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Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 21China Condemns Japanese Officials' Visits to Yasukuni Shrine Amid Rising Tensions
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 21
- China has strongly condemned recent visits and offerings by Japanese officials to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.
- Beijing criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and over 120 lawmakers for actions seen as provocative and disrespectful to WWII history.
- China warns these moves risk reviving militarist sentiments, straining China-Japan relations and challenging the postwar international order.
Why does one shrine in Tokyo threaten to destabilize East Asian peace? Eighty years after the Tokyo Trials, is Japan trying to erase its verdict? Japan's PM denies war crimes. Can historical truth survive political power? As Japan's Prime Minister revives militarism, is its pacifist constitution dead? As Japan eyes AUKUS, is a new anti-China military bloc solidifying? With Japan now exporting lethal weapons, is an Asian arms race inevitable?