Japan WW2: PM Shinzo Abe expresses 'profound grief'

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: "My heart is rent with the utmost grief" Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed "profound grief" over his country's actions in World War Two. In a statement marking 70 years since Japan's WW2 surrender, he upheld apologies and expressions of remorse made by past governments, but did not issue a new formal apology of his own.

[shigak19]

日露戦争の下り辺りまで拾ってある、直接は批判しないけれど批判されそうな疑問点を把握しているといったところかな/少なくとも似非保守達の言う「中韓以外は絶賛」という程単純な評価ではなかろうに

[nakakzs]

当然だと思うけど、安倍首相が歴史問題についてどうなのかってことについてはこの談話だけではなく、これまでの態度などからも総合的に判断されるわけで。

[frothmouth]

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed "profound grief" over his country's actions in World War Two. In a statement marking 70 years since Japan's WW2 surrender, he upheld apologies and expressions of remorse made by past governments, but did not issue a new formal apology of his own.

[kazutox]

安倍談話