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Notorious Yasukuni Shrine visits draw opposition from China and SK, serve as ‘mirror’ laying bare Japan’s resurgence of neo-militarism_我的网站
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Against the backdrop of strong opposition from China and South Korea, another senior official from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday, following a string of visits by senior party figures the previous day on the 81st anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II.
Their handling of the Yasukuni Shrine issue, Chinese observers said, served as a revealing "mirror," laying bare the growing influence of far-right ideology in Japanese society and its gradual emergence into the mainstream to piece together the picture of neo-militarism, while broader political and security moves under the current government point to a gradual erosion of Japan's postwar pacifist constraints and a drift toward neo-militarism.
Rampant far-right sentiment
According to Japanese media outlet The Mainichi, Takayuki Kobayashi, a senior executive of Japan's ruling LDP, visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Sunday.
One day before his visit, a total of four Cabinet ministers visited the shrine, along with three top ruling party executives - Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki, General Council Chair Haruko Arimura and election strategy chief Yasutoshi Nishimura, per the report.
Although Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not visit the shrine, she made a "tamagushi" ritual offering to the war-linked shrine in her capacity as president of the LDP. Takaichi also performed a remote act of worship toward the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country's militarism and wartime aggression, from nearby instead of visiting in person, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
The shrine, located in central Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II. For a long time, visits and ritual offerings made by Japanese officials to the controversial shrine have consistently sparked criticism and opposition both at home and abroad.
The visits drew immediate and firm opposition from China and South Korea on Saturday. China's Foreign Ministry, Ministry of National Defense and the Chinese Embassy have all voiced their objections.
"We urge the Japanese side to do serious soul-searching on its history of aggression, make a clean break with militarism, and earn trust from its Asian neighbors and the rest of the world with concrete actions," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday.
South Korea also denounced visits by Japanese officials and politicians, urging Japan's leaders to squarely face history and show remorse in order to develop bilateral relations based on mutual trust, South Korean media Yonhap News Agency reported on Saturday.
Kim Hak-jo, director general for international policy at South Korea's defense ministry, summoned Takeshi Nagayoshi, Japan's defense attache in Seoul, to the ministry headquarters and lodged a strong protest over Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi's visit to the shrine, the ministry said, per Yonhap.
Despite the criticism, Kobayashi said he visited the shrine as a "family member," noting that his grandfather had died in the war, according to the Mainichi.
Lü Chao, a professor at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Sunday that Takaichi's move signaled "tolerance" of such visits. Even without visiting the shrine in person, Takaichi performed a ritualized act of worship toward it from nearby, which Lü said exposed her deeply entrenched position.
The episode also serves as a "mirror," laying bare the political attitudes of Japanese politicians and their views on war and history, Lü said. Looking at the visits by successive Japanese cabinets in past years, former prime minister Shigeru Ishiba at least expressed remorse over the war, whereas the current government has become more hardline. This shows that far-right sentiment in Japan is becoming increasingly widespread and is gradually moving into the mainstream, he continued.
"Japan is piecing together the picture of neo-militarism. The international community should remain alert to the risk of Japanese militarism's resurgence," the expert added.
Also on Saturday, Takaichi attended her first war memorial ceremony since taking office last year. In her speech, Takaichi pledged peace but she fell short of using the words employed at last year's memorial by her predecessor Ishiba, who vowed to keep in mind Japan's "remorse" over the war and expressed its "resolute pledge to renounce war," Japanese media Kyodo News reported.
Before the late Shinzo Abe, Takaichi's "political mentor," took office as prime minister for the second time in December 2012, Japanese leaders had consistently mentioned the nation's aggression and expressed remorse at the ceremony, per Kyodo News.
Takaichi's remarks seek to balance Japan's established national position with her own political interests and those of her party, Lian Degui, director of the Center for Japanese Studies at Shanghai International Studies University, told the Global Times on Sunday.
As a representative of the right wing in Japan, Takaichi herself does not advocate deeper reflection on Japan's wartime past, but she also faces constraints from opposing political forces at home. Her deliberate avoidance of terms such as "remorse" therefore reflects her personal political stance, while also serving as a compromise between competing forces on Japan's political spectrum, Lian added.
Takaichi has adopted similarly ambiguous language on other sensitive security issues. At memorial ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki earlier this month, Takaichi said Japan currently maintains its Three Non-Nuclear Principles but stopped short of explicitly committing her government to keeping all three principles in the future.
