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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, December 25 (Xinhua) — The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a controversial symbol of Japanese militarism. Russia calls on Japan to fully recognize the results of World War II. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a briefing on Thursday, responding to a Xinhua reporter's question about a possible upcoming visit to the shrine by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
"I would like to broadly echo Russia's approach to this issue. The Yasukuni Shrine is an odious symbol of Japanese militarism, where, as is well known, Class A war criminals sentenced to death by the International Tribunal for the Far East are venerated, among others," the Russian diplomat noted.
M. Zakharova recalled that on April 21 of this year, a large group of Japanese politicians, led by Shigeru Ishiba, Sanae Takaichi's predecessor as Prime Minister, sent a sacrificial offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. According to her, the entire event was not without pomp and even ceremony. "We once again call on Japan to cease its attempts to whitewash the inhumane suffering in its own history and to fully recognize the results of World War II," the official spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
She shared the idea that a temple dedicated to the victims of Japanese militarism should be built in Japan. "And once a year, or even more often, sacrificial offerings could be sent there to atone for our own crimes. Because it's hard to even imagine how many people Japanese militarism killed and how it killed civilians," Zakharova emphasized, pointing out that all these facts are historically documented.
"How do they view this idea in Tokyo?" the Russian diplomat asked rhetorically, expressing confidence that even if Japanese journalists don't write about it, Chinese journalists will certainly convey the proposal to the region. –0–
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