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 | Visitors take a souvenir photo in front of a statue representing 1930's anti-Japanese movement Monday, Aug. 15, 2005 in Shanghai, China. Asia commemorated the 60th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender on Monday by honoring the dead and searching for reconciliation, while Japan's leader tried to salve wounds by apologizing for the 'great damages and pain' it inflicted on its neighbors. click to open  |  | Japanese residents from Kobe hold a banner to mourn Chinese war victims at a memorial in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, August 15, 2005. China on Monday stepped up security outside the Japanese ambassador's residence, the scene of violent anti-Japan protests earlier this year, and marked the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War Two by calling on Tokyo to face up to its past. click to open |  | Chinese veterans sing a song during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War Two at the Memorial for the Victims of Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province August 15, 2005. China on Monday stepped up security outside the Japanese ambassador's residence, the scene of violent anti-Japan protests earlier this year, and marked the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War Two by calling on Tokyo to face up to its past. click to open |  | Chinese visitors view a memorial honoring the dead at Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing, China, April 3, 2005. The memorial to the infamous Nanjing Massacre -- a stark, spartan structure ringed with swaying pine trees in a quiet suburb of the ancient imperial capital -- is a gruesome reminder of atrocities committed by Japanese troops during their 1937 invasion. click to open |  | Chinese students place flowers at a memorial honouring the dead at the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing, April 3, 2005. The memorial to the infamous Nanjing Massacre -- a stark, spartan structure ringed with swaying pine trees in a quiet suburb of the ancient imperial capital -- is a gruesome reminder of atrocities committed by Japanese troops during their 1937 invasion. click to open |  | Skeletons believed to be of victims of Nanjing Massacre are exhibited on March 31, 2005 at Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, China. At the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, signs of Japanese wartime atrocities are everywhere exhorting visitors to remember that past and hold Tokyo to account. Now, the Internet is doing the same job, only much faster. In recent weeks, organizers claim to have collected more than 24 million names on an Internet petition demanding that Japan be denied a permanent U.N. Security Council seat, claiming it has failed to apologize for wartime aggression against China. click to open |  | The shadow of a visitor is cast on carvings of foot prints of survivors of Nanjing Massacre on March 31, 2005 at Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, China. At the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, signs of Japanese wartime atrocities are everywhere. Gory photos and engraved stone tablets exhort visitors to remember that past and hold Tokyo to account. Now, the Internet is doing the same job, only much faster. In recent weeks, organizers claim to have collected more than 24 million names on an Internet petition demanding that Japan be denied a permanent U.N. Security Council seat, claiming it has failed to apologize for wartime aggression against China. click to open |  | Visitors walk past a sculpture depicting a victim of Nanjing Massacre on March 31, 2005 at Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, China. At the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, signs of Japanese wartime atrocities are everywhere. Gory photos and engraved stone tablets exhort visitors to remember that past and hold Tokyo to account. Now, the Internet is doing the same job, only much faster. In recent weeks, organizers claim to have collected more than 24 million names on an Internet petition demanding that Japan be denied a permanent U.N. Security Council seat, claiming it has failed to apologize for wartime aggression against China. click to open |
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