Chinese scholars warned Japan "must be locked into the 'cage' of international laws and its constitution," reacting to a series of Japan's recent breaches of its post-war security policy.
Zhou Fengying, who had served as Japan's wartime sex slaves, believed until drawing her final breath that the Japanese owed her an apology.
Activists from China and the United States co-launched a website on Wednesday highlighting Japanese atrocities during World War II.
The Japanese Cabinet has triggered an angry response from its Asian neighbors after it approved an annual defense white paper, a document that in belligerent terms accuses China of raising regional tensions.
Most veterans who participated in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression have passed away. But their wartime stories have been passed through generations and their spirits are etched in every Chinese heart.
A Chinese animation about the American "Flying Tigers" air squadron, which helped the Chinese fight the Japanese during World War II, is expected to hit TV screens in September.
The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday approved a defense white paper for 2015, in which it describes the security situation surrounding Japan has become "increasingly tough."
The remain of a soldier who died in the Battle of Changsha, in Central China's Hunan province during Chinese People's War against Japanese Aggression, is buried at Anxianyuan Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province on July 19, 2015.
Premier Li Keqiang told Japan on Friday that it must keep its word on issues related to wartime history and handle differences in a responsible manner.
Beijing makes a strong protest about Tokyo's legislative campaign to lift restrictions on Japan's armed forces, describing them as "unprecedented".
A group of scholars from Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia have recently penned an open letter urging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to face up to Japan's wartime aggression and sincerely apologize to the victims.
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.