The Japanese aggression caused 35 million deaths and casualties of Chinese people and US$600 billion of economic losses in China. China won the war eight years later.
China has urged the Japanese government to make clear its stance on right-wing activists' latest pro-nuclear weapons statements.
Tokyo would consider re-examining a 20-year-old study that led to a landmark apology over its forced prostitution in World War II.
China warned the international community of any comments attempted to vindicate Japan's invasion history.
Provocative statements by Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, and its board member on Japan's invasion history have been widely criticized in Japan.
Beijing opposes a Japanese initiative aiming to draw up an act that would "lay the legal basis" to foster ties between Tokyo and Taiwan.
Photo taken on Jan 10, 2014 shows a report by Japanese Military Police of Kwangtung Army about the escape of forced Chinese laborers on Sep 22, 1943, in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province.
China on Monday warned against any provocative action and escalation by Japan on the Diaoyu Islands issue in response to a reported plan by Japan to claim the islands in a guideline for creating school textbooks.
Japan has sent senior diplomats on far-flung missions worldwide to justify the visit by Shinzo Abe to Yasukuni Shrine, which honors war criminals.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the Yasukuni shrine on Thursday is a grave provocation that may lead to heightened tension in the region.
Major officials with the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Chinese ambassador in Japan will respectively make solemn representations to the Japanese ambassador in China and Japan's foreign ministry, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
China on Thursday strongly condemned the shrine visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying the acts deeply hurt Asian war victims.
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