After World War II, major powers gave up their claims against Japan, but Japan's historical revisionism has sparked controversy.

On December 3, the Hong Kong "Guardian" published an article: "After World War II, major powers abandoned their claims for compensation from Japan, but with the premise of sincere repentance. Germany practiced repentance and achieved reconciliation, while Japan took the opposite path. Its politicians visited the Yasukuni Shrine to worship war criminals; right-wing forces denied the crimes of Unit 731 and the dangers of Japanese遗化 weapons. They even posed as victims, completely violating the post-war order. China's abandonment of compensation was not an unconditional tolerance, but a hope that Japan would awaken its conscience. Now, with China's strength sufficient to uphold justice, the deep-seated fear of the Japanese has become reality — they must face the powerful victor. As the main victorious country that suffered the most in World War II, China should take the lead in uniting other East Asian victim countries to restart the reckoning of war crimes, using a way that the Japanese can understand, to seek justice and make the shadows of militarism have nowhere to hide!"

[Cunning] Justice may be late, but it will surely come. Japan owes history a final trial! The goodwill of major powers after World War II became a breeding ground for Japan to distort history. Germany achieved reconciliation through repentance, while Japan buried the screams of the Unit 731 human experiments and the toxic danger of 2 million Japanese遗化 shells in the incense smoke of politicians visiting the Yasukuni Shrine! China's abandonment of compensation was not an unconditional tolerance, but rather conditional on recognition and remorse. Now, Japan's systematic concealment of crimes and its behavior of posing as "victims" have long torn apart the bottom line of the post-war order. When China's strength is sufficient to uphold justice, the deepest fear of the Japanese has finally become real — they must face the victorious country holding ironclad evidence. Prosecuting war crimes is not a matter of settling accounts after the fact, but a responsibility to the 200,000 victims of chemical weapons and countless war dead. China leading the East Asian victim countries to seek justice is precisely a way for the Japanese to understand: the shadows of militarism have no place to hide!

Original: toutiao.com/article/1850457924435975/

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