US Congress hosts today the first Japanese prime minister since World War II

US Congress hosts today the first Japanese prime minister since World War II

4.29.2015 fifty-six past four p.m.

US Congress hosts today the first Japanese prime minister since World War II[Follow-up – where]
cast the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, on Wednesday, addressed the assembled both houses of Congress, becoming the first Japanese prime minister to undertake this step. And it is expected to address through which to promote economic and security relations with the United States in the “face of the growing influence of China.”
It is rare that cast politicians Japanese speech to Congress, especially in front of a joint House and Senate session.
The word comes Abe to culminate in a continuous visit a week ago sought which with US President Barack Obama to turn the page on World War II that were preparing to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of its completion. The Abe [60 years ] to visit him at a time when Washington is urging Tokyo to improve relations with China and South Korea, which bore the brunt of the abuses practiced by the Japanese army during World War II. Beijing and Seoul Abe’s speech will follow closely. Also urging South Korea to seize the opportunity in order to express “remorse honest” about atrocities during World War II, while the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not give great importance to it. The government of Abe publicly embraced an apology was issued in 1995 for abuses during the war. But the South Korea hopes to have Abe Japan concentration controversial on nationalism in the schools and to visit the Minister to the monument to honor the victims of the war, including people who have been convicted of war crimes. believes Seoul that Tokyo did not reflect the full remorse for abuses during its colonial past, including forcing women Koreans Jnoabiyat into prostitution with Japanese soldiers. and Washington prefer to fold its allies, two Asian giants Page war and focus on the formation of a united front towards China. End

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