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My mother's family was among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent on the West Coast who were dispatched to internment camps during World War II.

— Michiko Kakutani

I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human…

— Shinzo Abe

I remember reading one of those big history texts in elementary school, and in that whole book there was one paragraph that mentioned that…

— Tamlyn Tomita

I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan. I meant no disrespect, and my…

— Gilbert Gottfried

“An old Japanese friend recently confided to me: ' I can't forgive to americans for the fact that Hiroshima wasn't an act of war,…

— Paul Virilio

After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered…

— Martin Jacques

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

— George Takei

We know that there were so many Japanese American soldiers in World War II who were fighting in Europe despite the fact that their…

— Tamlyn Tomita

I spent three-and-a-half years in Japan, and I was a foreigner, and I was welcomed with open arms over there.

— Angelos Postecoglou

Our country has caused tremendous damage and pain to the peoples of many countries, especially Asian countries, through colonial rule and invasion. Humbly acknowledging…

— Junichiro Koizumi

Most Japanese-Americans have that legacy. The camp experience is something of a calling card between them. They say, 'So, where were you interned?'

— Tamlyn Tomita

I apologize to coalition forces and all the families, detainees, the families, America and all the soldiers.

— Lynndie England