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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Daiei chief repents 'undue procedure' in group stock deals

TOKYO, Japan - Tadasu Toba, president of Daiei Inc., bows deeply at a press conference on Oct. 3 at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to express repentance for ''undue procedure'' in trading in shares in a group company last year. Toba donated his 15.9 million yen in profit from the share deals to three organizations, including the Japan Committee for UNICEF, after the adviser pointed out that the purchase might be regarded as a case of insider trading.

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Todaiji's Nigatsudo lit up

Todaiji Temple's Nigatsudo edifice in Nara is lit up by burning torches in the spring 'Omizutori' event that began March 1. Monks offer repentance to the sacred god of the edifice and wish for peace and good harvest in the tradition, which ends March 14 this year.

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Mayuzumi died

Toshiro MAYUZUMI (1929-1997), composer, is responsible for introducing electronic musin to Japan and his XYZ (1953) was the first Japanese work composed in the manner of musique concrete. Influenced by Buddhism and Asian cultures, in 1958 he composed the symphony ""Nehan "" (Nirvana) and in 1963 the cantata ""Keka"" (Repentance). In 1976 he composed an opera based on Mishima Yukio's novel ""Kinkakuji"" that was first performed by the Berlin Opera. Mayuzumi was also politically oriented, denying, like some right-wing Japanese politicians, Japan's wartime aggression. (Picture was taken in February 11, 1989 at ""Ceremony or Japanese National Foundation"".)

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Mayuzumi died

Toshiro MAYUZUMI (1929-1997), composer, is responsible for introducing electronic musin to Japan and his XYZ (1953) was the first Japanese work composed in the manner of musique concrete. Influenced by Buddhism and Asian cultures, in 1958 he composed the symphony ""Nehan "" (Nirvana) and in 1963 the cantata ""Keka"" (Repentance). In 1976 he composed an opera based on Mishima Yukio's novel ""Kinkakuji"" that was first performed by the Berlin Opera.

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REPENTANCE

REPENTANCE PICTURE FROM THE RONALD GRANT ARCIVE PRODUCTION COMPANY SOVEXPORTFILM Date: 1987

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FM Wang sees history issues as unavoidable at 3-nation summit

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stresses at a symposium in Beijing on Oct. 27, 2015, that historical issues cannot be avoided at a summit meeting of leaders from Japan, China and South Korea, scheduled to be held in Seoul on Nov. 1. In a speech at the symposium, he called on Japan to show repentance over its "wrongdoings in the past," alluding to brutalities by Japanese soldiers in China before and during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nigatsu-do,Todaiji Temple

The main building to the east of the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple has at its main image of worship a Kannon with 11 faces. It is famous for the Shunie (spiritual exercise) conducted every March. It is also known as Omizutori , the spiritual exercise of Keka (repentance) conducted in front of the 11 faced Kannon.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐20‐0]

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Child killer suspect pens letter of repentance+

OSAKA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma, the suspect in the June 8 slaying of eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture, leaves Ikeda Police Station in Osaka Prefecture on June 22 for questioning at the Osaka Public Prosecutors' Office. Takuma has written a letter of repentance, but was pressured into doing so by the police, his lawyer said.

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Daiei chief repents 'undue procedure' in group stock deals

TOKYO, Japan - Tadasu Toba, president of Daiei Inc., bows deeply at a press conference on Oct. 3 at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry to express repentance for ''undue procedure'' in trading in shares in a group company last year. Toba donated his 15.9 million yen in profit from the share deals to three organizations, including the Japan Committee for UNICEF, after the adviser pointed out that the purchase might be regarded as a case of insider trading.

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Todaiji's Nigatsudo lit up

NARA, Japan - Todaiji Temple's Nigatsudo edifice in Nara, western Japan, is lit up by burning torches during the 'Omizutori' (water-drawing) ceremony that began March 1. In the traditional event, which lasts until March 14, monks offer repentance to the Goddess of Mercy and pray for peace and the happiness of the people.

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Todaiji's Nigatsudo lit up

Todaiji Temple's Nigatsudo edifice in Nara is lit up by burning torches in the spring 'Omizutori' event that began March 1. Monks offer repentance to the sacred god of the edifice and wish for peace and good harvest in the tradition, which ends March 14 this year.