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This research is about the memory of the end of the war between Japan and China. Why people in Japan and China commemorate the end of the war on August 15, 1945? At the state level, Japan and China dealt the issue of the end of the war on the diplomatic normalization process. And the final report, the Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China, declared that they ended the "abnormal relations" on September 29, 1972, which failed to be remembered as the day of end of the war. In order to find the meaning of the end of the war, this research traced the negotiation process of 1972 Joint Communique. At the starting point, one of the main issue of the negotiation was how to phrase of the end of the war. However the phrase was changed to the end of abnormal relations. Also, there were differences on views over the reflection on the war and responsibility of the war, but the leaders of the two countries reached the compromise not to discuss about the conflict issues. In a nutshell, the 1972 Joint communiqué was finalized with strategic ambiguity. That is why people remember the Joint communique as 'the normalization treaty', not 'a peace treaty'. The war ended, and that was declared, but the war on the war memories is still ongoing.