August 15, a day for Japan to deeply reflect on its wartime past-Xinhua

August 15, a day for Japan to deeply reflect on its wartime past

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-17 17:19:32|Editor: huaxia

"August 15 is a day when we must reflect deeply on what Japan did." Demonstrators gathered in Tokyo on Saturday to protest against the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japan's militarism and wartime aggression. Many sounded the alarm over the country's accelerating military expansion. #WWII #protest #Japan

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