Japan Formally Apologizes To South Korea For Decades Of Occupation

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo yesterday, where he apologized to Koreans for their suffering under Japan’s colonization of the peninsula. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Japan Apologizes To South Korea For Decades Of Colonial Rule -- L.A. Times

More than 50 years after Japan ended its Korean occupation at the close of World War II, many wounds have still not healed.

SEOUL — On the 100th anniversary Tuesday of Japan's annexation of the Korean peninsula, office worker Hwang Jung-won listened as Japan's prime minister apologized for his nation's role in decades of harsh colonial rule. But like many others here, she wasn't convinced of the sincerity of this latest mea-culpa.

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