igorrock wrote:Jotenkin en usko että Kiviniemeä nähdään konttaamassa vanhoilla taistelukentillä.
Se ei mielestäni olekkaan pääministerin hommia. Vainajia on hyvä muistaa mutta niitä ei tarvitse silti palvoa.
Aasialainen kulttuuri on niin erilainen kuin mihin läntisessä maailmassa on totuttu ja vielä se miten kauan japanilaisia on vaiennettu kaikesta sotaa käsittelevistä tapahtumista,paitsi kerrotuista raakuuksista joita ovat kirjojen mukaan tehneet.Yksi ministerihän sai lokaa niskaansa kun kävi rukoilemassa temppelissä kaatuneiden kunniaksi...kävi siltikin vaikka tiesi varmasti mihin se johtaa.
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Visits to Yasukuni Shrine
Koizumi has often been noted for his controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, starting on August 13, 2001. He visited the shrine six times as prime minister. Because the shrine honors many convicted Japanese war criminals, including 14 executed Class A war criminals, these visits drew strong condemnation and protests from both Japan's neighbours, mainly China and South Korea, and many Japanese citizens. China and South Korea's people hold bitter memories of Japanese invasion and occupation during the first half of the 20th century. China and South Korea refused to have their representatives meet Koizumi in Japan and their countries. There were no mutual visits between Chinese and Japanese leaders from October 2001, and between South Korean and Japanese leaders from June 2005. The standstill ended when the next prime minister Abe visited China and South Korea in October 2006.
In China, the visits led to massive anti-Japanese riots. The president, ruling and opposition parties, and much of the media of South Korea openly condemned Koizumi's pilgrimages.[5] Many Koreans applauded the president's speeches criticizing Japan, despite the South Korean President's low popularity. When asked about the reaction, Koizumi said the speeches were "for the domestic (audience)".
Although Koizumi signed the shrine's visitor book as "Junichiro Koizumi, the Prime Minister of Japan", he claimed that his visits were as a private citizen and not an endorsement of any political stance.[6] China and Korea found the claims weak as excuses. Several journals and news reports in Japan, such as one published by Kyodo News Agency on August 15, 2006, questioned Koizumi's statement of private purpose, as he recorded his position on the shrine's guestbook as prime minister. He visited the shrine annually in fulfillment of a campaign pledge, which was of course political in nature. Koizumi's last visit as prime minister was on August 15, 2006, fulfilling a campaign pledge to visit on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.[7]
Eleven months after his resignation as prime minister, Koizumi revisited the shrine on August 15, 2007, to mark the 62nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. His 2007 visit attracted less attention from the media than his prior visits while he was in office.