From: byang@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (Bin Yang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Call for Signatures from CCJAWCC
Date: 7 Oct 92 23:12:17 EDT

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The following is a forwarded message. PLEASE mail your support to the
E-mail address given below. I am not responsible to forward your responses.
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Hi, there:

    Following is the forwarded information and the form asking for 
signature, which you may forward to others. After you read it and 
if you would like to support it, please sign it by sending your 
NAME and YOUR ADDRESS as soon as possible to the TEMPORARY e-mail 
account:

                  ccja@md.physics.uoguelph.ca
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Your signature by the e-mail will be forwarded to organizers.

    Thanks for your support!!


======= The original information and form: ===============


          IN SUPPORT OF SIGNATURE DRIVES

     to Demand from the Japanese Emperor During His Visit to China
     to Make Apologies and Compensation to the Chinese People
     for Japan's War Crimes in China

In light of the  upcoming visit by Japanese Emperor Akihito to
China, People of Chinese origin and all peace-loving in major
cities in the United States and Canada as well as in Hong Kong are
organizing signature drives to demand the following from the
Japanese Emperor during his visit to China:

(1)  formally apologize to China for the war crimes committed by
Japan, including the establishment of wartime brothels;

(2)  visit the site of the Rape of Nanking and pay respect to the
victims;

(3)  direct the Japanese government to begin a thorough review of
Japan's school textbooks to ensure that the coverage of the Sino-
Japanese war is presented in a truthful way;and

(4)  discuss with Chinese officials and groups representing the
wartime victims an appropriate compensation for Japan's war crimes
in China.

Please indicate your support by giving your signature. The
collected signatures will be forwarded to the Japanese Consulate in
Toronto.

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You may return the signed petition by mail to:
 
SING TAO P.O. BOX 68G, 417 DUNDAS ST. W.
TORONTO, ONT., M5T 1G6

OR FAX TO: 585-2767

(Organized by Toronto Committee to Condemn Japanese Army War Crimes
In China)


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          TORONTO COMMITTEE AGAINST JAPAN'S COVER-UP OF WAR CRIMES

          From 1931 to 1946, Japan's unprovoked invasion of China
claimed as many as 15 million lives and caused irreparable
suffering to many millions more. All over China, the Japanese army
raped,looted and burned cities and villages. During the 1937 "Rape
of Nanking" alone, 300,000 Chinese civilians were tortured and mass
executed by the Japanese Army within six weeks. In addition,
thousands of captive soldiers and civilians were used as live
specimens on Japan's biological warfare experiments in Northeast
China.

          Japan has never expressed remorse, let alone apologized
to China, for the crimes and atrocities she has committed. The
Japanese government continues to pay tribute to war criminals in
their Shinto  ceremonies every year. In their history textbook,
they have shameless concealed their war crimes by describing their
invasion of China as "entry into China". In 1990, Shintaro
Ishihara,their MP, further accused of the Chinese people of
fabricating the massacre of Nanking, claiming that most MPs in the
Japanese cabinet share the same believe. Recently, Japan has
announced that there will be no apology from the Japanese emperor
in his upcoming visit to China in October. Ironically, Japan
demanded that there be no protest and their emperor be welcomed by
all people in China during the visit. The world has not forgotten
and Chinese all over the world are still demanding that Japanese
government handle this tragic history in a responsible and
honourable way.

          Toronto Committee Against Japan's Cover-Up of War Crimes
is not directing this condemnation against the Japanese people.
However, to ensure a healthy and honourable Sino-Japanese relation,
Japan must not cover up its past atrocities in China. Japan must
take responsibility for its war crimes during the Second World War
and prevent the further rise of militarism in that country.



          RALLY AND MARCH:

   Date: Sunday, October 18, 1992
   Time: 3:00pm
   Place: Grange Park(Dundas & Beverley, behind Art Gallery of    
                      Ontario)