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Everybody Who Trashes the Japanese Over the Yasukuni Shrine Ought to Learn a Little History About It

Everybody Who Trashes the Japanese Over the Yasukuni Shrine Ought to Learn a Little History About It

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Philip Bowring
Oct 04, 2006
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He would of course be wise not to go to Yasukuni, least of all in an official capacity. It incites China and Korea and gives Beijing an excuse for some nationalist gestures of its own, always a help in diverting attention from local issues.

But the rest of the world would do well to stop forever accusing Japan of wanting to gloss over its history of aggr…

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