China-Japan Relations - Culture

Abe loses credibility with China: spokesman

Japan's wartime aggression photos unveiled in Seoul

Chinese wartime forced laborers sue Japanese firms

Japan may review probe on WWII sex slavery

China urges Japan's sincerity for pragmatic talks

China responded to Japan's call to set up a maritime communication mechanism by asking the country to show sincerity and hold pragmatic talks with China on related issues.

Japan's nuclear material under IAEA's safeguard

The UN nuclear watchdog has no guideline for nuclear material supply-demand balance, and all the nuclear material is under the agency's safeguard, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

Abe 'shut the door': CPPCC spokesman

Sino-Japanese dialogue will be possible only after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ends words and deeds that jeopardize bilateral relations.

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Abe loses credibility with China: spokesman

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine has seriously undermined the political foundation for Sino-Japanese relations, a spokesman of the Chinese political advisory body says.

Memorial days plan drawn up

Two national memorial days are to be marked, according to draft resolutions being reviewed by the top legislature.

Abe 'shut the door': CPPCC spokesman

Sino-Japanese dialogue will be possible only after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ends words and deeds that jeopardize bilateral relations.

Forum urges stable relations for China, Japan

A stable China-Japan relationship is in the interests of the two countries, Asia and the world, participants in the Beijing-Tokyo Forum agreed on Sunday.

Japanese business leaders visit China

More than 100 influential Japanese entrepreneurs are visiting China in search of business opportunities brought about by Chinese economic reforms.

Japan charts course for collective self-defense

Japanese Cabinet is expected make a decision on whether to revise the government's stance on Japan's right to exercise collective self-defense.

Abe loses credibility with China: spokesman

Japan's wartime aggression photos unveiled in Seoul

Dates set to honor victory, mourn Nanjing

Abe raps NHK chief for bigoted comments

History reveals Abe's ploy

WWII sex slavery

Special: Air defense zone

Shrine visit

Historical issues

China and Japan are geographically separated by the East China Sea. China has strongly influenced Japan with its language,architecture, culture, religion, philosophy, and law.

History

September 18, 1931
Japanese troops provocatively destroyed a section of railway in north Shenyang and attacked the Chinese garrison at Beidaying, Shenyang, on the same night, this led to the "September 18th incident."

September 19, 1931
In the morning, the Japanese army occupied Shenyang. Because the Kuomintang government ordered "nonresistance," the Japanese forces occupied major cities and towns in Liaoning province in few days.

September 23, 1931
Chiang Kai-shek gave a speech in which he went so far as to order the army and the people to "take the rough with the smooth and wait for the judgment of the League of Nations."

Nanjing Massacre

The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45)

Major issues in China-Japan relations over the past 40 years