No WWII Apologies at Japan Shrine-- Part 2

Continued from Feb. 11, 2013 blog entry.

Japan and its neighbors they invaded before and during the war, have long squabbled over past animosities and that continues to this day. 

In Japan, the Yasukuni Shrine has re-emerged as a battleground over the war, especially when Shinzo Abe, a front runner to become prime minister visited the shrine on October.  Most Japanese, according to polls view the years before and during World War II as a dark era for the nation.

In 1978, the shrine added 14 Class A war criminals who were tried and sentenced for what they did in the war.  Among them was Iwane Matsui, commander of the troops that carried out the Nanjing (Nanking) Massacre, a six-week takeover of China's historical capital in 1937 that left hundreds of thousands dead.

Only two paragraphs at the museum/shrine cover it saying only that the Japanese Army occupied the city and carried it out to discourage "the Chinese from continuing their resistance."

Another big situation revolves around the use of "Sex Slaves" by the Japanese Army whereby Chinese and Korean women were forced to provide sex to the soldiers. They were referred to as "comfort women."

The Past Still a Hot Subject.  --GreGen