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Abe voices 'repentance' on WW2, touts Japan's new security role
World 17:40 30/04/2015Using the high-profile platform to strike a note of measured contrition, Abe insisted that Japan must not avert its eyes from the suffering of Asian people from its wartime behavior but stopped short of issuing his own apology, instead upholding statements by his predecessors
Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, govt joins clean-up
World 20:00 07/08/2013The revelation amounted to an acknowledgement that plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has yet to come to grips with the scale of the catastrophe, 2 1/2 years after the plant was hit by a huge earthquake and tsunami
