China has slammed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for not issuing his own apology in his official statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.<br />The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Abe should have made an explicit statement on the nature of the war,… rather than being evasive.<br />It added that Japan should sincerely apologize to countries that suffered from its military aggression and reiterated that Tokyo should take concrete actions to win the trust of its neighbors.<br />The United States reacted more positively to Abe's statement.<br />The White House said it welcomed the Japanese leader's expression of deep remorse for the suffering caused by Japan during the World War Two era.
