Do you know a war apology statement by prime minister Tomiichi Murayama on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the war's end in 1995?
During a certain period in the not too distant past, Japan, following a mistaken national policy, advanced along the road to war, only to ensnare the Japanese people in a fateful crisis, and, through its colonial rule and aggression, caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many countries, particularly to those of Asian nations. In the hope that no such mistake be made in the future, I regard, in a spirit of humility, these irrefutable facts of history, and express here once again my feelings of deep remorse and state my heartfelt apology. Allow me also to express my feelings of profound mourning for all victims, both at home and abroad, of that history.
Prime mister Ryotaro Hashimoto,Keitaro Obuchi, Mori Yoshiro, Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso and Yukio Hatoyama succeed Murayama statement.
I hope that Japan and China have a good relationship. Japan exert an effort to apologize of the Second World Word.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_occasion_of_the_50th_anniversary_of_the_war%27s_end
During a certain period in the not too distant past, Japan, following a mistaken national policy, advanced along the road to war, only to ensnare the Japanese people in a fateful crisis, and, through its colonial rule and aggression, caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many countries, particularly to those of Asian nations. In the hope that no such mistake be made in the future, I regard, in a spirit of humility, these irrefutable facts of history, and express here once again my feelings of deep remorse and state my heartfelt apology. Allow me also to express my feelings of profound mourning for all victims, both at home and abroad, of that history.
Prime mister Ryotaro Hashimoto,Keitaro Obuchi, Mori Yoshiro, Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso and Yukio Hatoyama succeed Murayama statement.
I hope that Japan and China have a good relationship. Japan exert an effort to apologize of the Second World Word.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_occasion_of_the_50th_anniversary_of_the_war%27s_end
