TOKYO, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following highlight:
(On why, in the address he delivered at the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead, Prime Minister Ishiba used the word "remorse" when stating that Japan must take remorse and also the lessons learned from that war deeply to heart, in the context of that word being used by the prime minister during that address for the first time in 13 years; on when, and in what format, Prime Minister Ishiba intends to release a message to mark the passing of 80 years since the end of the war)
At today's ceremony, I delivered my remarks with the aims of offering my heartfelt condolences to all the war dead, and also of handing down across generations the sorrowful memori...