Japan must face up to wartime past

发布者: yucc | 发布时间: 2006-1-9 23:46| 查看数: 2005| 评论数: 1|

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>What does an admission of guilt mean? For a Japanese court, it means nothing but an announcement. The court is very forgiving of the criminals.<O

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>　　Yesterday the Tokyo High Court rejected an appeal by a group of Chinese victims and relatives that had requested compensation from the Japanese Government for suffering stemming from the germ warfare Japan waged in China during and before World War II. It upheld a lower court ruling.<O:P> </O:P>
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>　　The verdict from the Tokyo High Court did not come as a surprise given that tensions are running high between the two countries.<O:P> </O:P>
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>　　In August, 2002 the Tokyo District Court dismissed claims for compensation from 180 Chinese victims and relatives of deceased victims of the germ warfare carried out by the infamous Unit 731 of the Japanese army, based near Harbin, capital of northeastern Heilongjiang Province.<O:P> </O:P>
　　The Chinese claimants demanded US$84,000 each and an apology from the Japanese Government.<O:P> </O:P>
　　The court acknowledged, for the first time, that the Japanese army waged germ warfare in China during and before World War II.<O:P> </O:P>
　　At that time, the district court rejected the lawsuit, saying "no international law that enables individuals to sue for war damages had been established at the time or has been now."<O:P> </O:P>
　　The court used post-war treaties as an excuse for not paying compensation to the victims of the Imperial Japanese army's reprehensible treatment of the Chinese.<O:P> </O:P>
　　No international laws exempt Japan from its war responsibilities.<O:P> </O:P>

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