Ex-POWs Protest During Akihito Visit
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Japan’s Emperor Akihito expressed sorrow for the wartime suffering of British former prisoners of war just hours after hundreds of survivors booed and whistled at him in London. Protesters demanding a full apology and compensation for Japan’s atrocities turned their backs as Akihito and Queen Elizabeth II drove past in a carriage to Buckingham Palace.
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