Abe must ditch diluting line for true apology
Aug 23, 2015
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s speech last Friday, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II, was keenly awaited upon for an apology. East Asian countries were critical, but for Japan locally, his enunciation was well received by the inference of polls conducted by Pew, which indicated that his approval ratings rose by 5 percent to land at 44 percent, although still lower than his disapproval rating. Reuters quoted a Kyodo News poll, which was conducted after hi