Japan apologized for crimes committed during the Second World War

The head of the government of Japan made the words of repentance to the Great International Audience.

In the Japanese-Asian Summit, Japanese Prime Minister Dzyuniitiro Koizumi, in Japanese-Asian countries, made a speech to the forum participants and apologized, RIA Novosti reports.

“In the past, Japan through its colonial rule and aggression brought incredible suffering and damage to the peoples of many countries, primarily in Asia, and now he is clearly aware of these facts of history,” the Prime Minister of Japan said.

“With the end of World War II, Japan worked consistently to never turn into a military power, but to become an advanced, economically developed country,” Koizumi emphasized.

The speech of Koizumi has become a real sensation: never before, the leaders of Japan publicly apologized for their actions during the Second World War.

Experts believe that the speech of Koizumi is aimed at normalizing relations with China. The Japanese prime minister expects to meet with the Chinese leader Hu Jintao. And, perhaps, he will offer him to engage in the joint development of gas fields in the disputed territories in the East China Sea.

Last weekend, the head of the Foreign Ministry of Japan Nobutak Matimura, who tried to achieve apologies and compensations for damage caused by Japanese diplomatic departments and trade institutions during the 11 cities of China of Anti -Sapone's performances , came from the China’s leadership.

Chinese representatives categorically refused to apologize, saying that Japan itself should be apologized, which did not admit sufficient guilt for crimes in the Far East during the Second World War, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Government of Japan, Koizumi said, also plans to increase the volume of financing of humanitarian programs in the poorest countries of Africa over the next 3-4 years in order to support the UN initiative to reduce the army of starving in the world in 2000. To date, the amount of funds allocated through the official assistance for the needs of the African states by the Japanese government is about 60 billion yen ($ 540 million).