{"id":321,"date":"2005-08-15T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-15T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2005-08-15T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-15T17:34:00","slug":"apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2005\/08\/15\/apology\/","title":{"rendered":"apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6320\/1281\/1600\/japan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6320\/1281\/200\/japan.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Perhaps this is just political rhetoric, but this article hit me powerfully, especially the part where Tokyo pledges to never again go to war. Wish other nations would follow suit&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>TOKYO (Reuters) &#8211; Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi marked the 60th anniversary of Japan&#8217;s defeat in World War Two on Monday with an apology for suffering caused by Japanese military aggression, and pledged that Tokyo would never again go to war.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty years after Emperor Hirohito exhorted his subjects to &#8220;bear the unbearable&#8221; and accept defeat, memories of the war that killed millions in Asia still bedevil relations between Japan and its neighbors, particularly China and North and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Japan caused huge damage and suffering to many countries, especially the people of Asia, with its colonization and aggression,&#8221; Koizumi said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Humbly accepting this fact of history, we again express our deep remorse and heartfelt apology and offer our condolences to the victims of the war at home and abroad,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps this is just political rhetoric, but this article hit me powerfully, especially the part where Tokyo pledges to never again go to war. 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