Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the
Yasukuni Shrine
On December 26, 2013 the prime minister of Japan, Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe made a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in
Tokyo, Japan.
This visit by the Prime Minister of Japan to a shrine in
Tokyo erupted in complaints from South Korea and China. It seems like some people in South Korea and
China awarded themselves the authority to dictate to the people in Japan what
places they are not allowed to visit in Japan.
In other those in South Korea and China who feel they have this authority
are absolute idiots.
The Yasukuni Shinto shrine is dedicated to the soldiers and
others who died on behalf of Japan, registering near two and a half million
names enshrined dating back to 1867. A
visit to this shrine by foreigners and notable Japanese brings with it scathing
criticism from some neighboring nations.
Their complaint is out of the two and a half million spirits honored at
the Yasukuni Shrine; around one thousand were convicted as war criminals by the
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE or known as Tokyo
Trails or Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal).
Should be noted the legitimacy of tribunal is in question by many.
Here is what is interesting:
During World War Two Japan occupied around twenty-four nations and
battled around twelve Allied nations.
Out of the twenty-four occupied and twelve Allied nations, only two
nations (China and South Korea) object to any official visitation to the
Yasukuni Shrine.
Articles in reference to China and South Korea upset over
Japanese citizen’s freedom of movement within Japan (Japanese Prime Minster Abe
visiting the Yasukuni Shrine):
Yasukuni Shrine English website:
Japan-guide information on the Yasukuni Shrine:
Wikipedia entry on the Yasukuni Shrine:
Yasukuni Shrine controversies:
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