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A new resource collection examines Imperial Japan's war crimes and connects them to contemporary neomilitarist trends under the current administration.
Chinese journalist Li Jingjing explores the dark history and lasting legacy of Imperial Japan.
Heisoo Shin details how 14 NGOs fought to register comfort women documents with UNESCO, exposing Japan’s political lobbying that threatened the program’s integrity and risked a perpetrators’ veto over historical truth.
Korean “Comfort Women” synthesizes the previous major findings about Japanese military sexual slavery and legal recommendations, and provides new findings about the issues “comfort women” faced for an English-language audience.
CWJC compiles a list of various titles ranging from histories and primary sources to memoirs and fiction.
Julie Tang discusses Japan's denial of comfort women atrocities and warns against its remilitarization as a global security threat.
Hal Gold provides a riveting, disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China by Japan's Unit 731 during the World Anti-Fascist War (WWII).
Tsuneishi Keiichi, Japan's leading specialist on biowarfare, explores the history and legacy of Japan's Unit 731 and biological warfare program.
A surviving civilian ("child member") who was attached to Japan's Unit 731 discusses the history of the unit and continued denialism in Japan.
Documents newly released by Russia provide further evidence of Japan's germ warfare during the World Anti-Fascist War (WWII), leaving no room for denial.
Historian Iris Chang details the brutal rapes, tortures, and murders committed by the Imperial Japanese army in the ancient city of Nanking (Nanjing), China.
Details the atrocities of the Nanjing Massacre, linking Japanese fascism to current struggles in Palestine while analyzing historical denial and international memory.
Dead to Rights, directed by Shen Ao, follows the story of a young postman named Ah Chang and a group of civilians seeking refuge as the Japanese invade and occupy the city of Nanjing, China.
The stories of John Rabe, Karl Guenther, George Rosen, Paul Scharffenberg, Christian Jakob Kröger, Eduard Sperling, and Oskar Paul Trautmann are revisited in this important article.
Japan’s Holocaust is a comprehensive exploration of Japan’s mass murder and sexual crimes during the Pacific and Asian Wars from 1927 to 1945.
Chairman Mao’s important May 1938 work presents some details on the guerrilla tactics utilized during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
On Protracted War is an important work of Chairman Mao, originally a series of lectures delivered at the Yenan Association for the Study of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression from May 26 to June 3, 1938.
Matthew Penney explores the historical revisionism present in Japan's "war fantasy" media, and suggests that this has led to both pro- and anti-war sentiment among the Japanese masses.
Matthew Penney explores the non-fiction work of mangaka (manga artist) and veteran Mizuki Shigeru, who seeks to reconcile images of Japanese as both victims of their own elites and victimizers of others.
Li Jingjing and Rob Kajiwara discuss anti-Japan and anti-US occupation protests in Okinawa and the Japan-US alliance's lack of care for the people's will.
Wu Minchao details the contributions of Eastern nations in the World Anti-Fascist War (WWII), seldom discussed in Western media or education.
Discusses China's underappreciated role in WWII, the Nanjing massacre, and current US-China relations through the lens of anti-imperialism.
Wang Yiwei in a China Daily editorial suggests that China's legacy of resistance lives on today through China's modernization, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and China's push for global unity and world peace.
Wang Wenwen and Xing Xiaojing speak to anti-war activists in Japan protesting PM Takaichi's erroneous remarks regarding China's Taiwan region.
As the UNGA commemorates the International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations for the first time, permanent representative Fu Cong stresses the importance of upholding the post-war international order.
China's MFA spokesperson Lin Jian urges Japan to face up to and reflect on its history of fascist aggression, show repentance for past crimes, and show respect for victims through concrete actions.
Research fellows Zhang Yuebin and Xu Shijia describe Japan's path to modernization as stemming from a path of aggressive expansion and colonialism.
A People's Daily contributor explores Japan's efforts to whitewash its history of fascist aggression by selling the public a "poisoned illusion" and how these so-called "heroic deeds" continue to shape Japanese society today.
Xiang Haoyu criticizes PM Sanae Takaichi's offerings to the Yasukuni Shrine and Japan's revisions to "the three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology" and their implementation guidelines.
Chinese delegate Shen Zhixiong questions Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), asking whether Japan will respond to the concerns of China, the ROK, and Southeast Asia.
Argues that Taiwan must reject US and Japanese instrumentalization, warning against separatism and neo-militarism while affirming the One-China principle.
The ROK has filed an official complaint with FIFA after Japan's fascist "Rising Sun" flag was raised by fans during a match between Japan and Tunisia in Mexico.
Abdul Rahman reports on China's continued concerns about growing talks of remilitarization and nuclearization in Japan and notes widespread anti-war protests opposing the government's plans to revise the country's pacifist constitution and policies.
CGTN reports that Japan's public broadcaster NHK aired a documentary on Unit 731, an unusually candid look at the Imperial Japanese Army's covert biological and chemical warfare unit during World War II.
Tings Chak analyzes Japan's rapid remilitarization under Sanae Takaichi as part of a US strategy to encircle China, while highlighting grassroots resistance across Asia.
