China News Service, October 17 (Zhang Aolin) Japan's Yasukuni Shrine began the autumn festival on the 17th. At present, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has offered sacrifices.
Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who has just stepped down from office, also visited the shrine on the morning of the 17th.
On the 17th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in the name of the prime minister, offered a sacrifice called "Masaki" to the Yasukuni Shrine.
Image source: Screenshot of NHK report
China, South Korea and other neighboring countries have always strongly condemned the fact that some Japanese politicians are keen to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Class A war criminals of World War II.
However, some Japanese politicians have never reflected and repented, and still clamor for right-wing ideas.
Fumio Kishida offering
Many people visit the current cabinet
In the early morning of the 17th, a sacrificial offering called "Masakura" was enshrined at the Yasukuni Shrine. The words "Fumio Kishida, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet" on it were particularly conspicuous.
Although Kishida had previously hinted that he might go to worship, he still did not cross the red line this time and continued the practice of his predecessors.
In recent years, "giving gifts without coming to the door" has been regarded as an expedient measure of the incumbent Japanese prime minister.
Data map: In 2013, the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who has just stepped down from office, visited the shrine on the 17th.
Yoshihide Suga's "predecessor" former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also publicly visited many times.
In 2013, Abe "worshipped ghosts" as the incumbent prime minister. This is also the "only one" for so many years since Junichiro Koizumi stepped down in 2006.
After stepping down in 2020, Abe started the "crazy mode" and went there 5 times in just over a year.
The most recent one was on October 14th three days ago.
Coincidentally, Yoshihide Suga, who had only been out of office for only 13 days, showed up at the Yasukuni Shrine at 11 o'clock in the morning local time on the 17th. He also emphasized that "it was the position of the previous prime minister" to pay the worship.
Up to now, the former Senate Vice-President Hidehisa Otsuji and Chairman of the Senate Operation Committee Toshiei Mizuhara have come to pay their respects.
In addition, two months ago, several cabinet members, including the Japanese defense minister Nobuo, the then economic regeneration chief Yasushi Nishimura, and the then education minister and science minister Ogi Ikuta Mitsuichi, also visited the Yasukuni Shrine.
Data map: Yasukuni Shrine.
Gao Yueshe
What "ghosts" does the Yasukuni Shrine offer
Do you have to sacrifice twice a year?
Hideki Tojo, Kenji Doihara, Hirota Hirota... Thousands of war criminals, headed by 14 Class A war criminals, are enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine.
Although the name is "shrine", what is offered inside is a real "devil".
What is even more absurd is that these executioners, who have brought serious disasters to many countries in the world, including China, South Korea, and the Philippines, also receive two large-scale worships in April and October each year-the so-called "Spring and Autumn". Routine Great Sacrifice".
At this time, some people in the Japanese political arena are also dispatched one after another.
In addition to presenting gifts from the prime minister, some far-right congressmen even formed an ultra-party congress of parliamentarians called "Everyone Come to Visit the Yasukuni Shrine".
Not only do they visit the shrine year after year, but related right-wing organizations even use big horns to clamor for right-wing thoughts on the streets of Japan.
On October 4, local time, Fumio Kishida, President of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the 100th Prime Minister after being named by the Prime Minister in a plenary session of the House of Representatives.
The picture shows Fumio Kishida (middle) standing up to thank him.
Visiting to earn political capital
Intended for the House of Representatives election?
For some politicians in Japan, using the Yasukuni Shrine to gain political capital may be a more realistic "demand."
The Kishida cabinet has just been established, and before the bench is hot, it is facing a "big test"-the House of Representatives election to be held at the end of October.
Japanese media pointed out that cabinet members have worshipped "ghosts", perhaps in order to win votes from conservative forces.
The Yasukuni Shrine also seems to be in line with these "demands"-as a gathering place for right-wing elements, the Yasukuni Shrine will publicize with great fanfare online and offline at this time of the year, with the intention of expanding its influence through bureaucratic visits.
Data map: Yasukuni Shrine.
Gao Yueshe
Japanese politicians go against the issue of history
All nations condemned
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly expressed "disappointment and regret" in response to Japanese politicians' visits and sacrifices.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has long pointed out that the actions of some Japanese political leaders on the Yasukuni Shrine issue are a blasphemy of historical justice and a serious injury to the feelings of the people of the victimized countries in Asia, including China. It once again reflects Japan’s treatment of itself. The wrong attitude of the history of aggression.
In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also stated recently that Russia and China, as the main battlefields against fascism and militarism during World War II, made decisive contributions to defeating the invaders.
The Russian side opposes any forces that discredit history.
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