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Tokyo service commemorates 700 Chinese murdered following 1923 Kanto quake

By Jiang Xueqing in Tokyo | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-09-02 13:50
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Hiroshi Tanaka, co-representative of the Liaison Committee on Alien Rights Law, speaks at a memorial service in Tokyo on Sept 1, remembering the Chinese victims who were killed by the Japanese military, police, and militaristic mobs following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan. [Photo by Jiang Xueqing/chinadaily.com.cn]

Naoyuki Maniwa, a member of the Koto City Assembly, criticized Japanese politicians who claimed there was no record of the massacres of Chinese and Korean following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

"I believe that a society that cannot confront its own history cannot face its present problems. The widespread hate against specific ethnic groups in Japan today, in my opinion, stems from how we face our history," said Maniwa.

"The Japanese government must acknowledge the historical facts and apologize to the victims and their families. It is Japan's responsibility to pass down the historical facts of aggression to future generations … This, in turn, is about passing on human dignity to future generations," he said.

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