"Mitsubishi apologizes to WWII Japanese prisoners of war " Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Jul 2015 11:03 p.m. PST |
"As Japan prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, one of its largest corporations has given a long-awaited apology for wartime atrocities. At a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, a representative for Mitsubishi Materials Corporation apologized for using captured American soldiers as slave laborers. Mitsubishi Materials is the first private corporation to express such remorse, although the Japanese government has made repeated apologies. The solemn act of contrition comes far too late for most victims. Mitsubishi says it was only able to locate two living survivors. But former prisoner of war James Murphy warmly accepted the apology, which comes just weeks before the August 15th anniversary of Japan's 1945 surrender…"
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Armand |
| Larry R | 21 Jul 2015 9:15 a.m. PST |
Apologies are not good enough. |
| Tango01 | 21 Jul 2015 10:51 a.m. PST |
Agree!. What about some payment? Amicalement
Armand |
| Larry R | 21 Jul 2015 10:55 a.m. PST |
or prosecution of individuals for war crimes that the Brits didnt finish |
 Dal Gavan  | 21 Jul 2015 2:49 p.m. PST |
or prosecution of individuals for war crimes that the Brits didnt finish Shouldn't that read "or prosecution of individuals for war crimes, which MacArthur and the US government wouldn't allow to proceed"? The British and Australian governments, and possibly others, had trials stopped by US political pressure at Mac's urging. Without the interference there would have been quite a few more of the Japanese leadership hanged- including their emperor. |
| Larry R | 21 Jul 2015 4:55 p.m. PST |
Doesn't matter. Still should be completed. |
| GROSSMAN | 21 Jul 2015 7:07 p.m. PST |
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| bsrlee | 21 Jul 2015 8:41 p.m. PST |
This has been in the online news in Australia for about a week – they only apologised for using US POW's, not British, Dutch, Canadian or Australian. Also the press seem to be unaware that there were 2 World Wars and consistently refer to WW1 not WW2, but then again, some of them seem incapable of using a spell checker either. |
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