Of course, the divergences between Japanese and South Korean historical narratives go back further than WWII. More than a century ago, the Korean activist Ahn Jung-geun assassinated Japan’s first prime minister, Hirobumi Ito, at the railway station in the Chinese city of Harbin, cementing Ahn’s status as a hero in Korea and a terrorist in Japan.
当然，日本与韩国历史表述之间的分歧可以追溯到二战之前。一个多世纪前，朝鲜活动家安重根在中国的哈尔滨火车站刺杀了日本首相伊藤博文。在韩国，安重根是民族英雄，而在日本，他是恐怖分子。伊藤博文的头像印在1,000日元钞票上，而安重根的形象也上了 200韩元的邮票。