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Candidate Tojo seeks resolution against A-bombings
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jul 04, 2007 03:35am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 04, 2007 03:00am |
| Description | The granddaughter of wartime Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo said Tuesday in Tokyo that if she wins a seat in this month's House of Councilors election, she will submit a resolution to the Diet slamming the United States for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Yuko Tojo, 68, expressed outrage against Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma for making comments that were interpreted as justifying the atomic bombings and welcomed news of his resignation while she was speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
"Many people, including Kyuma, believe that the atomic bombs stopped Japan's 'aggression,' but Japan did not fight a war of aggression," said Tojo, who claimed the war was fought to liberate the "nonwhite" colonies in Asia from the "whites."
"If there was one mistake, however, it was the fact that we lost. And if my grandfather is to blame, it's not because he started the war but because we lost," Tojo said, adding she wants the Japanese people to regain the pride they had before the wartime defeat.
Tojo is running as an independent in Tokyo, which is expecting a tough showdown in the July 29 poll. She said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party declined her request to back her as a candidate. |
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