The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan really has tried to corner the market on optic stupidity with their continued visits to Yasukuni Shrine were 14 Class A War Criminals from World War II are interred. It's like an addiction, that must be satisfied no matter the cost to the country and how its viewed by the world at large. Two members of Shinzo Abe's cabinet visited the shrine shortly after Abe's first meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The day after Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat down for his first substantial talks with China's Xi Jinping, three of his cabinet ministers Thursday visited the war shrine Beijing sees as a symbol of Tokyo's violent past.
Visits by the three women have the potential to muddy diplomatic waters that were starting to clear after their nationalist boss sat down with the Chinese president on the sidelines of a regional summit in Jakarta."I offered my sincere appreciation for the people who fought and sacrificed their precious lives for the sake of the country," National Public Safety Commission chief Eriko Yamatani told reporters after her pilgrimage.
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