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Warmbier, 21, has been detained in North Korea since January 2 for allegedly trying to steal a political banner. Warmbier bowed during his confession and asked for forgiveness for his 'hostile act' against North Korea. 'I entirely beg you, the people and government of [North Korea], for your forgiveness.
Because of my own personal feelings, I treated the prisoners strictly as enemies of Japan,â he told his interviewer, Bob Simon. Watanabe refused to meet with Zamperini as part of the piece. Watanabe was known as âThe Bird,â and had gone into hiding during the American occupation of Japan. However, in 1952, the United States granted amnesty to Japanese war criminals, after which he emerged to become a businessman. He died in April 2003, and Zamperini died earlier this year.