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Learning from history: Why Japan must avoid gambling with its future

People attend a protest in front of the Japanese prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2025. /Xinhua

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BUDAPEST, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A China-Hungary cultural exchange concert was held on Wednesday evening at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, featuring a joint symphony orchestra of young musicians from the two countries.

Recently, a Japanese man posted on X about an "emergency family meeting." The meeting was triggered by his daughter, a student at an international school, who said, "I feel ashamed to be Japanese" after learning about the Nanjing Massacre in her history class.

The Japanese flag at the National Diet Building in Tokyo, Japan, February 18, 2026. /CFP

Recently, the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers'Party of Korea, published a series of articles focusing on incidents including Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel intruding into the Chinese Embassy in Japan, pointing out that the Japanese side is the chief culprit behind the deterioration of China-Japan relations. The articles also criticized the series of terror threats targeting the Chinese Embassy in Japan as a blatant violation of international law and an open provocation.

In recent years, Japan has consistently downplayed its history of aggression, accelerated its attempts to revise the "Peace Constitution," and taken frequent moves to strengthen and expand its military capabilities. It has deployed long-range missiles in multiple regions, relaxed restrictions on arms exports and even seen senior government officials openly advocating for nuclear armament. These developments suggest that Japan is trying to hollow out the post-war international peace order. This has caused serious concern in the international community, and even Western media outlets, long seen as favoring Japan, have been voicing increasing criticism.

"I shouted loudly and thrust my bayonet with all my strength into the chest of that Chinese man. He fell onto the snowy ground, sending snow flying everywhere. Blood rushed to my head instantly. Looking back, it was from this bayonet training that I 'became a demon' and turned into a 'Japanese devil.'" These are the words of Yoshio Tsuchiya, a member of the former Japanese military police in the book Former Japanese Military Policeman Yoshio Tsuchiya: A Life Devoted to Atonement, recalling the first crime he committed during Japan's invasion of China. The experiences of Tsuchiya and other Japanese invaders expose how Japanese militarism transformed ordinary people into "demons" while sounding a warning for today's world.