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(Opinion) Abe chooses wrong place to face history

2016-12-28 08:48:02       source:Global Times

December 28, 2016


"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii Monday morning and laid a wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack. According to Japanese rhetoric, "tolerance" and "historical reconciliation" will be key words of Abe's visit and Japan wants to use this opportunity to write off its war crimes during WWII.

But it is known to all that the US is not the only victim of Japanese atrocities. Asian countries, including China, suffered much more. Although Abe may gain some political points from the West through this visit, it will not yield any substantive results if Japan glosses over China and other Asian countries in its historical issues."


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