Mitsubishi's apology insincere if not given to all slave laborers

At a Los Angeles museum on Sunday, Japanese construction giant Mitsubishi Materials Corp apologized for using former US prisoners of war as slave laborers during World War II. This is reportedly the first time that a major Japanese company has expressed such remorse, and those from China and the Korean Peninsula forced to work for Japanese companies are still waiting for an apology. Comments:

For 70 years, since the war ended, the former prisoners of war who worked for these Japanese companies have asked for something very simple: They have asked for an apology. We hope to extend Mitsubishi's gracious coming forward at this time to all the other mines and factories who employed American POWs against their will.

James Murphy, a 94-year-old US veteran who survived being used as forced labor, July 19