CHINA-JAPAN: SHINZO ABE'S INTERVIEW WITH PHOENIX TV
In the first interview by a Japanese Prime Minister with the Chinese-language media in seven years, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke to the Chinese-language Hongkong-based Phoenix TV station on June 15, 2015, and said 'Japan has learned profound lessons from World War II' and that the proposed security legislation would not lead to conflict between China and Japan. He said “Seventy years ago Japan made a pledge that the horror of war must never be repeated.” Referring to “profound remorse” for the harm Japan caused in Asia, he added “This will not change in the future.” The Prime Minister pledged “constant effort” to improve Sino-Japanese relations. (Comment: The interview is being interpreted as the latest sign that tensions between Japan and China may be easing.) |