{"id":152818,"date":"2026-06-12T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152818"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:00:09","slug":"wartime-apology-author-and-japan-china-bridge-yohei-kono-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152818","title":{"rendered":"Wartime apology author and Japan-China \u2018bridge\u2019 Yohei Kono dies at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA prominent backchannel political figure between Japan and China has died, days before a reported planned trip meant to ease deep bilateral tensions.<br \/>\nYohei Kono, best known for his historic apology on August 4, 1993, to tens of thousands of \u201ccomfort women\u201d who were forced by the Japanese military into sexual slavery during World War II, died on Monday. He was 89.<br \/>\nConsidered a moderate voice within Japan\u2019s conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Kono was the country\u2019s chief cabinet&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3356790\/wartime-apology-author-and-japan-china-bridge-yohei-kono-dies-89?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA prominent backchannel political figure between Japan and China has died, days before a reported planned trip meant to ease deep bilateral tensions. Yohei&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152818"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}