Share 20 minutes clip of the movie, from china918.net: Film on German hero in China seen stirring debate Reuters – The director of a new film about an unsung German engineer who helped save 200,000 Chinese in Nanjing from Japanese troops said he hoped it would spark debate and help Japan come to terms with [...]
Share CP – Canadian actor Olivia Cheng developed such a strong passion for her role in the docudrama “Iris Chang, the Rape of Nanking,” she now feels she’s practically following in Chang’s footsteps. “I didn’t ask for it but just in the questions that people ask and what they speak of, it’s just like I’ve [...]
Dec 13 2007 | Posted in
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Share Was the Imperial Japanese Army guilty of any war crimes? “None,” he replies. “In war, atrocities will always be carried out by a small number of individuals, but did the Japanese army systematically commit war crimes? Absolutely not.” – Mizushima Satoru, filmmaker of The Truth of Nanjing Japan Focus has an expanded version of [...]
Share The Independent – One way to learn what happened in one of history’s most noxious but disputed episodes is to ask Satoru Mizushima. After what he calls “exhaustive research” on the 1937 seizure of the then Chinese capital by Japanese troops, estimated to have cost anywhere from 20,000 to 300,000 lives, Mizushima offers a [...]
Dec 5 2007 | Posted in
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Share Motion 291 passed unanimously in the parliament of Canada on Nov 28, 2007 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU5isHP0g1E Full text of Canada’s ‘comfort women’ motion – ENGLISH REPORTS – Dec 13, 2007 China – Xinhua – European Parliament passes resolution on justice for ‘Comfort Women’ Nov 30, 2007 Canada – CIV – Finally, something good about the Tories [...]
Share Today marks the 76th anniversary of the 9/18 Incident, or Mukden Incident as better known in the West. The incident formally signalled the start of the 14 year Sino-Japanese War. We cannot forget what happened during WWII. We must continue our press the Japanese parliament to formally recognized their sin. And we must continue [...]
Share Japan Times – None of the 16 ministers in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine next Wednesday, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, the ministers said Friday. It is believed to be the first time that no Cabinet members will pay tribute at [...]
Aug 10 2007 | Posted in
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Share AP – Japan’s wartime Emperor Hirohito was against including convicted war criminals at a Tokyo shrine because he worried the move would damage relations with the country’s Asian neighbours, according to new documents published Saturday. Hirohito also believed that honoring Class-A war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine would change the nature of the shrine as [...]
Aug 5 2007 | Posted in
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Share Claims of justiceAugust 02, 2007 People’s Daily opinion – By voice votes, the United States House of Representatives on July 30 unanimously approved a bill on the condemnation of the Japanese during the Second World War for forcing women of other Asian countries as “comfort women.” House of Representatives believe that the Japanese government [...]
Aug 4 2007 | Posted in
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Share U.S. House urges clear apologyAugust 2, 2007 Japan Times editorial – The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed by voice vote a resolution urging Japan to “formally acknowledge, apologize and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces’ coercion of young (Asian) women into sexual slavery.” Passage [...]
Aug 3 2007 | Posted in
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