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Japanese government to protest after Chinese paper publishes map with mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan outraged after Chinese paper publishes map with nuclear bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The Japanese government has vowed to take action after a regional Chinese newspaper printed a map of Japan with mushroom clouds over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki next to the words “Japan wants war again”.The Japanese government has vowed to take action after a regional Chinese newspaper printed a map of Japan with mushroom clouds over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki next to the words “Japan wants war again”.
In reaction to the publication, the Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida said that it would not be tolerated and he would be “lodging a stern protest.” In reaction to the publication, the Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida said that it would not be tolerated and he would be “lodging a stern protest”.
On Tuesday, the weekly newspaper Chongqing Youth News from the southwestern city of Chongqing printed the map. On Tuesday, the weekly newspaper Chongqing Youth Daily in the south-western city of Chongqing printed the map.
The picture showed the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were both hit by nuclear bombs during the Second World War, with mushroom clouds hanging over them and placed next to the words "Japan wants a war again." The picture showed the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were both hit by nuclear bombs during the Second World War, with mushroom clouds hanging over them.
It ran alongside an article in which a writer for the Chongqing Youth News wrote, "As the butcher of World War Two, the blood on Japan's hands has yet to dry."  It ran alongside an article that said: "As the butcher of World War Two, the blood on Japan's hands has yet to dry." 
The picture was then reproduced for the Communist Party backed website The Global Times, and was, as a result, circulated to millions. The picture was then reproduced for the Communist Party-backed website The Global Times, and circulated to millions.
Now, officials from the Japanese government have reacted, with the foreign minister saying he would be taking action. Now, officials from the Japanese government have reacted, with the foreign minister saying he will take action.
This is the graphic from Chongqing Youth News（重庆青年报, 3 July）that has Japanese ForMin upset. pic.twitter.com/ob6anm0orwThis is the graphic from Chongqing Youth News（重庆青年报, 3 July）that has Japanese ForMin upset. pic.twitter.com/ob6anm0orw
In reaction to the map, the Japanese foreign minister Kishida was quoted as saying: “As the foreign minister of the only country that has suffered an atomic bomb attack, and being a politician from Hiroshima, I cannot tolerate this.” He said: “As the foreign minister of the only country that has suffered an atomic bomb attack, and being a politician from Hiroshima, I cannot tolerate this.
Adding: “Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe has clearly said it would be absolutely impossible for Japan to wage war again. There is no shift in the path of Japan as a pacifist country.” "Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe has clearly said it would be absolutely impossible for Japan to wage war again. There is no shift in the path of Japan as a pacifist country.”
The publication of the image is bound to intensify the diplomatic hostility between the two Asian nations. The publication of the image is likely to intensify the diplomatic hostility between the two Asian powerhouses.
There has always been a long history of tension between China and Japan, which has been fuelled by Beijing’s belief that Japan has yet to atone properly for the atrocities it committed in China during the Second World War. Many Chinese people believes Japan has yet to atone for the atrocities it committed in China before and during the Second World War, most notably the Nanking Massacre of 1937.
The Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has said the country will take action against the map However, the Chinese feel that a number of right-wing politicians in Japan still glorify their role in the war and Chinese officials have also been upset by the Japanese prime minister’s decision to visit shrines commemorating high-ranking Japanese officials that were convicted of war crimes and executed after the war.
The War saw Japan occupy large swathes of China, with a number of serious war crimes committed during this occupation. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been openly critical of many of Japan's politicians On Monday, at a ceremony marking the blowing up of the Marco Polo bridge which sparked the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, publicly criticised those Japanese right-wing politicians that, according to Mr Xi, have “beautified the history of aggression”.
Japan has issued many apologies in the past, including a landmark apology by prime minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995. In the unusually large commemorations in China, Mr Xi said: “Unfortunately, nearly 70 years after the victory of the Chinese war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the anti-Fascist war, there is still a minority group of people who ignore historical facts, who ignore the tens of thousands of lives lost in the war, who go against the tide of history and deny and even beautify the history of aggression and harm international mutual trust and create regional tension.”
However, the Chinese feel that a number of right-wing politicians in Japan still glorify their role in the War and Chinese officials have also been upset by the Japanese prime minister’s decision to visit shrines commemorating high-ranking Japanese officials that were convicted of war crimes and executed after the war.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been openly critical of many of Japan's politicians
These feelings of resentment have intensified of late and were exemplified on Monday at a ceremony to commemorate the War, when the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, publicly criticised those Japanese right-wing politicians that, according to Xi Jinping, “beautified the history of aggression”.
In the unusually large commemorations in China, Xi Jinping said: “Unfortunately, nearly 70 years after the victory of the Chinese war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the anti-Fascist war, there is still a minority group of people who ignore historical facts, who ignore the tens of thousands of lives lost in the war, who go against the tide of history and deny and even beautify the history of aggression and harm international mutual trust and create regional tension.”