Upon Merkel's visit to Tokyo,... a German newspaper slammed Japan for trying to whitewash its past aggressions in Asia.
The centrist daily... Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungr said...Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts... to water down Tokyo's past apologies are stifling Japan's economic recovery.
It notes the impasse is serving as a block to trade with the world's largest export market, China.
It also noted... that the Abe administration's behavior serves to bring Korea and China closer together.
