China has erected a monument at the Mena House Hotel in Cairo, Egypt to commemorate the signing of the 1943 Cairo Declaration at the hotel, according to the Chinese Embassy in Egypt.
Released by China, the United States and Britain on Dec 1, 1943, the Cairo Declaration stated that it was the purpose of the three allies that all the territories Japan had stolen from China, such as Northeast China, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, should be restored to China.
The declaration was reinforced two years later by the Potsdam Proclamation, issued by China, the United States and Britain and later endorsed by the Soviet Union.
Japan accepted those terms when it signed the Instrument of Surrender in September 1945, pledging to fulfill the obligations laid out in the Potsdam terms.
The Cairo Declaration and other documents with international legal force provide important basis for China's recovery of territories plundered and seized by imperial Japan.
China erects monument to commemorate signing of 1943 Cairo Declaration
Global media and research institutions are reflecting on the legacy of the Tokyo Trials, which convicted 25 Japanese Class-A war criminals, and warning against the resurgence of Japanese militarism, as Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the trials' opening.
Russia's TASS news agency highlighted the Tokyo Trials' landmark significance, saying Japan's ongoing military expansion proves a persistent trend of militarism.
Russia's Rossiyaskaya Gazeta spotlighted Japan's biological warfare in northeast China's Harbin and the Nanjing Massacre.
Britain's The Week reported that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is ending Japan's pacifist constitution by lifting lethal weapons exports bans.
The Philippines' Asian Century Journal cited global concerns over Japan's WWII atrocities and resurgent militarism.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) scholar Oh Seung-Hee has called for communication between the ROK, China, and Japan to ensure regional stability and peace.
Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, or the Tokyo Trials.
From May 3, 1946, to Nov 12, 1948, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East was held in Tokyo by 11 countries, including the United States, China, the UK and the Soviet Union, to try Japan's Class-A war criminals after World War II.
Global media, research institutions reflect on Tokyo Trials' legacy, warn of Japan's rising militarism
