Japanese prisoners of war incenced by withdrawal of apology

Title

Japanese prisoners of war incenced by withdrawal of apology

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:30

Description

The unseemly row over whether the Japanese Prime Minister did or did not apologise on behalf of the Japanese people for the atrocities of the Second World War and the treatment of prisoners of war rumbled on over the weekend. Arthur Titherington, from the Japanese Labour Camp Survivors Association is clear about what his members wanted the Japanese to say.

Contributors

Arthur Titherington

Keywords

Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Prisoners of War; Tomiichi Murayama; Japanese Labour Camp Survivors Association

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