Day of the end of the war Rally and memorial meeting in various places August 15 18:38
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On the 15th day of the end of the war, gatherings and events were held around the country to mourn the people who died in the war and think about peace.
Of these, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, a group of prime ministers and ministers called for worship, held a meeting, and about 80 people participated at the announcement of the organizer.
Among them, Mr. Taizo Terashima, a former chief of the Self-Defense Forces and a member of the "Meeting for the Spirit", said, "The delay in dealing with the new coronavirus is evidence that the response to the emergency is not rooted in Japan, I am eager to amend it to specify an emergency clause."
Then, at noon, all the participants quietly offered a statement, after which the Prime Minister announced that he would visit Yasukuni Shrine and that the Diet would mobilize all the power to revitalize the constitutional debate. ..
An 87-year-old man who participated said, "I think it's important to memorialize every year after my wife's father died in the war. I think that there is Japan where there are victims of the war dead. I think it should be cherished."
On the other hand,
about 100 people participated in the rally against the Yasukuni Shrine worship by ministers held in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward .
In this, Director Mina Watanabe of the "Women's War and Peace Museum", an exhibition facility with the theme of comfort women, said, "Knowing the lives of those who lost their lives and those who were damaged in the war, It is important to think about it," he said, and it is important to face each victim of the war and mourn it.
After that, at the venue, politicians' worship at Yasukuni Shrine imposes a small part of responsibility for the aggression war and colonial rule, and the government should make a proper apology and compensation for the victims. I read a declaration saying that.
"I don't think politicians visiting Yasukuni shrines lead to remorse for the colonized Asian people," said a man in his 60s who participated.