News Report of OMNI TV on Dec 10, 2012 Representatives of Japanese and Chinese Canadian communities along with other concerned Canadians call for truth, reconciliation, and understanding in an effort to collaborate and move forward in a grassroots peace action. Sunday, December 9, more than 60 people crowded into the tiny living room at Historic Joy Kogawa House to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre and to start a historic roundtable discussion. The roundtable included the following discussants: − Joy Kogawa of Historic Joy Kogawa House − Thekla Lit of BC Association for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (ALPHA) − Judy Hanazawa and Tatsuo Kage of the Japanese Canadian Citizens Association Human Rights Committee − Satoko Norimatsu of Peace Philosophy Centre and Vancouver Save Article 9 Group − Bill Chu of Canadians for Reconciliation Society − Ellen Woodsworth, former Vancouver City Councillor The goodwill expressed called for ongoing cooperation and understanding between Japanese and Chinese Canadians to overcome the tension between Japan and China. On December 13, 1937 the Japanese imperial army captured the then Chinese capital and started the Nanjing Massacre. The Massacre was a six-week-long mass murder that ultimately claimed the lives of 250000 to 300000 people. The atrocity and unhealed historical wounds contributed to the longstanding tension between Japan and China, which flared recently over disputed ownership of ...