Japan paid condolence money in 1953 to the families in Taiwan of Chinese diplomats executed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, according to declassified documents released Wednesday.
The Japanese government's redress took place one year after the San Francisco Peace Treaty took effect. Japan has argued in response to other war compensation claims that all claims were settled by the treaty.
The documents show Japan paid $45,000 in response to a demand from the Nationalist government in Taiwan over the execution of eight staff members at Chinese consulates in Manila and a Chinese consul stationed in Sandakan, northern Borneo.