11.   The speech, while markedly more conciliatory, still fell short of an explicit apology.

12.   The wording fell far short of what had been sought by some Africans, who had demanded an explicit apology and specific promises of compensation from Europe.

13.   African rights campaigners and some African officials are demanding compensation and an explicit apology from nations that benefitted from African slavery.

14.   It too stops short of an explicit apology.

15.   Japanese officials remain wary that too explicit an apology could open the floodgates to limitless demands for compensation from victims of atrocities.

16.   Murayama is a lifelong pacifist who pushed for explicit Japanese apologies for Japanese militarism.

17.   Survivors had been pressing for an explicit apology for what happened at No Gun Ri as well as compensation for their suffering, but got neither.

18.   The Africans proposed that the trans-Atlantic slave trade be declared a crime against humanity and that Western countries make an explicit apology and pay reparations.

19.   The agreement was a blow to Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who had led the fight for an explicit apology.

20.   Two paragraphs call for explicit apologies for slavery and colonialism.