A Three-Part Series: A Japanese View - Will Japan’s Apologies Ever be Enough?

• Main Author: Shogo Suzuki
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87870; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38967
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Prime Minister Abe’s statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII) has been criticised as insincere. However, this view holds Japan to an almost impossibly high standard of repentance that can never be fulfilled. Political dynamics within China mean Beijing has an active intere...