China-Japan/Chinese Embassy

China urges Japan to stop glorifying aggression, distorting history, endangering peace

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  • ID : 8475881
  • Dateline : April 21/March 25, 2026/File
  • Location : Japan
  • Category : Diplomacy
  • Duration : 1'08
  • Audio Language : Nats/Part Mute
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2026-04-22 09:36
  • Last Modified : 2026-04-22 17:29:16
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8475881
  • Dateline : 2026年4月21日/資料
  • Category : Diplomacy
  • Duration : 1'08
  • Audio Language : 自然音声/一部音声なし
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : 中国大陸での使用は不可
  • Published : 2026-04-22 17:21
  • Last Modified : 2026-04-22 17:29:16
  • Version : 1

China-Japan/Chinese Embassy

China urges Japan to stop glorifying aggression, distorting history, endangering peace

Dateline : April 21/March 25, 2026/File

Location : Japan

Duration : 1'08

  • English
  • 日本語


Beijing, China - April 21, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshot of remarks by spokesperson from China's Embassy in Japan

Tokyo, Japan - March 25, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of Chinese Embassy in Japan
3. Various of building, traffic, security personnel

FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Dec 16, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of National Diet building

FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Nov 20, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of National Diet building; pedestrians, traffic

FILE: Japan - June 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of pedestrians, traffic


China urges Japan to stop all wrong words and deeds that glorify aggression, distort history and endanger peace, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Tuesday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine.

The Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarists responsible for the war of aggression, the spokesperson said.

Japan's negative moves regarding Yasukuni Shrine amount to reversing the verdict on its history of aggression, whitewashing its war crimes, and honoring the militarists, which run counter to historical justice and human conscience and challenge the victorious outcome of World War II and the post-war international order, the spokesperson said.

Noting that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Tokyo trials, the spokesperson said that the international community, with abundant and conclusive evidence, delivered a final judgment on Japan's acts of aggression, ruling on Class-A war criminals in accordance with the law, and safeguarding the victory of the world's anti-fascist war as well as international fairness and justice.

However, 80 years later, Japanese leaders and politicians still pay frequent visit or send ritual offerings to the Yasukuni Shrine that honors Class-A war criminals. This reflects Japan's seriously erroneous attitude toward historical issues and exposes the negative and dangerous trend of certain forces in Japan attempting to reverse the course of history and promote distorted views of the past, said the spokesperson.

Coupled with Japan's moves to hollow out its pacifist constitution, accelerate military expansion, relax restrictions on arms exports, and even float the idea of nuclear armament, its Asian neighbors and the wider international community are becoming increasingly alert and deeply concerned, the spokesperson noted.

China solemnly urges Japan to honestly honor the statements and commitments it has made on historical issues, stop all erroneous words and deeds that glorify aggression, distort history and endanger peace, and take concrete actions to make a complete break with militarism, said the spokesperson.

Yasukuni Shrine, located in central Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II. It has long been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and its neighbors.

ID : 8475881

Published : 2026-04-22 09:36

Last Modified : 2026-04-22 17:29:16

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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