Korean government officials expressed their strong protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks defending his Cabinet members' visits to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Yasukuni enshrines convicted Class-A war criminals from World War II as well as the war dead. Korea accuses Abe for supporting his Cabinet members's visits Yasukuni claiming that Japan is turning a blind eye to "the history of agression and colonial rule", which makes it difficult for Korea and Japan to establish a friendly relationship in the future. On the other hand, Japanese Prime Minister Abe takes a firm attitude toward the criticism, saying his ministers are free to“pay respects and worship the precious souls of the war dead.”
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Honami Nabeshima
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