No Need to Apologize

So the Japanese Prime Minister is visiting Pearl Harbor, which I admit is a little weird. When my wife and I went to Hawaii in 2000 Japanese tourists were at Pearl harbor. Hell, Japanese tourists were everywhere. One afternoon I was the only American on Waikiki.

The signs to Pearl Harbor were printed in English and Japanese.

You didn't have any trouble finding it the first time, did you?

Then again it has been 75 years.

The Japanese government has announced that Prime Minister Abe wont's apologize:

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will honour war dead but won't apologise when he becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor this month, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday.
The move follows Barack Obama's historic May trip to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting US president, where he spoke of victims' suffering but offered no apology for dropping the world's first nuclear bomb.

Why should he? 

Maybe the British should apologize for torching Washington in 1812? I know, France could apologize to Germany for Charlemagne's war against the Saxons in the 8th century.

I'd like to apologize to Amy Goodale for breaking her heart in 1989.

Abe's visit is a nice bit of reciprocity after Obama's visit to Hiroshima.

What good would an apology do? Was Abe a guard on the Bataan Death March or something?

We have moved on.

After the Tsunami hit Japan I explained to my daughter that Japan and America used to be bitter enemies. Now we were allies, and not just allies but friends.  Our two nations and peoples actually like one another. That's not only remarkable after WWII but after the Japan Bashing of the 80's and early 90's. Younger reader(s) should see 'Rising Sun' for context.

So, Prime Minister Abe, visit Pearl Harbor, lay wreath, say a few words and move on.

You have nothing for which to apologize.