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 08/27/11(Sat)10:00 No.539175221950s
  
 1957. Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke. "We view with deep regret the 
vexation we caused to the people of Burma in the war just passed. In a 
desire to atone, if only partially, for the pain suffered, Japan is 
prepared to meet fully and with goodwill its obligations for war 
reparations. The Japan of today is not the Japan of the past, but, as 
its Constitution indicates, is a peace-loving nation."[7]
   1957. 
Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke. "It is my official duty, and my personal 
desire, to express to you and through you to the people of Australia, 
our heartfelt sorrow for what occurred in the war."[8]
  [edit] 1960s
  
 June 22, 1965. Minister of Foreign Affairs Shiina Etsusaburo. "In our 
two countries' long history there have been unfortunate times, it is 
truly regrettable and we are deeply remorseful" (Signing of the Treaty 
on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea).
  [edit] 1970s
  
 September 29, 1972. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. "The Japanese side is
 keenly conscious of the responsibility for the serious damage that 
Japan caused in the past to the Chinese people through war, and deeply 
reproaches itself. Further, the Japanese side reaffirms its position 
that it intends to realize the normalization of relations between the 
two countries from the stand of fully understanding 'the three 
principles for the restoration of relations' put forward by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese side expresses
 its welcome for this" (Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and 
the Government of the People's Republic of China).[9]  |