Japan’s wartime past weighs on growing military role in Philippines

Critics oppose the return of Japanese troops over Tokyo's lack of a formal apology for the wartime abuse of Filipino 'comfort ...
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North holds forum on Japan's colonial atrocities as Pyongyang nonresponsive to Tokyo's summit request

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 2, 2019. [AP/YONHAP] North Korea held a forum on ...
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Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese Leader Who Gave War Apology, Dies at 101

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for his country’s “deep remorse” over wartime atrocities. By Joseph B. Treaster ...