Mori grilled in Diet over 'divine nation' remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is pictured during a Diet (parliament) debate May 17 as he comes under criticism for his remarks that Japan is a divine country with the emperor at its center. ''If there were any misunderstandings, I feel sorry for them and offer my apologies,'' Mori said at a plenary session of the House of Councillors.

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