Jimu News Reporter Xu Hanxiong
August 15, 2022 is the 77th anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender, according to the Nippon Jiji News Agency, sources revealed that Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will not visit the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15 this year, but Kishida commissioned others to pay tribute to the Yasukuni Shrine in the name of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party on the same day.
Screenshot of related reports (Image source: Jimu News according to NTV)
Kishida took office as Prime Minister of Japan in October 2021, marking the first time since he assumed office that Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II on August 15 was celebrated.
Shinzo Abe has made many offerings of "jade skewers"
A year after winning the new regime in December 2012, Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine on December 26, 2013. It is strongly opposed by China and South Korea. After that, he did not visit the shrine again, but offered "jade string materials" at his own expense.
On August 12, 2016, Japan's Jiji News Agency reported that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had decided not to pay homage to the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, stating that "the decision takes into account bilateral relations with opposition countries China and South Korea, as well as with the United States, which seeks peace and stability in East Asia." ”
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Source: Global Network According to Japanese media)
According to media reports, on August 15, 2019, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered "jade string materials" to the Yasukuni Shrine in the name of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party on the same morning. Abe himself did not appear, and the sacrifice fee was paid on behalf of Tomomi Inada, special assistant to the president of the Liberal Democratic Party. According to the report, this is the seventh consecutive year that he has offered "jade string materials" to the Yasukuni Shrine at his own expense in the name of the "president of the Liberal Democratic Party."
Suga also offered "jade string material"
According to Xinhua News Agency on October 18, 2020, on October 17, 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offered a sacrifice called "Makoto" to the Yasukuni Shrine in the name of "Prime Minister of the Cabinet". The 17th is the first day of the yasukuni Shrine's autumn festival. Ritsumori Shima, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Kenhisa Tamura, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, and Nobuharu Inoue, Minister in Charge of the Expo, also offered offerings to the Yasukuni Shrine on the same day. According to Japanese media reports, Suga Yoshihide did not offer the "Makoto" offering to the Yasukuni Shrine during his previous tenure as Chief Cabinet Secretary, which is believed to be modeled after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
On August 15, 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga commissioned his secretary to offer "jade strings" to the Yasukuni Shrine in the name of "President of the Liberal Democratic Party" (LDP). Japan's "Tokyo Shimbun" also said that Suga Yoshihide presented flowers to the Chidorifuchi Cemetery in Tokyo.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Infographic (Source: Global Network)
According to the Sankei Shimbun on the same day, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine on the same day and was interviewed by Japanese media.
After leaving office, An Pei visited the Yasukuni Shrine many times. On September 19, 2020, Abe said on Twitter that on the 19th, he went to the "Yasukuni Shrine" to pay respects and reported to "Yingling that he retired as prime minister on the 16th." On October 19 of the same year, Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine again. On April 21, 2021, Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine, where a regular spring festival is being held.
The Japanese prime minister has not mentioned Japan's responsibility for World War II for years
According to the news of @CCTV Military Weibo on August 15, on the 15th, the 77th anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio delivered a speech at the relevant ceremony, expressing "respect and gratitude" to the war victims throughout Japan, saying that "Japan will not cause the tragedy of war again." However, it did not apologize for the war of aggression that Japan had waged.
According to the Global Network reported on August 15, 2021, on August 15, the 76th anniversary of Japan's surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga promised that "Japan will not start another war." On the same day, however, he commissioned his secretary to offer "jade string materials" to the Yasukuni Shrine in the name of the "President of the Liberal Democratic Party."
The Asahi Shimbun reported that Suga did not mention Japan's responsibility for World War II in his speech, which mostly followed the words of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his speech at the memorial service for the national war dead on August 15.
According to the Asahi Shimbun, former Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa Yoshiki said in his speech at the 1993 national memorial service for the war dead that he "expresses heartfelt condolences to all war victims and their families around the world, including their Asian neighbors."Since 1993, successive Japanese prime ministers have mentioned Japan's responsibility for World War II every year in their speeches. However, this tradition was broken after Shinzo Abe became Prime Minister of Japan in 2013, and as of 2021, there was no mention of Japan's responsibility for World War II for nine consecutive years.
China and the ROK have repeatedly expressed their opposition to visiting the shrine
The Jimu News reporter noted that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida presented "jade strings" to the Yasukuni Shrine at his own expense through his own office on the morning of the 15th, as president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Infographic (Source: Global Network)
On the same day, a number of politicians, including the current cabinet minister Takashi Sanae, had already visited the Yasukuni Shrine on the same day. Kyodo News Agency said that this is also the third consecutive year that cabinet members have visited the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15.
On August 13, Yasuho Nishimura, Japan's new Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, visited the Yasukuni Shrine. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that this once again reflects the Japanese government's erroneous attitude toward historical issues. The Chinese side has lodged solemn representations with the Japanese side. China urges the Japanese side to earnestly face up to and profoundly reflect on the history of aggression, properly handle relevant issues in a responsible manner, and win the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community with practical actions.
On December 26, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, dedicated to World War II "Class A war criminals," on the occasion of his first anniversary in power.
China, the ROK, and the United States have reacted one after another; after the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed its protests, Foreign Minister Wang Yi summoned the Japanese ambassador to China Masato Kidera in the afternoon to lodge solemn representations and strong protests; the ROK Foreign Ministry also summoned the Japanese minister to the ROK to protest; and the US Embassy in Japan issued a rare statement saying that it was disappointed with Japan.
Wang Yi said that the perverse behavior of visiting the Yasukuni Shrine will eventually only lift a stone and drop it on its own feet, so that Japan will continue to be in the dock of history. The international community, including China, must heighten its vigilance and will never allow history to turn back or turn back.
On the same day, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang pointed out that if you really want to improve relations with your Asian neighbors, you should not go to the Yasukuni Shrine, but should go to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Only when Japan truly learns from history will its relations with its Asian neighbors have a future.
(Source: Global Network, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Observer Network, Interface News)
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