The economic recovery in Japan seems to have strengthened its sustainability, as corporate profits have been on an improving trend and potential strength has heightened further through the implementation of the measures in 2013.
And at the same time, that suffering remained terribly, disconcertingly distant for someone who grew up in the far north of the country. The conversations I had made it clear that the suffering of long ago is far from over, that the fight is far from over. We therefore choose not only to apologise today.