Wartime Japan PM Kantaro Suzuki

Wartime Japan PM Kantaro Suzuki

Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on July 28, 1945, two days after the United States, Britain and the Republic of China issued a document known as the Potsdam Declaration calling for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.

Mainland, Taiwan experts hold dialogue in east China

STORY: Mainland, Taiwan experts hold dialogue in east China SHOOTING TIME: May 25, 2024 DATELINE: May 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan holding a dialogue STORYLINE: Experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Saturday held a dialogue on the one-China principle from the context of the Cairo Declaration in Xiamen University, in east China's Fujian Province. Chi Chia-lin, who heads the reunification alliance party in Taiwan, combed the historical context of a series of documents and announcements including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. Quoting and interpreting the original text, he analyzed that these documents have, from a legal point of view, "clarified the illegality of Japan's occupation of Taiwan and confirmed that Taiwan is Chinese territory." Chi demonstrated that the Cairo Declaration is a legal document with the effect of international law, adding that it not only has l

Old Japanese tank displayed at museum on Russia's Sakhalin Island

Old Japanese tank displayed at museum on Russia's Sakhalin Island

A woman takes a photo of a boy sitting atop an Imperial Japanese Army tank at the Sakhalin Regional Museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East on Sept. 2, 2015. The tank, which was recently repaired and relocated, had been abandoned on one of the Kuril Islands where Japanese and Soviet troops fought fiercely after Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration ending World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo