Tanaka Junyoshi News Today

Beijing, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) Several cities in China canceled the Japanese festival, known as Matsuri, amid the indignation caused by a Buddhist temple in Nanjing, because it honored the ihai mortuary tablets of four Japanese soldiers prosecuted for war crimes.

Many Buddhist associations across China have demanded temples check their memorial tablets after a temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, was found to have had tablets commemorating Japanese war criminals for about four years.

A woman has been put under criminal detention for commemorating Buddhist memorial tablets of Japanese war criminals in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, which has angered numerous Chinese and led to heated discussion in the country.

An abbot and several officials were dismissed or held responsible on Friday for an incident where four Japanese war criminals had been commemorated at a Buddhist temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, for about four years.

Beijing, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in Nanjing, eastern China, announced an investigation against a Buddhist temple because it displayed and honored the ihai mortuary tablets of four Japanese soldiers prosecuted for war crimes.