From AP, via SFGate.com:
Japan sent mixed signals Friday to China, offering a “heartfelt apology” for its World War II aggressions to try to repair tattered ties ” but blunting that message when Japanese lawmakers visited a war shrine critics say glorifies Tokyo’s militaristic past.
A Chinese official welcomed the apology but added that “what’s of much more importance is the action. You have to make it a reality.”