对日民间索偿问题最近引起了各界的关注。由于受一小撮军国主义势力的影响，日本政府对于中国受害者的正当请求，寻求各种借口，并且提出其所谓的“法律依据”，企图推卸自己的责任。为探讨在索偿中的法律问题，中日各方人士于 2000年 8月 8日在华东政法学院举行了中日民间索偿 Recently, the issue of civil claims against Japan has drawn the attention of all circles. Owing to the influence of a handful of militarists, the Japanese government seeks all kinds of excuses for the just request of the Chinese victims and proposes its so-called “legal basis” in an attempt to shirk its own responsibilities. In order to explore the legal issues in the claims, all parties of China and Japan held civil compensation claims between China and Japan on August 8, 2000 at East China University of Politics and Law