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Archive Almanar TV Website 08-06-2017 04:12 AM Jerusalem Timing Home Programs Live Asia-Pacific China Japan North Korea South Korea Australia Asia – Pacific States Indonesia Japan Minister Visits Controversial War Shrine Asia-Pacific Japan Politics 01-01-2014 11:51 AM A Japanese cabinet minister visited a controversial war shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday A Japanese cabinet minister visited a controversial war shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, press reports said, six days after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit enraged Japan's neighbors and prompted criticism from Washington. Yoshitaka Shindo, the minister of internal affairs and communication, visited Yasukuni shrine on New Year's Day as thousands of people attended Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples to pray for good fortune in 2014, Jiji and Kyodo news agencies said. Last Thursday Abe made his first visit as premier to Yasukuni shrine, which honours Japan's war dead including several high-level officials executed for war crimes after World War II. China and South Korea see it as a brutal reminder of Tokyo's imperialist past and wartime aggression. Abe, known for his nationalist views, came to power in December 2012 in an election landslide. He previously served as premier from 2006 to 2007 without visiting Yasukuni after his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's repeated pilgrimages there saw ties with Beijing and Seoul plunge to their worst in decades. While prime ministers after Koizumi have refrained from going to the shrine, conservative lawmakers regularly offer prayers there for the war dead. ال مجموعة ال ل ب نان ية ل إلع الم ق ــــ نـــــاة ال ــمـــ نــــــار
