Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday released a statement marking 70 years since the end of World War II.
日本首相安倍晉三8月14日發表了戰后70年談話。

以下是日本首相辦公室和日本駐華大使館分別發布的講話全文英文版和中文版：

Statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
日本首相安倍晉三講話

On the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, we must calmly reflect upon the road to war, the path we have taken since it ended, and the era of the 20th century. We must learn from the lessons of history the wisdom for our future.
正值戰爭結束七十周年之際，我們認為，必須平靜地回顧走向那場戰爭的道路、戰后的進程、二十世紀那一時代，并從歷史的教訓中學習面向未來的智慧。

More than one hundred years ago, vast colonies possessed mainly by the Western powers stretched out across the world. With their overwhelming supremacy in technology, waves of colonial rule surged toward Asia in the 19th century. There is no doubt that the resultant sense of crisis drove Japan forward to achieve modernization. Japan built a constitutional government earlier than any other nation in Asia. The country preserved its independence throughout. The Japan-Russia War gave encouragement to many people under colonial rule from Asia to Africa.
一百多年前，以西方國家為主的各國的廣大殖民地遍及世界各地。十九世紀，以技術的絕對優勢為背景，殖民統治亦波及到亞洲。毫無疑問，其帶來的危機感變成日本實現近代化的動力。日本首次在亞洲實現立憲政治，守住了國家獨立。日俄戰爭鼓舞了許多處在殖民統治之下的亞洲和非洲的人們。

After World War I, which embroiled the world, the movement for self-determination gained momentum and put brakes on colonization that had been underway. It was a horrible war that claimed as many as ten million lives. With a strong desire for peace stirred in them, people founded the League of Nations and brought forth the General Treaty for Renunciation of War. There emerged in the international community a new tide of outlawing war itself.
經過席卷全世界的第一次世界大戰，民族自決運動的擴大阻止了此前的殖民地化。那場戰爭造成了一千多萬死難者，是一場悲慘的戰爭。人們渴望和平，創立國際聯盟，創造出不戰條約，誕生出使戰爭本身違法化的新的國際社會潮流。

At the beginning, Japan, too, kept steps with other nations. However, with the Great Depression setting in and the Western countries launching economic blocs by involving colonial economies, Japan's economy suffered a major blow. In such circumstances, Japan's sense of isolation deepened and it attempted to overcome its diplomatic and economic deadlock through the use of force. Its domestic political system could not serve as a brake to stop such attempts. In this way, Japan lost sight of the overall trends in the world.
當初，日本也統一了步調。但是，在世界經濟危機發生后，歐美各國以卷入殖民地經濟來推動區域經濟集團化，從而日本經濟受到重大打擊。此間，日本的孤立感加深，試圖依靠實力解決外交和經濟上的困境。對此，國內政治機制也未能予以阻止。其結果，日本迷失了世界大局。

With the Manchurian Incident, followed by the withdrawal from the League of Nations, Japan gradually transformed itself into a challenger to the new international order that the international community sought to establish after tremendous sacrifices. Japan took the wrong course and advanced along the road to war.
滿洲事變以及退出國際聯盟—日本逐漸變成國際社會經過巨大災難而建立起來的新的國際秩序的挑戰者，該走的方向有錯誤，而走上了戰爭的道路。

And, seventy years ago, Japan was defeated.
其結果，七十年前，日本戰敗了。

On the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, I bow my head deeply before the souls of all those who perished both at home and abroad. I express my feelings of profound grief and my eternal, sincere condolences.
正當戰后七十周年之際，我在國內外所有死遇者面前，深深地鞠躬，并表示痛惜，表達永久的哀悼之意。