Japan urged to face up to victimized neighbors: Beijing

A number of locations in China, as well as in other parts of Asia, are available for Japan to offer condolences to victims of its wartime atrocities, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday.

Lu was responding to a question about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to visit Pearl Harbor on Dec 27. The Hawaiian US naval base was attacked by Japan in December, 1941 during World War II.

When asked about some calls in Japan urging Abe to visit the Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing city instead of Pearl Harbor, Lu said: "Just like people in the United States will not forget the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Chinese people will not forget the nation's immense sacrifice as well as the compatriots victimized by the Nanjing Massacre."

Lu named a slew of historical sites marking Japan's aggression in China, including the Memorial in Nanjing and the September 18 Incident museum in Shenyang, Liaoning province.

The wartime crimes imposed upon the victimized countries "leave no space for being forgotten and the history should never be distorted", Lu said.