In China, Japanese forces attacked the barracks of Chinese troops in Shenyang, northeastern province of Liaoning on Sept. 18, 1931, marking the beginning of a Japanese invasion and occupation that lasted 14 years.
As the nadir of an era in which China was bullied and humiliated by the Japanese invaders, the Nanjing Massacre left a deep psychological scar on the Chinese for generations to come.
On Dec. 13, 1937, Nanjing, the Chinese capital for six dynasties, fell to Japanese invaders who went on to slaughter civilians for more than a month. About 300,000 Chinese were killed, and 20,000 women raped.
Shinzo Abe, the incumbent Prime Minister of Japan, left for Pearl Harbor on Monday where he is slated to attend a ceremony with U.S. President Barack Obama to remember the thousands of U.S. soldiers and civilians killed during a surprise attack by Japan there on Dec. 7, 1941.
Abe has intended the trip to be a symbol of reconciliation.
However, his top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, made it clear that during Abe's visit that "no apology would be offered" for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Abe's no-apology stance has evoked doubts and criticism that the visit is only a diplomatic show aiming to score political points and strengthen Japan's alliance with the U.S. while constituting no reflection upon the war.
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