan's Kwantung Kempeitai (military police corps) and the then "central bank" of the Japanese-aligned puppet state of Manchukuo have been released.

Cruel life of miners under Japanese subjugation

[2014-04-25 19:05]

A photo taken on April 23, 2014 shows rows of skeletons uncovered in a burial site for miners in Liaoyuan, Northwest China's Jilin province. About 100,000 workers forced into slave labor by the occupying Japanese died from 1931-1945.

Backgrounder: The US role in the Diaoyu Islands dispute

[2014-04-25 13:09]

The Diaoyu Islands, known to the Japanese as the Senkaku, consist of five uninhabited islets and three barren rocks.

Impounded Japanese ship gets OK to leave

[2014-04-25 07:13]

Company pays $28.5m in delayed rent and losses to Chinese firm

Former US envoy honors Nanjing victims

[2014-04-25 07:13]

Former US ambassador to China Gary Locke paid an unexpected visit to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall on Thursday, saying "history cannot be forgotten".

China court releases Japan ship after compensation

[2014-04-24 10:54]

A Japanese ship has been released after the shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd paid compensation over WWII disputes.

Japan ship firm pays $39m to China after seizure

[2014-04-24 10:54]

Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd has paid about $39 million to a Chinese court towards securing the release of one of its ships which was seized over an alleged payments dispute dating back to World War Two.

Shrine visits reflect militarism

[2014-04-24 07:00]

Despite fresh protests from Beijing and Seoul, a Japanese cabinet minister and nearly 150 lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday. The shrine commemorates Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals from World War II, and such visits are highly provocative to Japan's neighbors that were the victims of Japan's brutal militarism.

Obama criticized for Diaoyu Islands remarks

[2014-04-24 02:14]

US President Barack Obama, in a statement ahead of his visit to Tokyo, expresses support for Japan in the event of a conflict over China's Diaoyu Islands.