Published on: 2026-04-29
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Moscow, April 29 /Sinya/ — Crimes against humanity committed by militaristic Japan during the Second World War have no statute of limitations, and the work to identify them will continue. This was stated on Wednesday in Moscow at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, in response to a question from correspondent Sinyu about the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Tokyo Trials — the court over Japanese war criminals held in Tokyo from May 3, 1946, to November 12, 1948.
“What conclusions necessarily should be drawn from what happened? I think they are obvious. First, history must be known. Second, crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War have no statute of limitations, and work on their identification will be continued by us,” emphasized the Russian diplomat.
As M. Zalarova indicated, the Tokyo Trial had a major international legal and simply universal human significance. “The Tokyo Trial played an important role in punishing the main ally of Nazi Germany in Asia — Japan — for crimes against the peaceful inhabitants of the countries of the region,” he explained, adding that the outcomes of the trial have not lost their relevance to this day.
An official representative of the Russian foreign policy department called on the Japanese government to abandon the course of remilitarization of the country, as well as attempts to whitewash war crimes from the times of World War II. “Official Tokyo should remember the lessons of history and give up the currently pursued course of forced remilitarization, as well as attempts to whitewash the atrocities of Japan’s military-political leadership in the 1930s-1940s,” she stated.
According to M. Zaharova, Russia is making every effort to further reveal the facts of Japanese militarism. The Russian Foreign Ministry systematically discloses the relevant information received, including from the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, during its briefings and on its official website.
“If you don’t know history, then you have to learn its lessons anew,” the Russian diplomat concluded.
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