[Global News Express] Just now, Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Twitter that he went to the "Yasukuni Shrine" on the 19th and reported to the "Heroic Spirit of his resignation as Prime Minister on the 16th."
On August 28, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation due to health reasons.
On the 16th of this month, Japan convened an interim parliament to hold a designated election for the prime minister. The new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, the ruling party in Japan, was successfully elected as prime minister of Japan and immediately formed a cabinet.
On the morning of the 16th, the Abe cabinet resigned at the interim cabinet meeting. This marked the curtain call of the Abe cabinet, which set the record for the longest time in Japanese history.
At about 5 pm local time on August 28, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation as prime minister at a press conference.
The picture shows the scene of the press conference.
On October 17, 2019, the then Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang responded to the visit of some Japanese cabinet officials to the Yasukuni Shrine, stating that the Yasukuni Shrine is the spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarism’s war of aggression against foreign countries. Class A war criminals who were seriously responsible for the war of aggression.
The actions of some Japanese political leaders once again reflect Japan's wrong attitude towards the history of aggression.
We urge the Japanese side to earnestly abide by its statement and promise of facing up to the history of aggression and taking concrete actions to win the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community.