Abstract:

At the turn of China's late Qing and early Republic periods Japanese "militarists" caused the"commemoration of three jia's" in the history of Sino-Japanese relations.The Chinese-Japanese War of 1894(jia wu)signified the beginning of Japan's process of "departure from Asia", and its position of "joining Europe"was consolidated owing to the War of 1904(jia chen).During and after the War of 1914(jia yin)Japan's policy toward China and its state goal had a new turn.Afterwards, it moved from its"departure from Asia for Europe"and "keeping European and American powers' company" to strengthening its"aggressive"attitude and "trying to annex China by force."Looking back to the historical memories of Japan's "departure from Asia for Europe"and China's "commemoration of three jia's"today, a time of peace and development becoming our epochal themes, will be helpful to the Chinese people to cherish their unprecedented historical opportunity rarely met once in a century, and for some Japanese, who still remain a cultural mood of "worshiping Europe and despising Asia, "to correctly understand their war history engaging their neighboring countries, thus paving the way for establishing a kind of mutually trusting, coexisting and both-winning good-neighborly relations.

Key words: Japan, "departure from Asia for Europe", China, "commemoration of three jia's"