Upon Merkel's visit to Tokyo,... a German newspaper slammed Japan for trying to whitewash its past aggressions in Asia.<br />The centrist daily... Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungr said...Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts... to water down Tokyo's past apologies are stifling Japan's economic recovery.<br />It notes the impasse is serving as a block to trade with the world's largest export market, China.<br />It also noted... that the Abe administration's behavior serves to bring Korea and China closer together.
