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TOKYO — Japan’s foreign minister apologized for the suffering of a group of former World War II prisoners of war visiting from the United States, saying they were treated inhumanely.
The six POWs, their relatives and the daughters of two men who died are the first group of U.S. POWs to visit Japan with government sponsorship, though groups from other countries have been invited previously.
The POW group’s leader, 90-year-old Lester Tenney, who survived the Bataan Death March in 1942, said he welcomed the government’s apology but still seeks recognition from the private companies that “used and abused” prisoners in their mines and factories, often under brutal conditions.
Denver Post wire services
