China & Japan: Rival giants BBC News looks at the history, key issues, and economic factors that lie behind relations between two Asian giants. BBC News, 7 May 2008
Japan's problem over the past As Japan marks the 60th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, its handling of the past still rankles in some parts of Asia. Unlike the reconciliation in Europe of former foes like Britain and Germany, relations between Japan and her Asian neighbours, particularly China, remain very strained. BBC News, 15 August 2005.
Long history of friction For decades Japan and its closest neighbors have tussled over what lessons should be learnt from World War II. In recent days, anti-Japanese violence in China has again put the spotlight on what countries such as China and South Korea say is Japan's whitewashing of its wartime activities. CNN.com, Tuesday, April 19, 2005.
Viewpoints: Japan's approach to history In the week that Korea celebrated independence from Japanese rule, a Japanese teacher and a retired South Korean man gave the BBC News website their perspectives on Japan's relationship with its own history. BBC News, 20 September 2005.
The row over Japan's past and future Japan's decision to approve new school textbooks, criticised by some for glossing over the country's wartime record, have promoted demonstrations in several Chinese cities. But as William Horsley discovers the row between the two countries concerns the future as well as the past. BBC News, Saturday, 16 April, 2005.
Japan Still Seeking Forgiveness Fifty Years Later A short article about Japan's attempts to gain forgiveness from its Asian neighbours over the last 50 years. Japanese Institute of Global Communications, April 25, 2005.
The legacy of WWII: Asia's row over history Includes information on the history textbooks dispute, as well as on the Yasukuni Shrine and 'comfort women' issues. From CNN.
Abusing History for Political Ends An article by Jacob Kovalio that is critical of China and South Korea and supportive of Japan in the debates about history textbooks, visits to Yasukuni Shrine and Japan's military past. Japanese Institute of Global Communications, April 25, 2005.