Japanese PM visits war shrine
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine on the anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender despite warnings from Asian neighbours.
Under light rain, Koizumi, wearing a tuxedo jacket with coattails, walked out of his limousine and entered the main hall of the sprawling shrine in central Tokyo escorted by a priest in a white robe.
Yasukuni supporters waved Japanese flags as Koizumi visited, while hundreds of police kept watch.
The Yasukuni war shrine honours 2.5 million war dead including 14 top war criminals from World War II.
Koizumi has visited the shrine once a year but never on August 15. On his last visit in October 2005, he did not enter the main hall.
China and South Korea view the shrine, which was a spiritual centre for Japanese nationalists during World War II, as a symbol of Tokyo's past imperialism. -
everytime he goes there,theres lotsa controversial issue
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old news.
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They respect their soldiers
All the countries doing that
what is the big issue in this
except china no body dun bother
world nvr forget Tianmen square -
simple speaking the chinese govt still resent the brutual invasion of the jap force in WW2 isnt it
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so wats the problem visiting a shrine?
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i still think the PRC and Korea should get over it... it's been half a century..
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the chinese govt didnt like him respecting the war criminals after what they did to the asia pacificOriginally posted by R3SsH|n:so wats the problem visiting a shrine? -
In the history, there was no sun set in the British Rule
If any of the suffered country nowadays talk about 'boycott british'
100% the answer is NO
Japan PM visits their war shrine is their own internal issue
Why this China and Korea oppose
Many dirty inside their country
why they talk about others
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It's tough for people who suffered to accept that Japanese of the now are still paying homage to their criminal ancestors.Originally posted by the Bear:i still think the PRC and Korea should get over it... it's been half a century..
While i agree that honouring legitimate soldiers is perfectly fine, the Japanese should remove the 14 war criminals to a separate shrine to filter the criminality issue. That way, if their PM wishes to visit, he's in a much better position to justify his actions.
That probably isn't gonna pacify the Chinese and Koreans but it still serves as a strong statement that they don't condone war criminals. -
I think comparatively, China & Korea suffered more during the WWII under the ruthless Japanese. Hence, its understandable that they feel outraged for symbolic act of Japanese PM visiting the shrine, especially those class A war criminals caused the greatest astrocities in the war.
Moreover, over the years, the Japanese did not really recognise the brutalities they committed during the war, at least not the head hunchos unlike the Germans, who have faced history differently.
of course, there are other issues that complicate the situation - like ownership of offshore islands, etc. And China gonna voice out to cement their place as the big brother of this region...
By visiting the shrine, the Japanese are symbolising that they "honor" those war mongers and have scant taint of regret or learning from their lessons.
However, in light of economic benefits, this will blow over, moreover its his last visit as capacity of PM liaoz, might as well antagonise the Chinese and Koreans once more. -
I like your reasoning.Originally posted by red_amoeba:might as well antagonise the Chinese and Koreans once more.
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He is visiting a shirne which honours war criminals. The shrine indirectly repects murder and atrocities.Originally posted by R3SsH|n:so wats the problem visiting a shrine? -
Well said.Originally posted by red_amoeba:I think comparatively, China & Korea suffered more during the WWII under the ruthless Japanese. Hence, its understandable that they feel outraged for symbolic act of Japanese PM visiting the shrine, especially those class A war criminals caused the greatest astrocities in the war.
Moreover, over the years, the Japanese did not really recognise the brutalities they committed during the war, at least not the head hunchos unlike the Germans, who have faced history differently.
of course, there are other issues that complicate the situation - like ownership of offshore islands, etc. And China gonna voice out to cement their place as the big brother of this region...
By visiting the shrine, the Japanese are symbolising that they "honor" those war mongers and have scant taint of regret or learning from their lessons.
However, in light of economic benefits, this will blow over, moreover its his last visit as capacity of PM liaoz, might as well antagonise the Chinese and Koreans once more.
I think the main problem is that the shrine is honouring the 14 "A Class Criminals"... -
Hmm... this is not old news... Althought Koizumi has been visiting the shrine but he never did so on the August 15.Originally posted by newcomer:old news.
This is because August 15 is the day that the Japaneses surrender...
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good .