Again, the Japanese official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine has caused international outcry mainly from China, Taiwan and South Korea. More than 100 Members of Parliament (Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will be absent but has dispatched an offering to the Shrine) will pay their visit and prayer to more than 2.5million of KAMI(war dead who lost their lives to serve the Emperor and the nation, they are deemed to be glorious spirit) who have been enshrined and venerated in the Yasukuni Shrine including the infamous 14 Class A World War 2 war criminals, such as Prime Minister Tojo and General Matsui etc. Main argument for anti official visit to Yasukuni: 1) official visits are equavalent to tacit approval of the action of those Class A war criminal and such patronage severely wounds the feelings of the citizen of those nations that suffered under Japanese militarian and aggression, and amount to a denial of historical responsibility. 2) The Constitution of 1946 and Shinto Directive issued by 1945 American Occupation Force have abolished the State-Shinto status of Yasukuni Shrine render it to be an entirely independent religious juridical person. The strict division between State and Religion was followed by several Supreme Court rulings that the Prime Ministerial or Official visits to Yasukuni Shrine were unconstitutional. Main argument for pro-visit: 1) Those enshrined in Yasukuni are the good citizen of Japan who have lost their lives to serve the nation and their sacrifices must be acknowledged and rewarded with respect of highest degree. And all these are within the internal affairs which foreign state should have no say. Of course there are many other arguments for both side, it depends on what perspective u take.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:25:26 +0000