Germany's Merkel Reminds Japan to Face Wartime Past

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk in the gardens of the Nezu Museum in Tokyo, March 9, 2015. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and delegates look at a computerized model of the earth "Geo-Cosmos" while visiting Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo, March 9, 2015. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd right) during their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, March 9, 2015.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ​at the end of their joint news conference, in Tokyo, March 9, 2015. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Japan as part of a series of bilateral meetings with G-7 leaders ahead of a June summit in Germany, March 9, 2015.