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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
"For the Japanese, not telling the war story truthfully is also a crime," Yamaguchi University professor emeritus Atsushi Koketsu told Xinhua about the Tokyo Trial. He said the Tokyo Trial is of great significance, but because the sentence was not fully executed, there is a serious gap in historical perception in Japanese society, especially among the younger generation, which is deeply concerning to him.
As a scholar who has long been involved in historical education, Atsushi Koketsu expressed deep concern over the indifference of modern Japanese youth to aggressive war.
He noted that Japanese schools, universities and other educational institutions do not allow students to fully understand Japan's war responsibility. "Especially the younger generation, they are often unwilling to acknowledge the fact that Japan launched a war of aggression. Many of my students know little about the Nanjing Massacre and other historical facts of Japanese aggression against China."
"Many Japanese people think, 'I wasn't born during the war, so the war has nothing to do with me.' But I often tell students, even though you weren't there, you have a responsibility to tell the war's story truthfully, otherwise it's also a crime," Atsushi Koketsu emphasized.
He criticized the tendency of Japanese society to focus on its own suffering for a long time, rarely tracing the root causes of these disasters. Atsushi Koketsu believes that if the Japanese cannot seriously reflect on their responsibility for aggression, it will be impossible to achieve genuine peace.
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