Storyline: The Japanese government and people must not forget the history of aggression, and should learn from it and work hard to promote peace, said director of the Chukiren Peace Memorial Office in Japan. The 88th anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident is commemorated on Monday across China. The historic incident took place at the Lugou Bridge outside Wanping County, southwest of Peiping(present-day Beijing), on July 7, 1937. The incident is recognized as the start of Japan's full-scale invasion of China, and China's whole-nation resistance against the Japanese invaders. In September 1957, a group of Japanese war criminals who had been released and returned from China established the Association of Returnees from China, or Chukiren in short, with the aim of boosting "anti-war peace and Japan-China friendship". In order to preserve testimonies and materials and let more people know about the crimes committed by the Japanese invaders in China, members of the association established a peace memorial hall in 2006, committed to collecting and protecting relevant historical materials. Nobuo Serizawa, director of the peace memorial office, said in an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) that they insist on continuing this cause in the hope that more people will understand the truth of history and avoid repeating the mistakes of war. Serizawa also told the story of morning glory, which embodies the veterans' reflection on the war and the memorial hall’s wish that the "flower of peace" will always bloom. Shotlist: Saitama Prefecture, Japan - Recent: 1. Sign featuring peace memorial hall of Association of Returnees from China 2. Buildings 3. Various of Nobuo Serizawa, director of peace memorial hall, speaking, introducing historical documents 4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Nobuo Serizawa, director, Chukiren Peace Memorial Office (ending with shots 5-6): "It was an aggressive war in nature, but there are still people in Japan who do not admit that. If we forget this history, we will repeat the same mistakes. As the Chinese saying goes, 'History, if not forgotten, can serve as a guide for the future.' But some people in Japan are trying to make everyone forget this history of aggression, so we do this in the hope of passing this history on to future generations." FILE: Tokyo, Japan - 2024: 5. Aerial shots of cityscape, traffic Tokyo, Japan - Recent: 6. Various of traffic, pedestrians Saitama Prefecture, Japan - Recent: 7. Photo of morning glory 8. Various of documents 9. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Nobuo Serizawa, director, Chukiren Peace Memorial Office (starting with shot 8/ending with shots 10-13): "When a veteran of Chukiren came back from China, the people at the war criminal management center gave him a packet of morning glory seeds and told him not to carry weapons when he comes to China again. They hoped that he would start a family and live a happy life after returning to Japan. After returning to Japan, the veteran planted the flowers and managed to make them in full blossom every year until he died. We regarded it as the flower of peace. Now our members are making it bloom from Kyushu to Hokkaido." FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Date Unknown: 10. Various of street views; traffic; pedestrians 11. Pedestrians at crossroad FILE: Japan - Date Unknown: 12. Pedestrians 13. Traffic FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Date Unknown: 14. Various of cityscape. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]