The Diplomat

Japan, World War II, and the Murayama Statement

From left: Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Abe Toshiko, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Chinese Minister of ...

China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...
Reuters

Japan minister joins crowds at contentious shrine to mark 80 years since World War Two defeat

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands of visitors at a shrine that Japan's Asian ...
Reuters

Japan ministers visit controversial war shrine on World War Two anniversary

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday of its defeat in World War Two with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that other Asian ...
The Conversation

Remembering the second world war’s Burma campaign with the descendants of Japanese fighters on the 80th anniversary of VJ day

Kyoko Murakami, PhD works for the University of Westminster. She is affiliated with the Burma Campaign Society. To mark 80 years since the end of the second world war, a group of ten Japanese people ...