Analysts in Europe and Asia stressed the importance of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sincerely apologizing for Japan's wartime atrocities in his statement on Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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.
China announces a one-off allowance of $790 to be paid to the war veterans ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the WWII.
If Japan wants to reconcile with China over wartime history, it should look to the example set by Germany, a senior Chinese scholar of Japan studies told China Daily.
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.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the world is waiting for Japan's reaction as the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears.
Wartime slave laborers unhappy with offer but take it because of their age
We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action.
Chinese scholars warned Japan "must be locked into the 'cage' of international laws and its constitution," reacting to a series of Japan's recent breaches of its post-war security policy.
Relatives of Chinese victims of forced labor are hoping to receive a formal apology and compensation from Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi Materials after an announcement by the company on Wednesday.
Mitsubishi Materials will apologize to forced Chinese workers during WWII and give $16,100 for each of them and their relatives.
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials will offer compensation and apology to Chinese forced laborers it used during the World War II, according to Kyodo Friday.