Japan apologises to South Korea for imperialist past

[alp227]

Source: BBC News

Japan has offered another apology to South Korea for its war-time colonisation of the Korean peninsula.

It also promised to return cultural relics "in the near future", including records taken by Japan of an ancient Korean royal dynasty.

The apology, though not the first, is part of Japanese efforts to forge closer ties with South Korea.

Conservative politicians in Japan have resisted admitting Japanese atrocities throughout World War II.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10922522

[Hekate]

1. 5th Rec. This is a good step. Japan has had a hard time acknowledging its past...

... especially in its history books.

Hekate

[AsahinaKimi]

2. I am very happy that they are doing this

うれしい です ね. でも けきょく わたし は にほん が すき です. ureshii desu ne. demo kekyoku watashi wa nihon ga suki desu.

[SkyDaddy7]

3. IT IS OFFICIAL!!

Conservatives around the world are assholes!

[LeftistGorilla]

4. Canadian war vets....

still waiting for their apology for being tortured while being POWs....

[davidpdx]

5. A good start, but I'd like to see an apology for the comfort women

who were forced into prostitution during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

[bigworld]

6. This will infuriate the North Koreans

They've been pushing for this for decades.