Annan urges Japan to express remorse to China, S. Korea
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that Japan could
warm its soured relationships with China and South Korea if it
expressed remorse and regret for its acts during World War II,
following the example of Germany.
Japan's relations with the two countries should be improved, Annan
said in a meeting with Takenori Kanzaki, leader of Komeito, at a
hotel in Tokyo.
The leader of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the ruling
Liberal Democratic Party, responded that he will make efforts to
improve relations with the two countries.
Japan's relations with China and South Korea have been strained
primarily by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's controversial
visits to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors Class-A war
criminals of along with the war dead. (Jiji Press)
May 17, 2006
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