A Japanese police officer serving in China during World War II arranged the torture of a large number of Chinese, according to the latest in a series of publications of confessions by Japanese war criminals.
Chinese FM clarified China's principles and stance in a serious manner, and demanded Japan make efforts to remove the political barriers of relations.
The mayor of Nagasaki criticizes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push toward Japan's more assertive defense policy, as the city marked the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing.
Japanese authorities killed sick Chinese miners by throwing them into iron ore furnaces during World War II, according to the latest in a series of publications of confessions by Japanese war criminals.
Several Japanese aircraft enter China's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea and carried out extensive reconnaissance.
Japanese troops tortured Chinese people brutally during the war of aggression to China, according to World War II officer Shozo Tsukutani's written confession published on Tuesday.
With his domestic support on the decline, Shinzo Abe has reached the end of his diplomatic tether and should admit that playing the "China threat" card has not helped to win him the public's approval.
The timing of the release of Japan's defense white paper, just one day before the anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, may raise a few eyebrows.
Japan is "deliberately hyping the threat from China, seeking excuses for its military and security policy maneuvers as well as its armaments expansion", said Chinese defense ministry.
South Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan's renewed territorial claim to a pair of islets, called Dokdo here and Takeshima in Japan lying halfway between the two countries.
The Japanese government has recently provoked disputes on historical issues and made unprecedented dramatic changes to its security policy, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman says.
The Japanese Olympic Committee has asked its athletes participating in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to wear casual clothes outside of the event to avoid exposing their nationality, the Beijing Youth Daily reported, citing Japanese media.
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