Experts have dismissed Japan's sovereignty claims over the Diaoyu Islands as unfounded, urging both Japan and China to shelve ...
At that time, the United States condemned Japan for the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War and its Tripartite Military Pact with Germany and Italy, which was signed in September 1940. Japan began talks ...
Perhaps she had a premonition of war. But her wish did not come true, and the Marco Polo (also known as the Lugou) Bridge Incident of July that year led to the Second Sino-Japanese War.