At the outset, a few words about the dates by which countries mark events of international significance. It is quite common for something to be perceived as the same event, but its beginning and end are dated differently by different countries. In Japan, the date August 15, 1945 is significant because it is believed to […]
Posts Tagged ‘yasukuni’
On the Yasukuni Shrine Factor in Another Ceremony in Japan Marking the End of the War in the Pacific
September 2nd, 2022 Awake Goy
The Yasukuni Gambit
July 12th, 2017 Awake Goy
Fresh off his election victory, Japanese Prime Minister Kobe as well as several of his cabinet members and top party officials, visited the Yasukuni Shrine outside Tokyo. As usual, reaction across Asia was hostile to the PM’s visit to a shrine that honored Class A war criminals that had been part of an Imperial Japanese […]