China lost a staggering 10 million people to Japanese aggression.

An ugly, but increasingly distant, history of Japanese aggression and war crimes stands in the way.

He said most people at the time were ignorant about Japanese aggression or helpless to do anything about it.

The fear of a new civil war at a time of Japanese aggression was the biggest reason why the rebellion had very little popularity.

Most, like Seni, saw their nation as a victim of Japanese aggression.

Ten million Chinese died in a decade of Japanese aggression.

Eighty years of Japanese aggression in China have left their mark.

China appealed what they saw as Japanese aggression to the League of Nations.

But that doesn't reassure Asian victims of past Japanese aggression.

These changes present the bombing, a unique event in history, as a justified military response to Japanese aggression.