TOKYO – German Chancellor Angela Merkel waded into the fraught area of wartime forgiveness during a visit to Japan on Monday, saying that “facing history squarely” and “generous gestures” are necessary to mend ties.Merkel was speaking in Tokyo ahead of the 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II, in which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative views on Tokyo’s war crimes are under scrutiny, and as China and South Korea continue to call for ever more contrition.”Germany was lucky to be accepted in the community of nations after the horrible experience that the world had to meet with Germany …read more
Source: AsiaOne
