TOKYO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should also visit Nanjing and other places victimized by Japan during WWII, other than the Pearl Harbor, said a Japanese civic group dedicated to upholding and developing the well-known Murayama Statement.
Abe should apologize for Japan's invasion of Asian countries during the war, the group went on to say in a statement issued here on Tuesday.
"The Japanese Imperial Army killed far more civilians in the Nanjing Massacre, the germ warfare in Harbin and in some other places in Asia, and it is intolerable just to memorize the dead of the U.S., while ignoring the victims in Asian countries," said Takakage Fujita, director general of the Association for Inheriting and Propagating the Murayama Statement.
"Japan should face up to history, and only by doing that can Japan reconcile with its Asian neighbors and make an important step towards coexistence and co-development," he said.
The Association for Inheriting and Propagating the Murayama Statement was founded in 2016, aiming to uphold the 1995 Murayama Statement, and to reflect upon Japan's wartime history and promote peace.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the then Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama issued a statement on Aug. 15, 1995, apologizing for the tremendous damage and suffering Japan had caused, through its colonial rule and aggression, to the people of many countries.
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