Sino-Japanese scholars agree on massacre facts

Japanese historians, sent by Tokyo to take part in joint research work with their Beijing peers during the past three years, have recognized the facts surrounding Japan's invasion of China and the Nanking massacre, a Chinese historian said yesterday.

"The Japanese scholars have acknowledged Japan massacred innocent Chinese people in Nanjing and the fact that Japan invaded China. There's no problem with such issues," said Tang Chongnan, head of the China Japanese History Association, during the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' issuing of its annual report on Japanese development yesterday.

But there are still disputes surrounding the scale of the massacre and other details, Tang said.