A Japanese chef competes with Chinese chefs during a Chinese pasta cooking contest in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Sept 19, 2013.
A Chinese exchange student received an official commendation on Wednesday for saving a nine-year old boy who fell into the Yodo River in Osaka City of the western Japanese prefecture of Osaka, local press reported.
Archives proving Japan was guilty of trafficking Chinese victims into forced labor are displayed at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Sept 18, the 82nd anniversary of the Japanese invasion.
Air defense sirens sounded on Wednesday morning across China to observe the 82nd anniversary of Japan's invasion.
China urges Japan to learn from histroy, stick to peaceful path
Beijing vowed "zero tolerance" for any escalation by Japan that infringes on China's territorial sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands in the E.China Sea.
A Chinese fleet patrolled the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday, marking the country's 59th Diaoyu Islands patrol in the past year, the State Oceanic Administration said.
Tokyo was awarded the 2020 summer Games on Saturday, beating Istanbul in a head-to-head vote after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a plea to the IOC.
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Japanese delegates lay a wreath for Nanjing Massacre victims at the Memorial Hall of Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 15, 2013.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broke with two decades of tradition by omitting any expression of remorse for Japan's past aggression in Asia.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, but did not visit in person in an effort to avoid inflaming tensions with Asian neighbours.
Beijing rejected a protest from Tokyo on Thursday over Chinese ships patrolling near the Diaoyu Islands, as four Chinese vessels made their longest stay in the area.
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The US West Coast unveiled its first public memorial to World War II-era "comfort women", in Glendale, California, on Tuesday.