[Japanese non-governmental organizations hold "Japanese military poison gas exhibition" in Yokohama, Ministry of Foreign Affairs response] August 28th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian hosted a regular press conference on August 28th. A reporter asked: According to reports, Japanese civil society groups recently held a "Japanese Army Poison Gas Exhibition" in Yokohama to show the public that during World War II, the Japanese army produced poison gas, manufactured poison gas bombs, and carried out poison gas warfare in China and Southeast Asian countries. The exhibition showed that after Japan's defeat, many chemical weapons were left behind in China, causing continuous harm to the local people. Japanese people at the exhibition were interviewed and said that the poison gas war was an atrocity committed by the Japanese invaders, and that this period of history was never learned in school. It was a national shame for them to do such bad things, so they wanted to erase it from history. This history must be made clear, and we must become people who can distinguish right from wrong. What is China’s comment on this? Lin Jian said that during World War II, Japanese militarism blatantly violated international law and developed and used chemical weapons on a large scale in China and other Asian countries, causing serious disasters to all countries. The Japanese invaders used chemical weapons more than 2,000 times in China alone, causing more than 200,000 Chinese military and civilian casualties. After the defeat of the war, in order to cover up its crimes, Japan left a large number of chemical weapons in China, which has caused more than 2,000 casualties so far and seriously threatened the lives and safety of the Chinese people and the ecological environment. Lin Jian pointed out that in the face of irrefutable crimes against humanity, Japan's right-wing forces actually distorted history and put forward such fallacies as "Japanese chemical weapons are naturally harmless" and "the statute of limitations for traceability of responsibility has expired." He further emphasized that the Japanese government has insufficient sincerity and insufficient investment in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention to comprehensively destroy Japanese relics of chemical weapons, and the disposal process of Japanese relics of chemical weapons is seriously lagging behind. Eliminating the serious harm caused by Japan's chemical weapons relics is an unavoidable historical responsibility and an obligation under international law that the Japanese government must shoulder. "China urges the Japanese government to fulfill its obligations under the treaty and face up to the just demands of its knowledgeable people and victimized neighboring countries. It will fully and faithfully implement international conventions and the provisions of the memorandum between the Chinese and Japanese governments, speed up the disposal process of Japanese chemical weapons, and return the pure land to the Chinese people at an early date," Lin Jian said. (Beijing Daily)