Testimony of history: 'Hope to promote Japan's reflection by revealing the truth': Japanese history researcher Seiya Matsuno

Seiya Matsuno, a researcher at Meiji Gakuin University's International Peace Research Institute, was born in 1974 and has been conducting self-funded research on historical topics including the Japanese military's chemical ...

Testimony of history: 'Generations may change, but perpetrators' responsibility will not vanish': Japanese lawmaker Taku Yamazoe

In March, Japanese Communist Party and House of Councillors member Taku Yamazoe publicly presented historical documents at the National Diet proving that Unit 731, part of the Japanese invading forces, ...

Testimony of history: Japan's postwar coverage avoids invasion of China, one-sided hypes up Japanese victimhood: Asahi Shimbun former reporter

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War, but in Japan there ...

Testimony of history: Japanese historian calls for deep reflection on Japan's Unit 731 historical crime for reconciliation between China and Japan

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, yet the truth about Japan's ...

Testimony of history: Descendants of Nanyang transport volunteers keep wartime spirit alive through family stories

After the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) broke out, over 3,200 overseas Chinese drivers and technicians returned from Southeast Asia to transport vital supplies into China ...

Testimony of history: CPC-led North China battlefield plays vital role in victory against Japanese aggression: Japanese historian

The North China battlefield during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), played a pivotal role in China's victory ...

Testimony of history: 'We Must Never Point Guns at China Again', says Japanese civic group born from 'Fushun Miracle'

For China-Japan friendship, the Japanese people must recognise that Japan was a perpetrator of aggression against China and should never again raise arms against China, said Iida Yumiko, a member ...

Testimony of history: Japanese organization fights for justice, demands its government to apologize and compensate 'comfort women' survivors

On the first Wednesday of every month since 2005, rain or shine, a determined circle forms outside Osaka Station. Holding portraits of silver-haired women and signs reading "Let us build ...

Testimony of history: Memorial for Nanyang transport volunteers to deliver unsung heroes' stories, international view of WWII history

Silently standing at the Kwong Tong Cemetery in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur for nearly eight decades, the Selangor Nanyang Drivers and Mechanics World War II Monument marked some less known stories ...

Testimony of history: Cultural aggression must not be concealed, says Japanese civic group urging return of looted Chinese artifacts

A Japanese lawyer and founder of a Japanese civic group that aims to urge the Japanese government to return looted Chinese cultural relics told the Global Times on Sunday that ...

Testimony of history: Japanese textbooks contain misleading descriptions regarding the causes of WWII, says Japanese civil group

A Japanese civil group said in an exclusive interview with the Global Times on Tuesday that Japanese junior high school history textbooks contain inaccurate descriptions regarding the causes of World ...

Testimony of history: Japanese memorial museum reveals true nature of puppet regime 'Manchukuo' era, calling to build peace

Pioneering in name, aggression in fact - a Japanese memorial museum, during an exclusive interview with the Global Times on Tuesday, exposed the nature of the so-called Japanese settlements in ...

Testimony of history: More than 100 skulls found in Tokyo highly likely to have originated from Unit 731: Japanese civil group

"The likelihood of the 'Toyama human bones' originating from the notorious Unit 731 of the Japanese army during its invasion of China is very high. Only by clarifying the historical ...

Testimony of history: Japanese civil group urges Tokyo to 'face history' through exhibitions of Japanese chemical warfare in WWII

A Japanese civil group recently held an exhibition in Yokohama, Japan which focused on the Japanese Imperial Army's use of chemical weapons and the dangers posed by abandoned chemical munitions ...