Japan's Mitsubishi apologises to US POWs

94-YEAR-OLD James Murphy has accepted an apology from Mitsubishi for its treatment of US POWs during World War II.

JAPANESE corporate giant Mitsubishi has given an unprecedented apology for using American prisoners of war for forced labour during World War II.

AT the solemn ceremony hosted by the Museum of Tolerance at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, 94-year-old US POW James Murphy accepted the apology from executives of Mitsubishi Materials.