No atrocity coverup

It is both ludicrous and unreasonable for Japan's long-time conservative lawmaker Takeo Hiranuma and his new parliamentary league to request that China's museums dealing with the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression remove "unjustifiable" photos showing atrocities committed by Japanese troops.

The parliamentary league is to be formally launched today.

It is ludicrous because the request was made in the name of removing obstacles to the relationship between the two countries. The photos were described as having "distorted history" and as constituting barriers to advancing the friendship between China and Japan.