The 80th Memorial Day of Nanjing Massacre is coming up on Wednesday. To mourn this most tragic and one of the darkest history of mankind, let everyone remember the past and cherish peace.  CCTV documentaries have interviewed some Japanese WWII survivors who were“Young Militarists” promised to live or die together with the Japanese Empire but found themselves abandoned by their Country after Japan was defeated. 

Today let us hear the story of MEGUMI SUNAHARA, a former “Young Militarists” who became a soldier in the 9th Independent Regiment of the Northeast Democratic United Army.

MEGUMI SUNAHARA had been brought to northeast China by his parents in 1938 when he was only five years old. After his father passed away, and Japan's surrender, they were abandoned by the Japanese army and lived in a Chinese village. Despite the precautions, many people knew the family was Japanese. Even so, they were accepted into the village and was allocated two and a half hectares of farmland.

"I think it must have been out of sympathy." Megumi Sunahara said.

In 1948, he changed his name to Zhang Rongqing and joined the 9th Independent Regiment of the Northeast Democratic United Army.  He even took part in the Liao-Shen and Ping-Jin Campaigns. In 1950, he was sent to Korea with the Chinese Air Force.

1955, MEGUMI SUNAHARA left China, the country he had lived in for 17 years before returning home. 

But his story does not end there; it is a beginning of a long personal involvement in promoting Sino-Japanese trade. 

There are lots of people who have witnessed history like MEGUMI SUNAHARA.

Turning back the time, 80 years ago, what do they remember of that time? What do they think of today’s world? And what kind of world do they want to bequeath to Japan and China, going forward? 

Let's hear their recount of the history together.