Some 89 files related to Japan's Kwantung Kempeitai (military police corps) and the then "central bank" of the Japanese-aligned puppet state of Manchukuo have been released.
A photo taken on April 23, 2014 shows rows of skeletons uncovered in a burial site for miners in Liaoyuan, Northwest China's Jilin province. About 100,000 workers forced into slave labor by the occupying Japanese died from 1931-1945.
The chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s coalition ally on Tuesday admonished the visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine by Cabinet ministers and throngs of lawmakers on Tuesday.
Naval ships from seven countries, including Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, arrive at east China's Qingdao on April 20, 2014 for the upcoming multi-national marine exercise to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
A total of seven vessels arrived at the port of Qingdao in East China's Shandong province on Sunday morning ahead of the 14th annual meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS), which the PLA's navy is expected to launch on Tuesday.
As small as a hug is, it may still warm up the tension between China and Japan, a belief that has motivated six Japanese students studying in Beijing to initiate a hugging activity.
Chen Guifang, 82, shows scars on her head due to the Japanese wartime bombing of Chongqing at an exhibition on the aftermath of the bombing in the city, on April 12.
Japan raised its sales tax on Tuesday, a move likely to depress Chinese export prices to Japan while bilateral trade remains full of uncertainties amid political tensions.
PM would alter Constitution to 'restore former status' of nation
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Tokyo March 31, 2014. Many people enjoy viewing the blossoms all over the country during this season.
China has added its voice to international concerns over Japan's large stockpile of nuclear materials, saying the Japanese have exceeded their needs in nuclear power.
Japan will hand over "sensitive nuclear material" to the United States for destruction as part of the efforts to "prevent unauthorized actors, criminals, or terrorists from acquiring such materials."