On Tuesday, the ninth national memorial ceremony for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre was held as a solemn reminder of the calamity caused by militarism in Japan to not just the Chinese people, but people in other Asian countries, as Japan s recent updates to its national security strategies, such as increasing military spending and referring to China as a
Flotillas of Chinese and Russian naval vessels participating in the ongoing Vostok 2022 (East 2022) joint drills met in the northern part of the Sea of Japan on Friday, which was the 77th anniversary of Japanese representatives signing the official Instrument of Surrender after Japan s unjust war brought tremendous injuries and pain to people across Asia.
Continuing to play the US spearhead in Asia, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday after she paid a highly provocative visit to the island of Taiwan and criticized China s military drills around the island, which analysts said showcased Japan s calculation to cooperate with the US on containing China while expanding its own military strength.