I beg to differ.
All the animosity,pain and hatred CANNOT be cleared by just a
simple word of sorry.
Nevertheless, it would have been responsible for the country to
have the courage to openly acknowledge and unreservingly apologize
for their wrong.
And it is with very bad grace that as a Developed Nation, the
Japanese are still pretty much UNDEVELOPED in their common sense
for this long withstanding issue.
Koizumi should stand before the Kranji Memorial and bow before it
with repentance - the same way as he did before the Japanese war
shrine in 'honor' to the perished Japanese soldiers many many times
before.
