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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed legislation creating a national pantheon to honour historical figures including UPA fighters, sparking renewed diplomatic friction with Poland over contested WWII history.
Japan observed the 81st anniversary of its World War II surrender on Saturday with a government ceremony. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged commitment to peace but notably omitted language expressing remorse over the nation's wartime aggression, marking a departure from recent precedent.
A massive unexploded World War II bomb has been discovered in the Rhine River near Cologne as record-low water levels expose buried wartime remnants. German explosives experts are preparing a defusing operation.
A 22-year-old television debate clip featuring Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has resurfaced online, reigniting domestic controversy over her characterisation of Japan's wartime aggression as self-defence and stoking concerns about historical revisionism at the highest levels of government.