10 settembre 2026 | 05.51
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Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has criticized Tokyo's request to remove a new statue of a Soviet soldier destroying a stone marker bearing a chrysanthemum emblem, a symbol of Japan. Japan should not interfere in the matter, Maria Zakharova, director of the ministry's Information and Press Department, told a press conference Wednesday. The statue was put up in Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East to commemorate Moscow's World War II victory over Japan. It was unveiled in a ceremony Friday. Requesting its removal, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said that the statue is "unacceptable" from the viewpoint of Japanese public sentiment. Zakharova claimed the chrysanthemum emblem is a symbol of Japan's militarism. Russians, Chinese and others were killed with weapons etched with the emblem, Zakharova said, adding that Japan should repent forever. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
