Demonstration in Tokyo call on Japanese to put pressure on government

Updated: 2005-04-22 23:56

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in Tokyo April 22, 2005 to call on the public to put pressure on the Japanese government to apologise to China for its wartime aggression and on the controversy over Japanese history textbooks. Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologised on Friday for Japan's wartime atrocities and said he would meet Chinese President Hu Jintao in a bid to repair ties that are at their worst in over three decades. [Reuters]

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