Japanese Medical Team Arrives in Qiqihar(20030817)A Japanese delegation led by Kawakami Fumihiro (L, front), an official of the Japanese Foreign Ministry in charge of the China affairs, visits a hospital where the victims injured by mustard gas receive treatment in Qiqihar, a city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug.16, 2003. Japanese experts rendered five containers with the fatal nerve gas harmless after sealing them with lead and plastic wrappers on Saturday. A total of 41 people have been poisoned by mustard gas from chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese troops during World War II in the city.  |  |
Wreath Laying at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall(20030816)Two members of a Japanese organization set up for commemorating the Nanjing Massacre, committed by Japanese invading troops in 1937, lay a wreath at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 15, 2003. Domestic and foreign visitors came to the hall to mark the 58th anniversary of China's War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945) and commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing massacre. |  |
Japanese War Veterans at Yasukuni Shrine(20030815)Japanese war veterans with a rising sun flag enter Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo as they pay homage to the souls of the war dead enshrined Friday, Aug. 15, 2003. Japan remembered the 58th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo) |  |
Accident of Left Japanese Chemical Weapons(20030815)Chi Shuai (R) and Bai Jianbo, the latest victims sent to Hospital No. 203 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Qiqihar, were infected on Aug. 4 when transporting earth from a construction site where Japanese chemical weapons were dug out and broken. A total of 39 people have been poisoned in Qiqihar by mustard gas from chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese troops during World War II in the city. |  |
Tokyo Meeting Voices Support for Victims of Poison Gas (20030814)Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003. |  |
Chinese Germ Warfare's Victims Demand Compensation(20030521)He Yingzhen (R) and other relatives of germ warfare's victims from China's Hunan Province wait outside the Tokyo District Court May 20, 2003 by holding the portraits of the deceased. The Tokyo District Court began the second hearing of the case Tuesday, in which the Chinese plaintiffs demand the compensation from the Japanese government over the germ warfare waged by Japan in China during World War II. |  |
Chinese Warfare Victims Demand compensation(20030520)This file photo taken on Nov. 4, 2002, shows that Wang Xuan, director of Chinese plaintiffs against the Japanese government for compensation over the germ warfare, had an interview with reporters in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. The Tokyo District Court will begin the second hearing of the case on May 20, in which the Chinese plaintiffs demand the compensation from the Japanese government over the germ warfare waged by Japan in China during World War II. |  |
Chinese Sufferers of Japanese Aggressive War Gas Lost Lawsuit(20030516)Zhang Yan, one of the five Chinese plaintiffs, speaks to Japanese reporters in front of the Tokyo District Court May 15, 2003. The court has rejected a demand of the Chinese plaintiffs for compensation for injuries caused by toxic gas weapons left over in China by the Japanese invading troops in 1930s and 1940s. (Xinhua) |  |
Chinese Sufferers of Japanese Aggressive War Gas Lost Lawsuit (20030516)Chinese plaintiffs and supporters hold a banner as they enter the Tokyo District Court May 15, 2003. The court has rejected a demand of the Chinese plaintiffs for compensation for injuries caused by toxic gas weapons left over in China by the Japanese invading troops in 1930s and 1940s. (Xinhua) |  |
Japanese Invasion Undeniable(20030116)Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2003 shows three men entering the Memorial Hall Commemorating the 300,000 Compatriots Massacred by Japanese Invading Troops in 1937 in Nanjing of east China's Jiangsu Province. Visitors to the Nanjing Memorial Hall protested on Jan. 15 against Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's paying homage to the Yasukuni Shrine, a place consecrating Japanese war criminals in the World War II on Jan. 14, 2003. (Xinhua) |  |
