Facing history: Japan must act

Article Abstract:

Sino-Japanese relations are marred by memories of Japanese atrocities committed during the invasion of China in the 1930s and 1940s. Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama made an official apology during his 1995 visit to China, and Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto later reaffirmed this, but other events lead people to believe that Japan has still not truly acknowledged this part of its history. Japan should act to ensure that the past is acknowledged and transcended, and relations can move on. An appropriate act would be to offer financial compensation to individual Chinese survivors.

Intnl Affairs & Finance, National Security and International Affairs

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Governments vs. citizens

Article Abstract:

Citizens have the potential to cause political embarrassment for governments. It is particularly embarrassing to governments when citizens take extreme action on issues which the government supports, but which are under negotiation. Examples of this situation have had the potential to threaten Chinese/Japanese relations in the past, and could arise again during the Sep 1997 visit of Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to China. Chinese citizens are planning a Sep 1997 visit to the Diaoyu Islands, whose sovereignty is in dispute between the Chinese and Japanese.

International Affairs, Intnl Political Relations, Evaluation, International relations, Political participation

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