摘要
On December 26,2013,Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine,where 14Class-A World War II war criminals,including Hideki Tojo,who was prime minister of Japan for most of the war,are enshrined.These statesmen and military offi cers were responsible for maintaining a 14-year-long period of aggression towards China,for the Nanjing Massacre,for the sexual abuse of socalled"comfort women"in East and Southeast Asia,and for the attack on Pearl Harbor that provoked the Pacif ic War.Convicted of war crimes in 1946 at the
On December 26, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 Class-A World War II war criminals, including Hideki Tojo, who was prime minister of Japan for most of the war, are enshrined. These statesmen and military officers were responsible for maintaining a 14- year-long period of aggression towards China, for the Nanjing Massacre, for the sexual abuse of so- called ＂comfort women＂ in East and Southeast Asia, and for the attack on Pearl Harbor that provoked the Pacific War. Convicted of war crimes in 1946 at the International Military Tribunal for crimes against humanity, they are nevertheless honored as ＂martyrs＂ and their memories are preserved at the Yasukuni Shrine. Abe preached ＂aggression undetermined＂ during his visit, and paid homage in his capacity as prime minister - an act that is essentially a tribute to these war criminals. His speech and actions undoubtedly caused great offense to the governments and people of countries such as China and Korea, where many war crimes took place.
