China's Foreign Ministry accuses Japan's PM of whitewashing wartime aggression in memorial speech
外交部评日本首相致辞：模糊侵略罪责，大开历史倒车
China's Foreign Ministry sharply criticized Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae for a speech at Japan's national memorial ceremony for the war dead on August 15. Spokesperson Lin Jian stated that Takaichi avoided terms like 'reflection' and 'lessons,' blurred Japan's responsibility for its war of aggression, and reversed historical progress. The ministry framed the speech as exposing the Takaichi administration's malicious intent to cover up, distort, and overturn the history of its past aggression.
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The report frames the criticism as a defense of historical justice and the post-war international order. The vocabulary is unambiguous: the Japanese Prime Minister is accused of '模糊侵略罪责' (móhu qīnlüè zuìzé – blurring…
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