Japanese pacifists join Chinese to mark World War II surrender
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August 16, 2010, Monday
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MORE than 300 Chinese and Japanese people held a memorial ceremony in the city of Nanjing yesterday to mark the 65th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II and China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Japanese pacifists, relatives of the Nanjing Massacre victims and seven delegates from Taiwan attended the ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
China-Japan Friendship delegations from Kobe, Nagasaki and Osaka held a banner that read: "Remembrance of the past is the guide for the future."
"The Japanese invaders committed monstrous crimes in Nanjing. We will be here on the anniversary every year to express remorse for their criminal deeds," Tamaki Matsuoka, head of Japanese left-wing group Mei Shin Kai, said in an address.
Japanese troops occupied Nanjing on December 13, 1937. Chinese records show more than 300,000 people were killed in the six-week massacre.
Matsuoka leads groups of Japanese visitors to Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall of the Victims and other sites every year.
"We will call for the Japanese people to face up to the real history and keep it forever in mind," Matsuoka said.
Matsuoka presented the "Gratitude and Friendship" award to Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, and another two Chinese China-Japan friendship promoters.
"It is the universal will to maintain peace. History should not be allowed to repeat itself," said Zhu.
Since it opened in 1985, the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall has had more than 25 million visitors, including 2 million from more than 80 other countries.
Other ceremonies were held around China yesterday.
The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing reopened to the public after being closed for maintenance work. Its exhibition details the history of the war, which lasted for eight years, and English and Japanese display introductions have been added.
"To remember the history of the Anti-Japanese War is necessary to both Chinese and people worldwide, especially the younger generation, living in peace," said Li Zongyuan, deputy curator of the museum.
A new film, "Changyao Massacre," was released on Saturday in Changyao Town in Hubei Province, where the Japanese invaders committed another massacre that left 30,000 dead in May 1943.
Zhou Zhiyong, a local member of the audience, said it was a timely reminder to cherish peace as well as a commemoration of the victims.
Japanese pacifists, relatives of the Nanjing Massacre victims and seven delegates from Taiwan attended the ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
China-Japan Friendship delegations from Kobe, Nagasaki and Osaka held a banner that read: "Remembrance of the past is the guide for the future."
"The Japanese invaders committed monstrous crimes in Nanjing. We will be here on the anniversary every year to express remorse for their criminal deeds," Tamaki Matsuoka, head of Japanese left-wing group Mei Shin Kai, said in an address.
Japanese troops occupied Nanjing on December 13, 1937. Chinese records show more than 300,000 people were killed in the six-week massacre.
Matsuoka leads groups of Japanese visitors to Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall of the Victims and other sites every year.
"We will call for the Japanese people to face up to the real history and keep it forever in mind," Matsuoka said.
Matsuoka presented the "Gratitude and Friendship" award to Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, and another two Chinese China-Japan friendship promoters.
"It is the universal will to maintain peace. History should not be allowed to repeat itself," said Zhu.
Since it opened in 1985, the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall has had more than 25 million visitors, including 2 million from more than 80 other countries.
Other ceremonies were held around China yesterday.
The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing reopened to the public after being closed for maintenance work. Its exhibition details the history of the war, which lasted for eight years, and English and Japanese display introductions have been added.
"To remember the history of the Anti-Japanese War is necessary to both Chinese and people worldwide, especially the younger generation, living in peace," said Li Zongyuan, deputy curator of the museum.
A new film, "Changyao Massacre," was released on Saturday in Changyao Town in Hubei Province, where the Japanese invaders committed another massacre that left 30,000 dead in May 1943.
Zhou Zhiyong, a local member of the audience, said it was a timely reminder to cherish peace as well as a commemoration of the victims.
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