Sunday, 16 August 2020 _Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has renewed Tokyo’s pledge not to repeat “the tragedy of war” during a ceremony making the 75th anniversary of his country’s surrender in World War II, but refused to offer an apology for “mistakes of the past.”
TEHRAN, Jan 16 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied on Wednesday that Moscow was imposing an ultimatum on Japan in talks to end a decades-long territorial dispute, but called on Tokyo to recognize the results of World War Two.
The United Nations has warned that the world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the conclusion of World War II, when the world body was founded, as widespread starvation and famine are increasingly threatening the lives of over 20 million people in four impoverished countries.
Thousands of Japanese people have staged a demonstration to express their strong opposition to the presence of US military bases on the southern island of Okinawa, and to demand the removal of the controversial sites and US Marine Corps from the region.