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2015 October 14 - 20 [SOCIAL ISSUES]

Abe gov’t intends to withhold financial contributions to counter UNESCO ‘Nanjing Massacre’ inscription

October 14, 2015
Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide on October 13 at a press conference announced that the Japanese government will consider reducing or withholding its financial contributions to UNESCO following the recent inscription of documents related to the “Nanjing Massacre” on its Memory of the World list.

At the press conference, noting that UNESCO approved the Chinese government’s request to add the “Nanjing Massacre” records to the International Memory of the World Register, Suga stated that the Japanese government will consider every possible means of protest, including suspending its payment of contributions to the UN organization.

Tokyo has objected to awarding the Memory of the World status to the documents in question, arguing that the authenticity of the documents has yet to be confirmed by experts and that Beijing is trying to politicize UNESCO’s project of registering the world’s cultural assets.

Later on the same day, Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Yamashita Yoshiki said to the press, “The Nanjing Massacre is an unshakable historical fact.” He criticized Suga’s remark by saying that it will be soundly denounced by the international community.

Past related articles:
> Nanjing Massacre survivor talks about her experiences [December 15, 2013]
> Historical facts refute attempts at sophism: Nanjing Massacre researcher [December 11, 2013]
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