Apology not accepted or needed

This headline would have been appropriate in the 1940's maybe even in the 1950's.

Japan PM Apologizes for World War II

Yes, the Japanese actions in the late 1930's and 1940's were reprehensible, especially the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. However, an apology from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi who was born 32 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor means nothing coming 60 years after the end of that war.

It makes as much sense as if I (who have never owned slaves) went up and apologized for the sins of slavery to a random black man (who likely never was a slave).