Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the fourth national Memorial Day commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing. However, Xi did not openly say anything about revenge or hate, despite Japan’s strong reluctance and defiance against apologizing. Can the two war rivals, China and Japan, normalize ties when regional integration in Northeast Asia faces great uncertainty due to unresolved historical issues? Can Japan confess its crimes and make a sincere apology to the victims just like Germany has?