Japan’s leader apologizes for World War Two

The Associated Press has an article about Abe (photo), sort-of apologizing:

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed “profound grief” for all who perished in World War Two in a statement marking the seventieth anniversary of the country’s surrender.
Abe acknowledged in the statement, delivered live on national television, that Japan inflicted “immeasurable damage and suffering” on innocent people in the war. He also expressed apologies for Japan’s actions.
The statement was closely watched by Japan’s neighbors, especially South Korea and China. Resentment over invasion, occupation, and atrocities by the Japanese Imperial Army before and during the war still bedevils relations between Japan and the East Asian countries decades after the war ended with the 15 August 1945 surrender.
Abe said Japan must face its history squarely, but that future generations should not have to continue apologizing.

Rico says fine, and we can stop apologizing for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, let alone the firebombing of Tokyo...