The PRC joined other Asian countries , such as South Korea , North Korea and Singapore , in criticizing Japanese history textbooks that whiten Japanese war crimes in World War II . They claimed that the rise of militarism became evident in Japanese politics . Much anti-Japanese sentiment has raised , and this has been exacerbated by burgeoning feelings of Chinese nationalism and former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi 's visits to the Yasukuni Shrine . Although Koizumi openly declared – in a statement made on April 22 , 2005 in Jakarta – " deep remorse " over Japan 's wartime crimes ( the latest in a series of apologies spanning several decades ) , many Chinese observers regard the apology as insufficient and not backed up by sincere action
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