Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986.

Japan irked by UNESCO listing of Nanjing Massacre on world memory register

Japan irked by UNESCO listing of Nanjing Massacre on world memory register

UNESCO's International Advisory Committee members discuss in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 5, 2015, the advisability of adding Chinese documents on the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese military to its "Memory of the World" program. The incident was inscribed later, irritating Japan and prompting it to threaten suspension of its funding for UNESCO. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

No. of victims put at 300,000 on wall of Nanjing Massacre Museum

No. of victims put at 300,000 on wall of Nanjing Massacre Museum

The number of victims of the 1937-1938 mass killings by invading Japanese troops in Nanjing, eastern China, before World War II is put at 300,000 at the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, as shown on a wall display photographed on Oct. 5, 2015. UNESCO announced on Oct. 10 that it has added China's "Documents of the Nanjing Massacre" to the Memory of the World Register. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986. (Kyodo)