Japan PM wants to replace war apology: report

[Ronzkie23]

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Japan PM wants to replace war apology: report

By James Topham, Reuters
Posted at 12/31/2012 4:27 PM | Updated as of 12/31/2012 4:27 PM

TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to replace a landmark 1995 apology for suffering caused in Asia during World War Two with an unspecified "forward-looking statement", a newspaper reported on Monday.
Abe, a hawkish conservative who is known to want to recast Japan's position on its wartime militarism in less apologetic tones, led his party to a landslide victory in a Dec. 16 election.
He outlined his intention to restate Japan's position in an interview with the conservative Sankei newspaper, but he did not give details.
Any hint that Japan is back-tracking from the 1995 apology, issued by then Prime Minister Tomic Murayama, is likely to outrage neighbours, particularly China and North and South Korea, which endured years of brutal Japanese rule.
"The Murayama statement was a statement issued by Socialist Party Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama," Abe was quoted as saying in an interview with the conservative Sankei newspaper published on Monday.
"I want to issue a forward-looking statement that is appropriate for the 21st century," he said.
Abe said he would consult experts about the details and the timing of statement.
He has also said he wants to loosen the constraints of Japan's post-war pacifist constitution.
Abe hails from a wealthy political family that includes a grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, who was a wartime cabinet minister who was imprisoned but never tried as a war criminal after the war. He went on to become prime minister from 1957 to 1960.
First elected to parliament in 1993 after the death of his father, a former foreign minister, Abe rose to national fame by adopting a tough stance toward North Korea in a dispute over Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea decades ago.
More recently, he has promised not to yield in a territorial row with China over tiny islands in the East China Sea - known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China - and boost defence spending to counter China's growing influence.
During a first stint as prime minister, which began in September 2006 and lasted a year, Abe pushed through a parliamentary revision of an education law to "restore patriotism" in school curriculums. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Robert Birsel)

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/12/31/12/japan-pm-wants-replace-war-apology-report

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

ayay,..yati ra,.." he wants to loosen the constraints of Japan's post-war pacifist constitution."

e-apil unta sa ilang amendment sa apology si maria ozawa, hehehehe

[elvandesantos]

ayay,..yati ra,.." he wants to loosen the constraints of Japan's post-war pacifist constitution."

e-apil unta sa ilang amendment sa apology si maria ozawa, hehehehe

its because of that "post-war pacifist constitution" they cannot build huge enough armed forces... considering threats by nokor and china today. they cannot export nor import war materials.. they tend to do self R&D without markets for import... too costly to build there on defense (and some guys here would like us to consider building our own )

[kit_cebu]

sorry...i lost track on everything when maria ozawa was mentioned.....

[Dorothea]

Those who don't learn from the mistakes of their past are bound to repeat them. Sakto ba ni? Anyway, kapoy cgeg hisgot ug war oi. Nag new year nalang. Let's make love, not war! LOL

[moy1moy1]

From the long history of Humanity, war is inevitable.

[Tirong-say]

What they did during the second world war,
was horrible and costs an unimaginable cost of million of lives.
Resources was the main reason why the war was wage,
A very diabolical selfish act, we could say of the imperial Japan before.

Presently they have a dispute with China with regards to the ownership
of Senkaku island. That sense of bloodshed was again awaken nothing's ever change,
they are of the same people willing to kill and to be killed just to uphold the welfare
of their beloved country.

The act is somewhat repulsive and macabre to us, but for them it's nationalism preserving
the interest of their country. The world is a myriad of interest preserved by force, diplomatic means or
by deceit, that is why it is so chaotic, a country should be careful in preserving his own to be able to survive,
thus Japan's act is justified.
Japan is now practicing the way they think very significant to their national interest a noble act in terms of their own cause and as Filipinos we should envy Japan not because of their capability of carnage but because of their very strong sense of nationality.

[elvandesantos]

What they did during the second world war,
was horrible and costs an unimaginable cost of million of lives.
Resources was the main reason why the war was wage,
A very diabolical selfish act, we could say of the imperial Japan before.

Presently they have a dispute with China with regards to the ownership
of Senkaku island. That sense of bloodshed was again awaken nothing's ever change,
they are of the same people willing to kill and to be killed just to uphold the welfare
of their beloved country.

The act is somewhat repulsive and macabre to us, but for them it's nationalism preserving
the interest of their country. The world is a myriad of interest preserved by force, diplomatic means or
by deceit, that is why it is so chaotic, a country should be careful in preserving his own to be able to survive,
thus Japan's act is justified.
Japan is now practicing the way they think very significant to their national interest a noble act in terms of their own cause and as Filipinos we should envy Japan not because of their capability of carnage but because of their very strong sense of nationality.

you just nailed the thread

[Rakizta]

i just remembered the yakuza from the times of ww2 . now thats what real heroes and patriotism is all about . dying for ones country is a patriotic act .

[diatabz]

Oh Japanese conservatives, why can't you be like Germany and accept full responsibility of your crimes during the war and move on?