Abe did express `` eternal condolences '' about the loss of American lives in World War II . But he has been evasive and ambiguous about embracing responsibility for Japan 's wartime actions . Kingston : The Japanese government is not prepared to accept any responsibility for its past, or even acknowledge that it was a war at all.
Abe did express `` eternal condolences '' about the loss of American lives in World War II . But he has been evasive and ambiguous about embracing responsibility for Japan 's wartime actions . Kingston : He is putting his personal agenda on history ahead of the national interest .