"JapanshallmakeeffortstoimprovebilateralrelationshipwithChina,"saidYukioHatoyama,formerJapanesePrimeMinister."Japanshallfullyrecognizethefactthatsteadydevelopme
South Koreans gave their unsparing praise for former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama who knelt down in front of a monument in Seoul for victims of Japan's colonization during World War II and apologized for wartime atrocities.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should apologize for wartime aggressions "from the heart," his predecessor Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday in Seoul while visiting the site of a colony-era prison where he knelt before a memorial monument.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama slapped on Shinzo Abe’s face for his rightist actions against neighboring China and South Korea.
Top political advisor Jia Qinglin said Wednesday that China and Japan should resolve the Diaoyu Islands dispute through dialogue and consultation.