Japanese pacifists attend an assembly to commemorate the victims at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre By Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on August 15, 2009. Chinese people and Japanese pacifists attended commemorating ceremonies on Aug. 15, the 64th anniversary of the victory day of the Chinese anti-Japanese war. [Xinhua]

Matsuoka Tamaki,a primary school teacher from Osaka and head of Japanese left-wing group Mei Shin Kai delegation, addresses an assembly to commemorate the victims at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre By Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on August 15, 2009. Chinese people and Japanese pacifists attended commemorating ceremonies on August 15, the 64th anniversary of the victory day of the Chinese anti-Japanese war. [Xinhua]