National / History Jun 24, 2015
Murayama urges Abe to get Cabinet approval for WWII anniversary statement
Japan’s former leader made the remarks following reports that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may not ask the Cabinet to endorse his statement, purportedly to highlight its personal nature.
Commentary / Japan May 11, 2015
by Simon Tay
If Japan can really say sorry for its wartime actions, it will help the entire region.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE May 11, 2015
The Abe administration's effort to break away from the postwar regime is a defiant political move to file a formal objection to the postwar Imperial family and to put Japan's best "knowledgeable and thinking people" into a subordinate position.
National / Politics Apr 30, 2015
WWII anniversary statement will be based on 'remorse,' Abe says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an interview aired Thursday that he will issue a statement in the summer to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II based on "remorse over the war." "Japan, a country that brought significant suffering to ...
Editorials Apr 22, 2015
If Prime Minister Shinzo Abe truly endorses the thinking behind his predecessors' war-anniversary statements, he should not hesitate to repeat their words.
National Aug 15, 2014
Three ministers visit Yasukuni on surrender day anniversary; Abe refrains
by Reiji Yoshida
Three Cabinet ministers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.
National Aug 15, 2014
Anniversary of WWII surrender met with varied reaction
by Ayako Mie and Kazuaki Nagata
As Japan marked the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Friday, people on the streets of Tokyo showed mixed reactions. Right-leaning visitors to Yasukuni Shrine found a new cause in their movement, while the day evoked memories of wartime suffering ...
National Aug 15, 2014
Aging WWII veterans fret about shift away from pacifist principles
by Kiyoshi Takenaka
Tokuro Inokuma, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, got his first taste of the horrors of war in 1945 when he scrambled to gather up the scattered limbs of his fellow servicemen, blown apart by a U.S. air raid in Japan. He was 16. One ...
National Aug 6, 2014
Hiroshima marked the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing Wednesday, as survivors of the attack and others gathered at the city's Peace Memorial Park early in the morning to pay their respects and to attend an annual ceremony commemorating the event. At the ceremony, ...
National Jun 15, 2014
The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Saipan was marked Sunday by a ceremony that drew around 400 participants, including former Japanese and U.S. soldiers. Hitoshi Kikuchi, head of the Consulate General of Japan on Saipan, part of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth, ...