Japan's PM in 'heartfelt apology' for wartime atrocities
Japan's prime minister Junichiro Koizumi apologised today for Tokyo’s wartime colonisation and invasions in Asia on the 60th anniversary of the country’s surrender, pledging that Japan would never forget the “terrible lessons” of the war.
Koizumi, in a statement, expressed his “deep reflections and heartfelt remorse” for the damages caused by Japan during the Second World War.
