New historical details from the Webb papers revealed by team led by Nanjing University professor Zhang Sheng

An 8.2-gigabyte cache of private papers belonging to William F. Webb, president of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, uncovered by Chinese scholars, marks a major breakthrough in ...

Dive into 'Chinese Anne Frank's Diary': A historian revisits a firsthand record of the Nanjing Massacre

Cheng Ruifang, who documented the Japanese atrocities in Nanjing in her diary between December 8, 1937 and March 1, 1938, later submitted a written testimony based on her experiences to ...

Overlooked prosecutorial evidence-gathering details revealed in Sutton's diaries acquired by Chinese collector

A steady April drizzle lingered over Nanjing, deepening the solemnity inside the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. It was here that a Global Times ...

Tokyo Trial debunks notorious Yasukuni Shrine's inverted narrative

The Tokyo Trial delivered a historic verdict on Japan's war crimes and its Class-A war criminals. Yet inside Yushukan in Japan's notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a long-running campaign has unfolded under ...

Tokyo Trial's crucial legacy: verdict over 1,200 pages nails down Japan's war crimes

The most important legacy left to posterity by the Tokyo Trial is the verdict of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (hereinafter the verdict). Opening this more than ...

Let history speak, let facts testify

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which is also known as the Tokyo Trial. Eighty ...

Safeguarding Tokyo Trial is defending post-WWII international order: Chinese scholar Cheng Zhaoqi

It was because of China's participation that the Tokyo Trial possessed sufficient legitimacy.

How Tokyo Trial's gavel maintains enduring resonance

As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Tokyo Trial's commencement, it is essential to reflect on its legacy in the context of Japan's increasing militarization and the challenges facing ...

Evidence from Tokyo Trial witnesses points to irrefutable historical verdict on Japan's atrocities of aggression

The just trial of Japanese war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Trial), through a vast number of eyewitness accounts, material evidence and court testimonies, ...

Safeguarding history: Judge Mei Ru'ao's daughter speaks on 80th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Trial

"I am not a revenge seeker. I have no intention of charging the Japanese people with the blood debt owed by Japanese militarism. However, I believe that forgetting past suffering ...

Tokyo Trial stands as litmus test of humanity's conscience and delivers historical justice, Chinese FM remarks on 80th anniversary of its opening

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE, also known as the Tokyo Trials). Commemoration events have been held in ...

Launch of complete Chinese translation of the Tokyo Trials records powerfully rebuts Japan's right-wing forces' distortion: Chinese expert

The release of a complete Chinese translation of the Tokyo Trials records serves as a stern warning to recent militarist tendencies in Japan, and demonstrates China's firm resolve to uphold ...

Launch of complete Chinese translation of the Tokyo Trials records powerfully rebuts Japan's right-wing forces' distortion: Chinese expert

The release of a complete Chinese translation of the Trial Records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East delivers a powerful rebuttal to the denial of the Tokyo ...

Complete Chinese translation of the Tokyo Trials records debuts, filling a domestic archival gap

The complete Chinese translation of the Trial Records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East was launched on Thursday at Zhejiang Yuexiu University in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang ...

Archives Tell Truth: Truth of Nanjing Massacre and Japan's heinous crimes in words and cameras of foreign eyewitnesses

Editor's Note: Eighty years have passed since the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (“Tokyo trials”) in 1946. Yet, despite the verdicts of the Tribunal, many atrocities ...

Archives Tell Truth: Original diaries and confessions in local records lay bare systematic war crimes of Japan's invasion of China

“Archives are direct witnesses to history. They don't try to tell the entire story. They simply present facts, allowing those who come after to see the truth and touch a ...

A China that has grown strong and its 1.4 billion people will never allow anyone to reverse verdict on aggression: Chinese FM Wang Yi on relations with Japan

A China that has grown strong and its 1.4 billion people will never allow anyone to justify colonialism or reverse the verdict on aggression ever again,Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ...

The blood and tears of victims: War orphans, bacterial warfare sufferers demand sincere apology, urging Japan to return to path of peace

"If Japan had not invaded China, there would have been no war orphans like us, and far fewer families would have been torn apart… I lost everything to that war. ...

China calls for int'l efforts to prevent Japan from reverting to path of militarism

A Chinese envoy on Monday called on the international community to jointly prevent Japan from reverting to "the old and pernicious path of militarism."

Testimony of history: Japanese civic group holds exhibition on Unit 731 atrocities, urges Tokyo to admit atrocities, apologize

A Japanese civic group is holding a public exhibition and lecture series this week detailing the atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit that ...

China slams Japanese militarism as 'common foe' of world ahead of national memorial day for Nanjing Massacre victims

On the eve of China's 12th National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday blasted the Japanese militarists' wars of invasion against ...

GT investigates: Who provided shelter, excuses for Japanese fascism and its remnants after WWII?

In light of this, the Global Times presents two investigative stories aimed at exposing and analyzing how Japan and some of its allies have continued to wage a cognitive war ...

GT investigates: Japan constructs image as a 'victim of war' through WWII films, revealing distorted historical perspective

This year marks the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War. With films like Dead to Rights ...