Japan must soften to win hard 'battle'

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.

We should be pleased that a friendship has developed between the two despite the bitter legacies of the bloody war, which was an unfortunate chapter in the history of the relationship. Naturally, however, some sores remain between the Asian powers.

The immense economic power wielded by each inevitably causes regional friction from time to time.