Beijing Daily WeChat official account | Reporter Qian Feifan
According to @CCTV Military, citing news agency, on August 15, Japanese Revival Minister Akiha Ken also visited the Yasukuni Shrine that day.
On August 13, Japan's new Minister of Economics and Industry visited the Yasukuni Shrine. In response to this, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that members of the Japanese cabinet visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which hosted WWII Class A war criminals, and once again reflected the Japanese government's wrong attitude towards historical issues. China has made solemn representations to Japan.
China urges Japan to truly face up to and deeply reflect on the history of aggression, properly handle relevant issues with a responsible attitude, and win the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community with practical actions.
People's Daily Bell:
Those who drive history will definitely go astray
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the World Anti-Fascist War achieved the final victory. The heinous crimes committed by Japanese militarism have brought profound disasters to the people of Asian countries, are brutal trampling on life and human rights, and are also serious challenges to human civilization. Japan should have reflected deeply on the history of aggression and won the trust of its Asian neighbors and the international community with practical actions. However, today 77 years later, Japan has frequently reversed its historical issues, stepped up its own military loosening, and tried its best to win over countries outside the region to fight in the region... Various wrong practices defied historical justice, damaged peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and aroused the high vigilance of peace forces in regional countries and the international community.
Face history and reflect on the responsibilities are the prerequisites for Japan to achieve self-salvation and return to the international community after the war. However, in the past 77 years, Japan has never really done this, and the Japanese right-wing forces have never stopped challenging historical public opinion and international justice. In recent years, new changes have taken place in Japan's domestic political ecology, and the trend of overturning the verdict in the history of militarist aggression has become increasingly fierce. Japanese politicians frequently visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Class A war criminals in World War II, downplayed the crimes of the Nanjing Massacre, denied the forced recruitment of comfort women, and openly questioned and challenged the " Cairo Declaration ", " Potsdam Proclamation " and " Tokyo Trial ", and constantly created trouble on issues such as Diaoyu Island ... Japan's cover-up, denial and even beautified of the history of aggression is a serious provocation to the victory of the world anti-fascist war and the post-war international order.
Japanese right-wing forces are keen on falsifying history. The fundamental purpose of is to break free from the shackles of the post-war international order and achieve military expansion again. Japan hyped up its "threat" to neighboring countries, actively colluded with major foreign countries, and attempted to create divisions and provoke confrontation in the Asia-Pacific region. While maliciously exaggerating the tension in the region, Japan's steps to loosen its security policies are getting bigger and bigger. Accelerate the revision of the peace constitution agenda, modify the three principles of weapons export , forcibly pass the new security law, lift the ban on collective self-defense rights, and passes the new version of the " defense plan outline " and "Medium-term defense power preparation plan", continuously increase defense funds and develop the so-called "counterattack capability"... Japan is moving further and further away from the road of specializing in defense, constantly sending out red flags to deny the path of peaceful development after the war, becoming a serious risk and hidden danger facing peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan's high-profile performance on the Taiwan issue further exposes its sinister intentions. Japan once illegally occupied and implemented a colonial rule in Taiwan for half a century, killing more than 600,000 Taiwanese compatriots, and committing a crime that is incredible. The Japanese side should have seriously reflected on the history of aggression, abide by the principles and commitments of the four political documents of China and Japan, and be cautious in their words and actions on the Taiwan issue. However, for some time, Japan's negative trends on the Taiwan issue have been frequently concentrated, and some political forces claim that "if Taiwan has something to do, Japan has something to do." The Japanese government recently released the 2022 edition of the " Defense White Paper ", disregarding the facts and exaggerating the so-called "military threat" to Taiwan, and citing "the situation in Taiwan is very important to Japan's security and international stability." The above behavior seriously violates the basic norms of international relations, violates Japan's serious commitment to China on the Taiwan issue, and damages the political foundation of China-Japan relations.US Congress Speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan, China, which attracted widespread condemnation by international justice forces. However, Japan, which is heavily in debt on the Taiwan issue, openly openly allowed Pelosi to rush to Taiwan and violate China's sovereignty, and made remarks on the Chinese government's reasonable and legal countermeasures, following and cooperating with the US to "use Taiwan to control China." Japan's bad practice of making accomplices for tigers poses a sinister intention to mess up the Taiwan Strait, disrupt the Asia-Pacific, and profit from it. People can't help but ask, is Japan, whose " risk preference " constantly increasing, repeating the same mistakes and sliding into the abyss of harming neighbors and chaotic areas? Those who drive history reversers will surely go astray. Only by knowing the loss of Japan’s path, deeply reflecting on historical responsibilities, learning from historical lessons, respecting the security concerns of Asian neighbors, and adhering to the path of peaceful development can Japan find its own position in regional development. If you continue to be obsessed with moving against the trend of the times, Japan will eventually only suffer from bad consequences.
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