This year marks the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II. However, on the 15th of this month on the anniversary of Japan's surrender, Japanese politicians went to the Yasukuni Shrine to worship the first-class war criminals of World War II to "worship ghosts."

Japanese politicians' persistence in "worshiping ghosts" has long caused strong dissatisfaction with Asian countries that have suffered from militarism, and this time even the German embassy in Japan "cannot help" issuing a message to remind Japan.

As both parties responsible for the war, why did Germany’s post-war reflections be so different from Japan’s?

Editor in charge: [Wang Yi]