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I visited Yasukuni Shrine, a representative place to glorify former Prime Minister Abe's World War II in Japan.

They said they would continue to deal with diplomatic issues in the future, but they immediately showed an extremely conservative move that the countries that were damaged immediately disliked the most.

Our government also made a criticism statement.



This is Tokyo's correspondent Yoo Seong-jae.



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Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo this morning (19th).



Former Prime Minister Abe uploaded a picture of her traveling for worship in her robes on Twitter and wrote, "I reported to the spirits that I had retired from the prime minister on the 16th."



Three days after retirement, he started his first external activities with a visit to Yasukuni Shrine, a sacred place for the far right.



Former Prime Minister Abe visited Yasukuni Shrine in December 2013, after one year of resuming.



[Suga/At the time, Japan's Secretary of State (December 2013): (Prime Minister Abe) once again worshiped for the idea of ​​creating an era that would not suffer from the tragedies of war.]



At that time, Korea and China strongly opposed, and even the United States. When he expressed his concern, he sent tribute instead of worship until he left office.



Now that I have retired from the Prime Minister, I said that I had a worship service that I haven't been able to do.



The domestic pending issue is that the Suga regime will take over, but the Liberal Democratic Party's diplomatic tone remains unchanged.



Former Prime Minister Abe also sent a memorial address to the farewell memorial service of former President Li Deng Hui, who today accuses China of being a crush of Taiwanese independence.



Former Prime Minister Abe has said he will serve as Prime Minister Suga's diplomatic advisory role.



There seems to be a strong possibility that the Suga regime's diplomacy toward Asia will take on the extreme right color with Abe's admonition.



(Video coverage: Hyunjin Moon)