Lian added that offering ambiguous remarks could also be seen as a move designed to leave room for policy debates over possible revisions to national security documents and related principles by year end. "As long as right-wing forces remain in power, Japan will continue drifting toward neo-militarism through a gradual and sustained erosion of the constraints imposed by its pacifist Constitution," Lian said.
Underlying strategic anxiety
In Takaichi's speech on Saturday, she also claimed that her country could become "a shining beacon in the 'Indo-Pacific' that others could rely on." The Japan Times reported on Saturday that her inclusion of the term "Indo-Pacific" likewise brought her foreign-policy agenda into the memorial message.
In an effort to curry favor with Washington, Japan has sought to portray itself as a leading force in containing China's rise. Yet such ambitions clearly overstate Japan's own capabilities and amount to little more than strategic overreach, as the gap between Japan and China in terms of overall national strength remains substantial, the expert said.
Takaichi's decision to invoke its so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy" on a sensitive historical anniversary only further exposes her administration's strategic anxiety and uncertainty in the face of China's rise, Lian added.
。 택시에선 여성 목소리로 대화경찰 수사에 혼선 주려 한 듯피해자 다닌 대학원서 강의도경북 경산에서 20대 중국인 여성 유학생 A씨를 살해한 혐의로 체포된 30대 중국인 남성 B씨가 범행 후 여성복을 입고 동대구역까지 이동한 것으로 확인됐다. B씨는 경찰 수사에 혼선을 주기 위해 이동 중 A씨의 휴대전화를 들고 다녔다. 실제로 경찰은 실종된 A씨의 행적을 처음 쫓을 때 B씨의 동선을 A씨의 것으로 판단하기도 했다.26일 경산경찰서에 따르면 B씨는 지난 20일 오전 2시쯤 A씨와 함께 경산 하양읍 자신의 주거지로 들어갔다. 폐쇄회로(CC)TV에는 두 사람이 함께 들어가는 모습이 찍혔다. B씨가 A씨를 강제로 끌고 간 정황은 확인되지 않았다.B씨는 같은 날 오후 10시30분쯤 여성복을 입고 모자 등으로 얼굴을 가린 채 혼자 집을 빠져나왔다. 이때 A씨의 휴대전화도 가지고 나왔다. B씨는 동대구역까지 이동하는 택시에서 여자 목소리를 낸 것으로도 확인됐다. 이후 동대구역 인근 화장실에서 남성복으로 갈아입고 같은 날 자정쯤 집으로 돌아갔다. A씨의 휴대전화 전원은 이때 껐다. B씨는 이튿날인 지난 21일 오후 7시5분쯤 경찰에 A씨가 실종됐다고 신고했다. B씨는 자신을 A씨의 남자친구라고 밝히며 “A씨가 대구로 나간다고 한 뒤 연락이 되지 않는다”는 취지로 말했다.B씨의 실종 신고를 접수한 경찰은 휴대전화 위치정보 등을 토대로 A씨가 동대구역 일대로 이동한 것으로 판단해 동대구역 주변을 수색했지만 A씨를 찾지 못했다.수사는 A씨의 출국 예정일이던 23일을 기점으로 달라졌다. 경찰은 출국자 명단에 A씨가 확인되지 않자 CCTV를 전수분석했다. 이 과정에서 동대구역으로 이동한 인물이 B씨란 사실을 확인했다. 경찰은 정황증거를 토대로 체포영장을 발부받아 25일 오후 7시29분쯤 경산 하양읍에서 B씨를 검거했다. B씨의 주거지에서는 A씨가 숨진 채 발견됐다.경찰은 A씨 시신 일부가 훼손돼 버려진 정황을 확인하고, 경산 일대 쓰레기 소각장 등 유기 장소로 추정되는 곳을 수색 중이다. 경찰은 B씨가 수사에 혼선을 주려 한 점을 토대로 공무집행방해 혐의도 적용하는 방안을 검토하고 있다.현재 병원 물리치료사로 근무 중인 B씨는 A씨가 다니던 경산 지역 한 대학원에서 외부강사로 강의를 했던 것이 확인됐다. 지난 1학기 재활치료학과 신경해부학 등 2개 과목을 맡았으며 A씨도 B씨의 강의를 수강한 것으로 파악됐다. A씨는 중국에 머물다 학위 수여식 참석 등을 위해 지난 14일 한국에 입국한 것으로 전해졌다.。
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