{"id":4080,"date":"2024-04-24T01:37:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:37:36","slug":"japanese-politicians-visit-notorious-war-linked-yasukuni-shrine-despite-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=4080","title":{"rendered":"Japanese politicians visit notorious war-linked Yasukuni shrine despite opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, despite strong opposition both at home and abroad, on Tuesday visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country&#8217;s past brutal militarism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u56fe\u7247-16-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u56fe\u7247-16-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u56fe\u7247-16-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u56fe\u7247-16-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u56fe\u7247-16-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u56fe\u7247-16-2048x1365.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician, well-known for her hawkish views on security issues, paid the visit on the second day of the country&#8217;s three-day spring festival ceremony at the war-linked shrine in central Tokyo&#8217;s Chiyoda district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 90 Japanese lawmakers, including some senior vice ministers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, also visited the shrine on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yasukuni Shrine, widely seen as a spiritual tool and a symbol of the Japanese militarists responsible for the war of aggression, honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II and has long been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and its neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s visits came after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, alongside the speaker of Japan&#8217;s House of Representatives and the president of Japan&#8217;s House of Councillors, sent ritual offerings to the shrine on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday said China firmly rejects Japan&#8217;s negative actions related to the Yasukuni Shrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;China urges Japan to earnestly honor its words and commitment to face squarely and reflect on its history of aggression, make a clean break from militarism, and earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community through concrete actions,&#8221; said Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson with the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Korean government also expressed its deep disappointment and regret over Japan&#8217;s responsible leaders once again sending offerings to and paying respects at the Yasukuni Shrine, which glorifies Japan&#8217;s war of aggression and enshrines war criminals, according to a foreign ministry statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, des [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[1612,1977,605],"class_list":["post-4080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-highlights","tag-japanese","tag-notorious","tag-visit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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