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hina and the Yasukuni War ShrineBy Graeme MackayJanuary 13, 2014 13:22 GMTIn a pocket of relative tranquillity overlooking Mikawa Bay in the south-east corner of Nagoya's urban area is Mount Sangane. The local government area tourist board, GO! Central Japan, Visit Chubu, is a little coy in its description of the Mt Sangane Skyline road:"When you drive up the Sangane-san Sky Line road,Nike Air Max 2015 Women Red Black, you will come to a large ridge on the summit. Sangane Kannon Temple, Hitou Kannon Temple and Junkokunanashi Cemetery (the cemetery for the seven men who sacrificed their lives to the nation) are located here...."The Cemetery bears the name of the inscription engraved on a five-meter high memorial. Now, I wonder who are these seven heroes? Westerners might find that their presence is not welcome at the Cemetery,Nike Air Max 90 Women Running Sneakers Yellow, likewise, Chinese,Nike Air Max 90 Women Sneakers Pink Black, Koreans and Japanese not of a nationalist, far-right persuasion. The final clue is that all seven were war criminals and hanged at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison on 23 December 1948.Their bodies were later cremated in Yokohama and all their ashes were meant to have been scattered at sea on the orders of General MacArthur ?C then Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) ?C but one of the defence lawyers for the convicted was able to retrieve some of the ashes for (much later) burial at Sangane and some at the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo.Japan's current Prime Minister Shinz?? Abe, has a long-term goal to rehabilitate these men and "revise" Japan's World War II record. In line with this policy he made a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine and immediately followed this with a webcast on 15 August 2013,Nike Air Max 2014 UK, stating:"I believe it is common practice for leaders around the world to pray for the souls of people who have died in wars..."As 15 August is significant for being the anniversary of the Sh??wa Emperor (Hirohito)'s radio address announcing Japan's surrender to the Allies in 1945 and too, his choice of shrine, Mr Abe's broadcast came in for much censure.The Prime Minister went on to say that he had no intention to hurt the feelings of South Korea and China and that the purpose of the visit was to show "humility, courtesy and sincerity" to the souls of Japan's war dead but Mr Abe knows full well the significance of the day and the particular Shrine and with a clear majority in both houses of the Japanese parliament, it is clearly Mr Abe's choice to be seen in support of the far right.No surprise then that Prime Minister Abe was heaped with further loud and prolonged censure from China in particular, and Korea, on Boxing Day 2013, after an "unofficial" visit to the Shrine. This time it was to prove more irritating, earning a diplomatic rebuke from Japan's closest ally, the United States and less expectedly, an expression of "regret" for the Prime Minister's visit, from Russia.For an "unofficial" visit, it had been made no secret to the media and there were many well-wishers on hand, waving the national flag and lined up ready to cheer the PM as he was carried to and from the Shrine in a very official-looking car.America's Vice President Joe Biden, who had visited South Korea and China as well as Japan during early December must have felt particularly aggrieved as he had urged Prime Minister Abe not to go but the Japanese Government ignored this plea and gave Washington notice of the visit only one hour beforehand.The Japan Times on 27 December quoted one US official saying that Abe's visit: "...rendered recent US efforts to help Japan mend fences with China and South Korea 'useless' "."Official", "Unofficial",Air Max 2013 Men White Silver, "Private" yet really very public, what is going on here? Why do such visits to Yasukuni (and the much lesser known Sangane) generate such consternation outside Japan and do not meet with universal approval domestically with a majority of Japanese believing that such public visits only generate controversy and are to the country's detriment.This Shinto Shrine honours some 2.47 million souls of those who have died fighting for their Emperor since the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and was founded in 1869 after the forces of the