Japan’s defence minister has infuriated China and South Korea by visiting the controversial Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, just one day after joining Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a historic trip to Pearl Harbor.
It was Tomomi Inada’s first visit to the shrine — which commemorates Japan’s war dead, including its war criminals — since the conservative politician became defence minister in August.
Her visit is likely to fuel doubts about the sincerity of Mr Abe’s diplomacy related to Japan’s second world war history, and highlights his focus on reconciliation with the US rather than his nation’s Asian neighbours.
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