Panelist wants Abe to acknowledge Japan waged "war of invasion"

Panelist wants Abe to acknowledge Japan waged "war of invasion"

Photo shows Shinichi Kitaoka, president of the International University of Japan, who serves as the acting chairman of an expert panel on a war anniversary statement to be issued by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the summer of 2015. At a symposium in Tokyo on March 9, 2015, Kitaoka said he wants the premier to acknowledge Japan waged "a war of invasion." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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