Abe WWII Statement

As the events marking the end of World War II draw to a close, the Abe administration should turn its attention to improving ties with South Korea and China.

The United States refrained from mentioning Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to include a direct apology for Japan's wartime aggression in his statement on the end of World War II, U.S. government officials said recently, apparently worrying that any reference could encourage China and ...

Official broadcaster CCTV and Xinhua News Agency both interpreted Abe’s remarks as refraining from offering his own apology for Japan’s wartime actions.

South Korea's ruling party on Friday showed a mixed reaction to a statement issued by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. "We think of the statement as meaningful as (Abe) mentioned remorse and apology for ...

Taiwan on Friday called on the Japanese government to keep examining its wartime aggression and learn a lesson from history on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Presidential Office Spokesman Charles Chen said President Ma Ying-jeou expressed hope ...

Shinzo Abe should uphold the Murayama statement's apology for the war, but Japan's actions are more important than words, and China and South Korea need to offer some reciprocation.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he will seek Cabinet endorsement of his war-end anniversary statement on Aug. 14 ahead of its release that same day. Abe told a meeting of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's executives that he will hold an extra Cabinet meeting ...

Will Japan be dragged down by egocentric anti-intellectualism and suspension of judgment, or will a new civic culture turn the nation into a more mature democracy?

A government advisory panel to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is leaning toward proposing that the war anniversary statement he will issue this summer describe World War II as an act of "aggression."