Japan hits out as UNESCO archives Nanjing massacre documents

[bemildred]

Japan on Saturday lashed out at UNESCO's decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register, describing it as "extremely regrettable" and calling for the process to be reformed.

On Friday the UN's cultural and scientific body agreed to 47 new inscriptions, including a request by Beijing to mark documents recording the mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops after the fall of the Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937.

The massacre, often referred to as the "Rape of Nanjing", is an exceptionally sensitive issue in the often-tense relations between Japan and China, with Beijing charging that Tokyo has failed to atone for the atrocity.

Japan had called for the Nanjing documents not to be included and accused UNESCO Saturday of being politicised.

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/asia/354645/japan-hits-out-as-unesco-archives-nanjing-massacre-documents

It all depends on whose ox is being gored.

[Gman]

1. Whose ox is being gored

Determines if something is "made political".

[ColesCountyDem]

2. Japan would prefer that the world develop collective amnesia regarding it's role in WW2. n/t

[haikugal]

3. Japan needs to own it...

That was a cruel war with many atrocities.

We need to own our history as well.

Thanks for the post.

[bemildred]

4. +1.

I am much in favor of forgetting nothing.