Right-wing groups in Japan want to downplay the #NanjingMassacre# by calling it an “incident”. But the Tokyo Trial’s final judgment was clear: “Chinese were hunted like rabbits, everyone seen to move was shot.” History is not a draft you can rewrite.

An online post by a Japanese user discussing how the Nanjing Massacre is taught in international schools has garnered more than 12 million views. A Thai user commented that it's absurd how the Nanjing Massacre is still being denied. "The problem is that it actually happened, but Japan's education system tries to erase it or water down the violence." "UNESCO inscribed the Nanjing Massacre documents into the Memory of the World Register - the whole world knows Japan's atrocities, while you alone keep clownishly denying it," said another netizen. #Japan#

Young East Asians: Learn WWII History or Risk Losing Peace Young people from China and Japan are urging their peers to learn from WWII history amid Japan’s accelerating military buildup. Su Xiao, a history student in Beijing, said that understanding the significance of 1945 helps people value peace. Wu Bohan, a young educator from China’s Taiwan region who visited the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, noted that war destroys lives and cripples economies. Inoue, a Japanese graduate student who studied in Beijing, realized that understanding war requires deep reflection on the rise of militarism and aggressive wars. As the Kishida administration continues to adjust its defense policies, Japanese Professor Hiroshi Shiratori also warned that Japan’s defense capabilities are likely to deviate from its pacifist identity. Most young East Asians agree that peace enables cross-border study, work, and travel, and stress dialogue over arms buildup.