China to get war apology

China to get war apology

TOKYO (Reuters): When Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits
Tokyo next month, he will receive the same direct apology from
Japan as the one issued to visiting South Korean President Kim
Dae-jung, a Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.

"China is to get the same kind of apology as South Korea got,
in a joint declaration," when Jiang meets Japanese Prime Minister
Keizo Obuchi, the official said.

Obuchi issued on Thursday the most thorough apology to any
individual nation for Japan's brutal wartime actions in a joint
declaration with Kim.

The declaration said Obuchi "expressed deep remorse and
extended a heartfelt apology to the people of South Korea, having
humbly accepted the historical fact that Japan inflicted heavy
damage and pain on the people of South Korea through its colonial
rule."