November 13, 2013: Former Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio offered personal apology for Japan's wartime crimes, especially the Nanking Massacre, "As a Japanese citizen, I feel that it's my duty to apologise for even just one Chinese civilian killed brutally by Japanese soldiers and that such action cannot be ... List of war apology statements issued by Japan - Wikipedia
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Today's Japan is vastly different from expansionist pre-warII samurai tribe.
A bit of credit is due for this transformation.
