World / Sensitive issues

Wartime 'comfort woman' believed to the end Japan owed her an apology

[2015-07-23 18:08]

Zhou Fengying, who had served as Japan's wartime sex slaves, believed until drawing her final breath that the Japanese owed her an apology.

Proof of Japan's infamous Unit 526 unearthed in bookstore

[2015-07-22 08:12]

A post-90s man has collected thousands of photos related to Japan's invasion during World War II, of which at least 2,000 have never been seen before.

Defense paper accusations against China provoke anger

[2015-07-22 07:53]

The Japanese Cabinet has triggered an angry response from its Asian neighbors after it approved an annual defense white paper, a document that in belligerent terms accuses China of raising regional tensions.

Japan cabinet approves defense white paper 2015

[2015-07-21 13:41]

The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday approved a defense white paper for 2015, in which it describes the security situation surrounding Japan has become "increasingly tough."

Japan's Mitsubishi to apologize, compensate Chinese laborers

[2015-07-24 09:16]

Japan's Mitsubishi Materials will offer compensation and apology to Chinese forced laborers it used during the World War II, according to Kyodo Friday.

China urges Japan to create favorable conditions for E.China Sea issue

[2015-07-23 08:35]

China said on Wednesday that Japan's hype of China's oil and gas development in the East China Sea is not conducive to dialogue and cooperation between the two sides.

Japan urged to explain selective apology on wartime forced labor

[2015-07-21 15:35]

The Japanese government should have deep reflections on the country's atrocities during World War II and explain why a Japanese company made an apology only to US prisoners of war.

Japan's news security bills show Tokyo's consistent departure from peaceful constitution

[2015-07-21 10:15]

The controversial security bills that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bulldozed through the lower house of parliament shows the government's consistent deviation from the country's peaceful constitution.

Premier Li urges Japan to keep its word

[2015-07-18 06:32]

Premier Li Keqiang told Japan on Friday that it must keep its word on issues related to wartime history and handle differences in a responsible manner.

Chinese DM expresses concern over Japan's security bills

[2015-07-17 17:54]

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan Friday expressed concern over the security bills passed by Japan's lower house of parliament that will expand the role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF).

China asks Japan to respect neighbors' security concerns

[2015-07-17 07:38]

Beijing makes a strong protest about Tokyo's legislative campaign to lift restrictions on Japan's armed forces, describing them as "unprecedented".

Adoptees say love is borderless

[2015-07-16 07:27]

Most of the children abandoned by the Japanese troops were left in Northeast China, where they were raised voluntarily by local residents.