Onus to resolve historical issues lies with Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not have the courage to attend the commemorative activities organized by China on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II and Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45). Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga went so far as to say that China did not even try for rapprochement with his country.

The fact is, China in all sincerity invited Abe to attend the commemorative events, but Japan assumed it to be a humiliation.

Japan did not like the presence of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Beijing during the commemoration either, saying the world body should stay "neutral".