Idea of World War II Message from Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Raises Concern After Abe’s Careful Statement in 2015

Idea of World War II Message from Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Raises Concern After Abe’s Careful Statement in 2015

Is it necessary for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to issue a personal message about World War II? Besides the question of what will happen with Ishiba’s own political future, a key political issue this summer, which marks the 80th anniversary of the war’s end, is whether to release such a message as an alternative to an official anniversary statement, which requires cabinet approval. Ishiba has said it is “necessary to prevent war from ever happ…