Taiwan media exaggerated "Taiwan's cherry blossoms are implanted in the Yasukuni Shrine", netizens scolded: "Is it honorable to worship war criminals?"
[Global Web Comprehensive Report Reporter Zhao Youping] "Central News Agency", "Freedom Times" and other Taiwanese media hyped, under the "joint promotion" of Taiwanese and Japanese folks, on the 17th, cherry seedlings from Taiwan were planted at the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan.
In this regard, some netizens on the island scolded: You want to kneel and lick the "King of Murderers" all day long, don't you feel cheap?
Some netizens also said that the Yasukuni Shrine is a place to worship war criminals, "Is it an honor to plant trees there? Garbage."
Taiwan's "Central News Agency" claimed that the "Japanese Cherry Blossom Returning Association" has promoted the movement to return to Japan the cherry tree seedlings planted in 1923 when Prince Hirohito (later Emperor Showa), the Crown Prince of the Regency Palace, visited Taiwan in 2019.
After the cherry tree seedlings were planted near the Imperial Palace in Japan last year, some Taiwanese people "hoped" that these cherry tree seedlings from Taiwan could also be planted in the Yasukuni Shrine. After consultation, the Yasukuni Shrine "graciously accepted".
According to the report, the "Japanese Cherry Blossom Homecoming Association" held a ceremony of planting cherry blossoms near the first torii gate of Yasukuni Shrine on the 17th.
"Former Taipei Representative in Japan" Xu Shikai, Zhao Zhongzheng, chairman of the "All Japan Taiwan Federation", a Taiwanese overseas Chinese group in Japan, Yasukuni Shrine Miyagi Yamaguchi Kenshi, former Japanese Senator Kyoko Nakayama and others were dispatched.
"Freedom Times" said that next to the cherry tree from Taiwan planted at the Yasukuni Shrine, there is a stone tablet with the handwriting of Taiwan's "representative in Japan" Xie Changting.
According to the "Liberty Times" report, Hideaki Kase, the president of the "Japan Cherry Blossom Homecoming Association", also claimed in his speech that more than 30,000 "Japanese soldiers of Taiwan nationality" were killed in World War II, and they were "enshrined" in the Yasukuni Shrine. , "I hope that the planting of cherry blossoms will comfort their spirits in the sky, and also protect the friendship between Japan and Taiwan."
Xu Shikai also claimed that after seeing Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine recently, he deeply felt that Taiwan and Japan need to be closer to confront the "armed aggression" of the mainland. The return of Taiwan's "Showa Sakura" is "a meaningful activity."
"Central News Agency" revealed that the honorary president of the "Japan Sakura Homecoming Association" in Taiwan is Zeng Wenhui, the wife of former leader Lee Teng-hui in Taiwan, and the president is "former political councilor" Huang Shicheng, and the honorary president of the association in Japan is a former Japanese Yoko Abe, mother of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
As we all know, the Yasukuni Shrine enshrines 14 Class-A war criminals of World War II who committed heinous crimes.
Regarding some people's push to plant Taiwan's cherry blossoms at the Yasukuni Shrine, some netizens on the island scolded: "I want to kneel and lick the East Asian murderer and the North American murderer all day long, and worship these executioners who have tortured and killed Southeast Asia, including Taiwan. Isn't it cheap?"
Some netizens said that the mutual planting of cherry blossoms and friendly exchanges are commendable, but "the location is very eye-catching."
Some netizens scolded: "Disgusting traitors, the Yasukuni Shrine is a place to worship garbage war criminals. Is it honorable to plant trees there? Garbage."