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August 1991 |
The mayor of Honolulu invites Japanese officials to a ceremony to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor-Japan Refuses |
The mayor of Honolulu invites Japanese officials to a ceremony to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but on the condition that they apologize for the war. The Japanese spokesman Ishihara Nobuo refuses, saying “the entire world is responsible for the war.”
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18 October 1991 |
Russia enacts a law “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression |
Russia enacts a law “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression.
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1 December 1991 |
USA refuses to apologize for the use of atomic bombs in World War II |
U.S. President George H.W. Bush refuses to apologize for the use of atomic bombs in World War II.
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4 December 1991 |
Japan expresses “deep remorse” for the wartime suffering |
Japanese Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe expresses “deep remorse” for the wartime suffering that followed Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
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7 December 1991 |
Japanese parliament considers apologizing for the Pearl Habour attack but decides not to do so |
On the 50th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese parliament considers apologizing for the attack but decides not to do so.
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18 January 1992 |
Japanese apology for Japan’s use of “comfort women" |
Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for Japan’s use of “comfort women.”
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8 May 1992 |
Britian and Albania apologize over Channel Incident |
Britain and Albania announce that they had come to an agreement and financial settlement over the Corfu Channel case, which consisted of three incidents regarding British ships off the Albanian coast in 1946. The countries jointly announce that “Both sides expressed their regret at the Corfu Channel Incident of 22 October 1946.
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July 1992 |
France-Jewish Community Complicity in persecution of Jews |
On the 50th anniversary of the roundup of Parisian Jews, French President Francois Miterand refuses to apologize for French complicity in the persecution of Jews.
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14 October 1992 |
Mozambique govt enacts amnesty for civil war. |
In Mozambique, ten days after the signing of a peace agreement, the government enacts a general amnesty for both sides for the civil war of 1975-92.
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23 October 1992 |
Japanese Emperor Akihito expresses his sorrow for Japan’s wartime abuses |
During a royal visit to China, Japanese Emperor Akihito expresses his sorrow for Japan’s wartime abuses.
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31 October 1992 |
The Catholic Church begs pardon for placing Galileo Galilei under life-long house |
The Catholic Church begs pardon for placing Galileo Galilei under life-long house arrest in 1633.
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November 1992 |
Russian-Korean Apology for the downing of a Korea Airlines jet |
Russian President Boris Yeltsin apologizes for the Soviet downing of a Korean Airlines jet with 269 people aboard in 1983.
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December 1992 |
Australia- Aborigines acknowledgement of wrongs done to Aborigines |
Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledges wrongs done to Aborigines.
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12 July 1993 |
Russia- Japan Japanese POWs |
Russian President Boris Yeltsin apologizes for the internment of 600,000 Japanese POWs in Siberia after World War II.
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6 August 1993 |
The Anglican Church of Canada- Native peoples- abuse at residential schools |
The Anglican Church of Canada apologizes to native peoples for abuse at residential schools.
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9 August 1993 |
Catholic Church involvement with the African slave trade |
Pope John Paul II apologizes for Catholic involvement with the African slave trade.
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15 August 1993 |
Japan World War II was a mistake |
Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa declares that World War II was a mistake and an act of aggression.
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23 August 1993 |
Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa conveys remorse that the country’s past acts of aggression and colonial rule caused unbearable suffering and sorrow for so many people |
Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa uses his first parliamentary policy address to convey “a feeling of deep remorse and apologies for the fact that our country’s past acts of aggression and colonial rule caused unbearable suffering and sorrow for so many people.”
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29 August 1993 |
South African President F.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid |
South African President F.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid.
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31 August 1993 |
Nelson Mandela -African National Congress' suspected enemies Apology for attrocities |
Nelson Mandela apologizes for atrocities allegedly committed by the African National Congress against suspected enemies.
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20 September 1993 |
Japan apologizes for suffering caused by Japan in World War II |
Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa apologizes for suffering caused by Japan in World War II.
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1 October 1993 |
USA-Japanese Americans redress payments for Japanese Americans |
U.S. President Bill Clinton issues a letter of apology accompanying redress payments for Japanese Americans who were interned during World War II.
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6 November 1993 |
South Korea, Japan World War II |
In South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa apologizes to South Korean President Kim Young Sam for Japan’s wartime actions.
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15 November 1993 |
USA native Hawaiians Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii |
The U.S. House passes U.S. Public Law 103-150: “To acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the January 17, 1893 [sic] of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and to offer an apology to native Hawaiians on behalf of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.”
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1994 |
The Catholic Church- ecclesiastical sins |
The Catholic Church announces a commitment “to repent of past ecclesiastical sins as prelude to the celebration of Christianity’s third millennium. ‘It is time,’ John Paul says, ‘to examine the past with courage, to assign responsibility where it is due in a review of the long history of humanity.’”
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