In a much-watched televised speech a day before Japan marked 70 years since its defeat in World War II on August 15, 1945, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his “deepest remorse” and “sincere condolences” to Japan’s wartime victims, but—much to China’s disappointment—he didn’t give an original apology and added that future generations should not have to burdened by saying sorry.