Maehara apologizes to former Australian POWs

Maehara apologizes to former Australian POWs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) apologizes to five former Australian prisoners of war and their families in Tokyo on March 3, 2011, over forced labor during World War II.

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