It is crucial for Japan's leader to win the trust of her neighbours. Prime Minister Kishi visited nine Asian- Pacific nations in 1957 to apologise for Japan's actions during the War.

Kato is now a second year student in International Relations at Beijing University. He is also a part-time Japanese teacher at a local high school and President of Beijing University’s Japanese Students Association (BUJSA).

The Kutlacas play the harpsichord in turns—Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Couperin—then they play together, three hands. Maja says she is lucky—she only has to use her right hand.

Frédéric Chavanne reports on a meeting of people from one of Africa’s most turbulent regions.

The last words of Wim Lindeijer's mother led him to seek reconciliation with the Japanese. He tells his story to Michael Henderson.

Mary Lean meets the British World War II veterans who are calling for reconciliation with Japan.

Yukihisa Fujita is a Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and the Deputy Director General of the Democratic Party of Japan's Global Citizens' Bureau.

Caux's history made it the ideal place for a high-level symposium on reconciliation. Mary Lean reports.

'The Railway Man by Eric Lomax, Cape £15.99; paperback Vintage £6.99

Because Japan has thought only about her own peace, values such as freedom, justice and order, which can be shared with other countries, have become secondary.