Official apologizes for WWII remarks
From Times Wire Reports
Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma apologized today for saying that the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan during World War II “couldn’t be helped,” Japanese media reported.
Kyuma had said Saturday that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable. Survivors demanded that he retract his comments, and some opposition lawmakers called for his dismissal.
“I am sorry if my comments gave the impression I disrespect the victims,” Kyuma said at a news conference in Nagasaki.
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