"Japan has repeatedly expressed the feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology for its actions during the war," the prime minister said in his statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. "Such position articulated by the previous cabinets will remain unshakable into the future."
But the prime minister also said that Japan must not let its future generations "be predestined to apologize."
Abe said that aggression and war should never be the means to resolve international disputes and Japan will abandon colonial rule forever, but he stopped short of mentioning directly Japan's past aggression and colonial rule before and during WWII.
In the 1995 landmark Murayama Statement, then prime minister Tomiichi Murayama directly stated that "following a mistaken national policy," Japan, "through its colonial rule and aggression, caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many countries, particularly to those of Asian nations."
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14/8/15
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Abe, as LDP chief, sends via aide ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine...
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Abe sent a cash offering of his own money, his aide, Koichi Hagiuda, a lawmaker in Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, told reporters after visiting the shrine.
“I paid respects to the souls of those who sacrificed their precious lives in the past war,” Hagiuda said, explaining that he conveyed the offering on behalf of Abe in connection with the prime minister’s role as head of the LDP.
Visits to Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese top politicians outrage China and South Korea because the shrine, which is dedicated to the nation’s war dead, also honors 14 Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal.
Abe has not visited in person since December 2013, when he said he did so to show respect for those who died for their country............Reuters