Original upload date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT
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A former Japanese prime minister has slammed the incumbent administration amid the growing prospect that current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not seek Cabinet endorsement for his upcoming speech mar
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king the 70th anniversary of Japan′s defeat in World War Two.
Tokyo－based Kyodo News Agency reports that，... while giving a lecture in Osaka on Wednesday，... Tomiichi Murayama said Abe′s statement should be issued after the Cabinet officially approves it， otherwise it will be meaningless.
Murayama noted that a similar war statement issued on the 60th anniversary in August 2005， which acknowledged Japanese aggression and expressed deep remorse including a heartfelt apology， was approved by the Cabinet at that time.
