AUGUST 15, 2014 MARKS THE 69TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAPAN’S SURRENDER IN WW2–BUT THERE ARE STILL JAPANESE OFFICIALS IN ITS GOVERNMENT WHO LONG FOR THE IMPERIAL JAPAN–AS JAPAN EXPANDS ITS MILITARY ROLE NOT BY CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE BUT ITS INTERPRETATION THERE OF BY THE PRIME MINISTER ABE–AS TWO JAPANESE CABINET AIDS AND 100 LAWMAKERS VISIT THE YASUKUNI SHRINE IN TOKYO PAYING RESPECT TO WARTIME CRIMINALS ENSHRINED THERE

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep regret Friday over Japanese Cabinet ministers and politicians paying their respects to the wartime criminals enshrined at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

In a press release, the foreign ministry said the controversial visits on the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II were "deplorable."
Seoul urged them to stop their revisionist efforts and take sincere action to make amends for Japan's past.

On Friday, two Japanese Cabinet ministers and nearly 100 lawmakers paid homage at the controversial shrine, prompting immediate condemnation from South Korea.
The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) slammed the Japanese politicians.

Saenuri Party spokesman Kim Young-woo said the visit would do a disservice to the stability of East Asia as it enraged neighboring countries and threatened world peace…..

 

….In a statement, the main opposition party speculated that conservative Japanese politicians seem to long for the days of imperialist Japan.

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