Prevent history repeating itself

The Potsdam Proclamation and the Cairo Declaration are very important in history. These documents contributed greatly to stability in postwar East Asia and, to some extent, determined the regional arrangement for East Asia. They should remind the Japanese public not to return to the isolation of World War II and not to repeat the mistakes made in those years.

Hui-Yi Tseng, are search associate with the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, xinhuanet.com, July 26

Japan should not deny or debase the peaceful spirit embodied in the Potsdam Proclamation. By trying to seek national rejuvenation through ultranationalism and militarism, the Shinzo Abe administration has stepped the wrong way and the more it goes in that direction the farther away it strays from the right destination.