70th Anniversary of WWII – How Should Japan Respond?

          Marco Polo Bridge Outside Beijing Site of 7/71937 Incident 

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. China plans to hold a huge military parade to make the occasion, possibly in September. In a ceremony in Nanjing to mark the 77th anniversary of the invasion of the city in December 2014, China’s President Xi Jinping said: “We should not bear hatred against an entire nation just because a small minority of militarists launched agressive wars.” (Xinhua)

The big question is how Japan will respond to this anniversary.  On the 50th anniversary in 1995, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama expressed “deep remorse” over Japan’s wartime actions. The question is how will Prime Minister Abe handle this question? Is there any way he can address it that is correct and acknowledges the concerns of Japan’s neighbors even 70 years after the fact? Does Mr. Abe have the skill and wisdom to do the right thing? Please log in and post your thoughts here.

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