On the 75th anniversary, Japan's Abe will honor Pearl Harbour war dead but not apologize

Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 08:16 UTC

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will honor war dead but won't apologize when he becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor this month, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday.The move follows Barack Obama's historic May trip to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting US president, where he spoke of victims' suffering but offered no apology for dropping the world's first nuclear bomb. Read full article

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bushpilot
The United States did nothing to apologize for in dropping nuclear weapons on Japan in WWII. Japan started the war at Pearl Harbor, they declared war on the U.S., and are responsible for all the consequences. And the Japanese military and their butchery towards civilians showed them for the savage animals they were.

The United States has “zero” need for an apology from Japan for attacking Pearl Harbor. We already know it for the dark act it was.
Dec 06th, 2016 - 01:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Briton
Hear Hear,
Shame we did not have a government with Balls,

We seem to be apologising to everyone for everything nowadays.
Dec 06th, 2016 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Voice
Nowadays an admission of blame is often followed by a lawsuit...
Dec 06th, 2016 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Or in the case of our poor military,
just being there is followed by a lawsuit.
Dec 06th, 2016 - 01:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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elmorya
japan did not bomb pearl harbor or start the war in the pacific the british did that.pearl harbor was staged in 1932 and 1938 by the united states crown colony and the british military and used as an excuse to get america into the war.japan never declared any war on america and the japanese owe no apologies to america rather the other way around.
Dec 06th, 2016 - 04:49 pm - Link - Report abuse -4
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Voice
On December 7, 1941, two hours after the Japanese attack on American military installations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Japan declared war on the United States and Great Britain, marking America’s entry into World War II.

On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war (Public Law 77-328, 55 STAT 795) on the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day. It was formulated an hour after the Infamy Speech of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dec 06th, 2016 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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chronic
Pussy McArthur should have given the imperor to the Bataan survivors.
Dec 06th, 2016 - 10:26 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
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Fidel_CasTroll
No one apologizes for starting wars, EVER. I find it the height of stupid to expect anyone to apologize for wars of aggression.

Have the US and UK apologized for Iraq yet?

Maybe it is still too soon, I mean 14 years, such a short time... and undisputable evidence of the lies and forgeries concocted to go to war, and the calamity that has been the region ever since... I guess still not enough eh.

Maybe if the USA wants the Jappers to apologize for WWII, they could start by example. A war that wasn't so recent, maybe that's a war the USA can apologize for.

Like their invented war with Mexico, which was (even by American sources), a war initiated by the USA. Any apology yet????
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