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26-12-2013, 02:00 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Will Old Fart or Pinky condemn Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni this morning?
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni WW2 shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited a controversial shrine to World War Two dead, exactly one year after he took office.
Mr Abe said his visit to Yasukuni was "to pledge and determine that never again will people suffer in war".
He said it was "not intended to hurt the Chinese or South Koreans".
But a Chinese foreign ministry official was quick to denounce the visit as "absolutely unacceptable to the Chinese people".
Yasukuni honours several convicted Japanese war criminals. Beijing and Seoul see it as a symbol of Tokyo's war-time aggression.
This is the first visit to Yasukuni by a serving prime minister since 2006.
Read the full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25517205
Another interesting article What Japanese history lessons leave out : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21226068
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Will Old Fart or Pinky condemn Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni this morning?
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni WW2 shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited a controversial shrine to World War Two dead, exactly one year after he took office.
Mr Abe said his visit to Yasukuni was "to pledge and determine that never again will people suffer in war".
He said it was "not intended to hurt the Chinese or South Koreans".
But a Chinese foreign ministry official was quick to denounce the visit as "absolutely unacceptable to the Chinese people".
Yasukuni honours several convicted Japanese war criminals. Beijing and Seoul see it as a symbol of Tokyo's war-time aggression.
This is the first visit to Yasukuni by a serving prime minister since 2006.
Read the full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25517205
Another interesting article What Japanese history lessons leave out : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21226068
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?171311-Will-Old-Fart-or-Pinky-condemn-Shinzo-Abe-s-visit-to-Yasukuni-this-morning&goto=newpost).