Nanjing Massacre memorial

Nanjing Massacre memorial

People pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial

Nanjing Massacre memorial

Children pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Xinhua satirizes Japan PM Takaichi

Xinhua satirizes Japan PM Takaichi

Photo taken in Beijing on Nov. 20, 2025, shows the official Xinhua News Agency's post on X, satirically portraying Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as she sees a reflection of herself wearing the uniform of the Imperial Japanese Army. Her recent remarks on Taiwan have led to a diplomatic row between the two countries.

Xinhua satirizes Japan PM Takaichi

Xinhua satirizes Japan PM Takaichi

Photo taken in Beijing on Nov. 20, 2025, shows the official Xinhua News Agency's post on X, satirically portraying Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as she sees a reflection of herself wearing the uniform of the Imperial Japanese Army. Her recent remarks on Taiwan have led to a diplomatic row between the two countries.

Feb. 1936 military revolt in Tokyo

Feb. 1936 military revolt in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - A group of young Imperial Japanese Army officers enter the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 1936, in an attempt to seize control of key locations, including the prime minister's residence, in the so-called 2.26 incident that started in the early morning of Feb. 26. The coup, conducted by a faction of officers within the Army who were dissatisfied with the government's perceived weakness and corruption, ended in failure.

"Evil Unbound" poster in Beijing

"Evil Unbound" poster in Beijing

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2025, shows a poster of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" about one month after its release at a movie theater in Beijing. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

"Evil Unbound" poster in Beijing

"Evil Unbound" poster in Beijing

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2025, shows a poster of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" about one month after its release at a movie theater in Beijing. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

"Evil Unbound" poster in Beijing

"Evil Unbound" poster in Beijing

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2025, shows a poster of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" about one month after its release at a movie theater in Beijing. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

"Evil Unbound" released in China

"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

"Evil Unbound" released in China

"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

"Evil Unbound" released in China

"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

"Evil Unbound" released in China

"Evil Unbound" released in China

Photo shows an advertisement of Chinese war-themed film "Evil Unbound" at a movie theater in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident that led to Japan's occupation of China's northeast through 1945, ahead of its release later in the day. The film tells the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which conducted human experiments on prisoners of war for biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II.

Battle of Imphal museum

Battle of Imphal museum

Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono (L) visits a museum in Imphal in northeastern India on Aug. 9, 2025, and looks at a display of items left by Japanese soldiers who fought in the Battle of Imphal between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Allied forces during World War II.

Battle of Imphal peace monument

Battle of Imphal peace monument

Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono prays at a peace monument in Imphal in northeastern India on Aug. 9, 2025. The monument was erected for those who perished in the Battle of Imphal between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Allied forces during World War II.

Battle of Imphal museum

Battle of Imphal museum

Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono (far R) visits a museum in Imphal in northeastern India on Aug. 9, 2025, and looks at a display of items left by Japanese soldiers who fought in the Battle of Imphal between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Allied forces during World War II.

Monument for Hundred Regiments Offensive

Monument for Hundred Regiments Offensive

Photo taken in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China, on July 24, 2025, shows a monument listing the names of soldiers who were commended in the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a large-scale campaign by the Chinese Communist Party against the Imperial Japanese Army in 1940.

Monument for Hundred Regiments Offensive

Monument for Hundred Regiments Offensive

Children pose for a photo in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China, on July 24, 2025, in front of a monument commemorating the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a large-scale campaign by the Chinese Communist Party against the Imperial Japanese Army in 1940.

Museum for Hundred Regiments Offensive

Museum for Hundred Regiments Offensive

Photo taken in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China, on July 24, 2025, shows a museum commemorating the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a large-scale campaign by the Chinese Communist Party against the Imperial Japanese Army in 1940.

[Breaking News]Memorial ceremony for over 1,000 kamikaze pilots

MINAMIKYUSHU, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - A memorial ceremony is held in Minamikyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on May 3, 2025, for 1,036 Imperial Japanese Army kamikaze pilots who died during the World War II Battle of Okinawa in 1945. (Kyodo)

Memorial ceremony for over 1,000 kamikaze pilots

Memorial ceremony for over 1,000 kamikaze pilots

Relatives lay flowers during a memorial ceremony held in Minamikyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on May 3, 2025, for 1,036 Imperial Japanese Army kamikaze pilots who died during the World War II Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Memorial ceremony for over 1,000 kamikaze pilots

Memorial ceremony for over 1,000 kamikaze pilots

A memorial ceremony is held in Minamikyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on May 3, 2025, for 1,036 Imperial Japanese Army kamikaze pilots who died during the World War II Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on May 9, 2015, shows rabbits in front of a defunct facility on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, that supplied electricity to a nearby poison gas factory run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945. The rabbits, brought to the island in the Seto Inland Sea after World War II, draw many tourists.

Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023, shows a cenotaph built on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in memory of those who died after falling ill following their exposure to poison gas. Over 6,000 workers and students were mobilized to work at a poison gas factory on the island in the Seto Inland Sea run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

NANJING, China, Dec. 13 Kyodo - A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city. (Kyodo)

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers observe a moment of silence during a state memorial ceremony held in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, (from L) former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa, former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Nobuaki Koga, former United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Rashed Abdullah Alnuaimi and retired U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who served concurrently as head of the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, attend a photo session after a ceremony of conferment at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2024.

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu (L) visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, August 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Wang Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu prays in front of the list of victims at the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Jianwei/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu (2nd L, front) visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Jianwei/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu (2nd R) visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Jianwei/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Japanese Veteran Visits China To Apologize - Harbin

Hideo Shimizu prays in front of the list of victims at the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Tao/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Hideo Shimizu (L), a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, speaks to the head (R) of a Chinese exhibition hall on the unit as he visits the former site of its headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Hideo Shimizu (front, L), a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, prays in front of a cenotaph dedicated to peace at the former site of the unit headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, prays in front of a cenotaph dedicated to peace at the former site of the unit headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Hideo Shimizu (2nd from L), a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, prays in front of a cenotaph dedicated to peace at the former site of the unit headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, prays in front of a cenotaph dedicated to peace at the former site of the unit headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240708) -- BEIJING, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Jin Shicheng, a researcher with the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, arranges a photocopy of Japanese military personnel registration forms detailing their work in Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 5, 2024. A total of 177 pages of Japanese military personnel registration forms detailing their work in Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II, were made public in Harbin on Saturday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Tao)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-NEW EVIDENCE-JAPANESE GERM-WARFARE UNIT (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-NEW EVIDENCE-JAPANESE GERM-WARFARE UNIT (CN)

(240707) -- HARBIN, July 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Jin Shicheng, a researcher with the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, displays a photocopy of Japanese military personnel registration forms detailing their work in Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 5, 2024. A total of 177 pages of Japanese military personnel registration forms detailing their work in Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II, were made public in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday. TO GO WITH "Across China: New evidence of historical Japanese germ-warfare unit unveiled" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Tao)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-NEW EVIDENCE-JAPANESE GERM-WARFARE UNIT (CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-NEW EVIDENCE-JAPANESE GERM-WARFARE UNIT (CN)

(240707) -- HARBIN, July 7, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows a photocopy of Japanese military personnel registration forms detailing their work in Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II, at the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. A total of 177 pages of Japanese military personnel registration forms detailing their work in Unit 731, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II, were made public in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday. TO GO WITH "Across China: New evidence of historical Japanese germ-warfare unit unveiled" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Tao)