Japanese ambassador should pay a tribute to the Lost Spirits of NJ Massacre !
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Japanese ambassador should pay a tribute to the Lost Spirits of NJ Massacre !
Japan's ambassador Uichiro Niwa Monday commenced a three-day visit to Nanjing, the scene of mass killings by Japanese troops in December 1937.
Though the trip is primarily business-focused, media and analysts from China and Japan said it would improve the frost-over bilateral ties.
The three-day trip, ostensibly to boost bilateral trade, is significant as it is Niwa's first visit to the city where more than 300,000 civilians were slaughtered by invading Japanese troops between December 1937 and January 1938.
It is also significant because relations between the two nations have been strained after Japanese authorities illegally detained the captain of a Chinese trawler and members of its crew in waters off China's Diaoyu Islands in September.
Upon arrival in Nanjing, Niwa said that relations between China and Japan are like a couple which cannot suffer separation.
Yet the ambassador will not visit a memorial hall dedicated to the victims of the massacre, where thousands of people gathered last week to mark the 73rd anniversary of the slaughter.
2010-12-21 14:36
Japan should face up to the tragic legacies left over by history, brave the bitter reality and, sincerely apologize to the Chinese people for all the atrocities their forefathers committed on the Chinese soil !