Commemorating 65 years since the end of World War II, Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivered a speech Sunday expressing deep remorse for the damage Japan inflicted on its neighbors and its own people during the war, vowing to work toward global peace.
"During the war, our nation inflicted great damage and suffering to people of many countries, especially to those of Asian nations," Kan said in a speech at Nippon Budokan Hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where the surrender day ceremony is held each year on Aug. 15.
"I express my feelings of profound remorse to all the victims and their families," Kan said.