; Whereas the Government of Japan in 2009 offered an apology to the United States POWs for their damage and suffering under Imperial Japan, and in 2010 established a program for former POWs and their families to visit Japan and their former POW camps; and Whereas the participants encourage the Government of Japan to partner with its national companies to turn this successful program into an international model of reconciliation and a permanent fund to support projects for remembrance, documentation, education, and exchange: Now, therefore, be it