www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / National affairs

No remorse as Abe marks surrender

By Cai Hong in Tokyo and Zhang Yunbi in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-16 01:24

No remorse as Abe marks surrender

A group of Japanese peace activists pay their respects to victims of the Nanjing Massacre in the capital of Jiangsu province on Thursday, the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. At least 300,000 Chinese people were killed by Japanese soldiers when they took Nanjing, then China's capital, in December 1937, in a six-week rampage of looting, rape, torture and murder. The signs read: "In memory of the dead." [LIU JIANHUA / FOR CHINA DAILY]

China protests Japanese politicians' pilgrimage to Yasukuni war shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose hawkish views have raised concerns in the region, broke with two decades of tradition on Thursday by omitting any expression of remorse for Japan's past aggression in Asia on the 68th anniversary of its World War II surrender.

In a speech, he avoided words such as "profound remorse" and "sincere mourning" used by his predecessors to acknowledge the suffering caused by the Imperial Japanese Army as it stormed across East Asia.

Related readings:
No remorse as Abe marks surrender Japan's military mindset resurrected
No remorse as Abe marks surrender
War shrine is an open invitation to Japan's extremists
No remorse as Abe marks surrender Gathering mourns Nanjing Massacre victims
No remorse as Abe marks surrender Chinese lament ravaged cemetery of WWII heroes
No remorse as Abe marks surrenderJapan's Abe sends offering to war shrine
No remorse as Abe marks surrenderExperts warn of Japan's challenge to post-war order
No remorse as Abe marks surrenderChina urges Japan to reflect on history
No remorse as Abe marks surrenderJapan's PM rules out visit to Yasukuni Shrine
No remorse as Abe marks surrenderJapan should follow peace, friendship treaty

He has previously expressed unease over Japan's apologies for wartime aggression.

Abe stayed away from the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including 14 Class A war criminals from World War II. But he sent a ceremonial gift to the shrine, bearing his name and title as head of the Liberal Democratic Party.

At a time when Japan is witnessing an unprecedented surge of nationalism that is downplaying its past militarism, three of Abe's cabinet members — Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, Yoshitaka Shindo, internal affairs and communications minister, and Tomomi Inada, administrative reform minister — made their pilgrimage to the shrine, together with 102 Diet members.

Abe joined Emperor Akihito at a ceremony at a Tokyo arena where they bowed before a backdrop of white and yellow chrysanthemums in respect for the war dead.

Abe has said he regrets not visiting Yasukuni on the anniversary during his first term in 2006-07.

Abe also failed to pledge not to fight a war in the future, as his predecessors did in previous speeches at the memorial ceremonies.

"Abe's failure to apologize to Japan's victimized neighbors has made it clear that his ruling Cabinet is the most nationalistic in recent years," said Yang Bojiang, deputy director of the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

A recent poll showed that 56 percent of Japanese supported a visit by Abe to the Yasukuni.

Compared with his restrained attitude in his first term, Abe has shown a stronger will in pushing ahead with right-wing policies, which will lead to further friction with its neighbors, including China and South Korea, Yang warned.

Beijing strongly condemned the visits of Japanese Cabinet members to the Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday, with Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin summoning the Japanese ambassador to China, Masato Kitera, to express the anger.

Forum: What do you think of China-Japan relations?

"No matter in what form or name a Japanese leader pays tribute at the Yasukuni Shrine, its essence is to try to deny and glorify Japan's militarist past of aggression and challenge the post-World War II international order," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.

Tetsuya Takahashi, a professor at Tokyo University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said it is an improper historical perception that the war dead in Japan's aggressions should be worshipped as "gods" and commended for their deeds.

Liu Jiangyong, an expert on Japanese studies and the deputy dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations at Tsinghua University, said Abe's decision to make a ritual offering instead of visiting the shrine is his tactic for repairing ties with neighboring countries.

"However, by making an ornamental offering to the shrine, he has shown an ingrained nationalistic sentiment, which will never appease Asian neighbors," Liu warned.

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young said in a statement that leading Japanese politicians and Cabinet members "still turn a blind eye to history".

In his proposal on improving China-Japan relations, Shin Kawashima, director of the CSIS-Nikkei virtual think tank, said the two countries should have dialogues and seek common interests as a way to mend ties when they mark the 35th anniversary of the China-Japan Treaty on Peace and Friendship this year.

He hopes that Japanese Cabinet members treat Yasukuni visits with caution.

In a letter to Abe published in Japan Times, J. F. van Wagtendonk, president of the Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts in The Hague, asked Abe to face Japan's war responsibility. "You cannot pass this responsibility to your and Japan's children."

Contact the writers at caihong@chinadaily.com.cn and zhangyunbi@chinadaily.com.cn

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美精品久久一区二区三区 | 亚洲精品二区中文字幕 | 国产亚洲精彩视频 | 久久香蕉国产线看免费 | 日韩欧美一区二区三区免费看 | 久久夜视频 | 在线观看日本亚洲一区 | 久久久久久久网站 | 欧美二区视频 | www.亚洲黄色 | 精品欧美一区二区在线看片 | 在线观看国产日本 | 456亚洲视频 | 久久久久国产成人精品亚洲午夜 | 一级特黄aaa大片 | 黄影院 | 日本一区午夜爱爱 | 国产日韩精品视频 | 国产在线一区二区三区欧美 | 成人三级做爰在线观看男女 | 欧美野外性k8播放性迷宫 | 曰韩毛片 | 亚洲天堂久久精品 | 国产第一区二区三区在线观看 | 日韩毛毛片| 美女三级黄 | 精品国产91在线网 | 一个人看的www日本高清视频 | 亚洲国产天堂久久综合网站 | 久久国产精品影院 | 亚洲国产字幕 | 国产精品一二区 | 一级片观看 | 久久免费资源 | 午夜视频久久 | 久热精品男人的天堂在线视频 | 国产成人爱片免费观看视频 | 伊人久久大香线焦在观看 | 女在床上被男的插爽叫视频 | 成人的天堂 | 国产成人亚洲精品一区二区在线看 |