The bloody experience of war is engraved in the memories of Chinese veterans, who attended the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
Tuesday marks the 78th anniversary of the beginning of China's eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
A Chinese archive official on Monday refuted claims that confessions written by Japanese war criminals were extorted by forced or coercive measures, calling them "totally unfounded".
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials will offer compensation and apology to Chinese forced laborers it used during the World War II, according to Kyodo Friday.
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met with a group of Japanese orphans who were raised by Chinese families after the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
A journalist visited the sites of some old photos about the July 7 Incident.
More than 1,000 privately owned historical documents that record Japanese militarists' crimes during World War II have been donated to the Museum of Overseas Chinese History in Beijing.
More than 300 clay coins issued by the "Manchukuo" are being exhibited at a museum in Shenyang City, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province, a stark reminder of looting by Japanese invaders.
China has published, for the first time in a book series, documentary evidence from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo Trials, which took place after World War II.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Japan to face its wartime history squarely so as to pave the way for the smooth development of bilateral ties.
Japan needs to seek reconciliation with its neighboring countries through facing up to its wartime past, just like what Germany has done, a Japanese former senior official with the country's foreign ministry said.