People visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to pay tribute to the country’s war dead on Sunday, the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photo: EPA-EFE
People visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to pay tribute to the country’s war dead on Sunday, the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photo: EPA-EFE
China /  Diplomacy

China hits out at Japan over ministers’ Yasukuni Shrine visits

  • Beijing says the cabinet members’ actions reflect Tokyo’s ‘wrong attitude’ to its history of aggression
  • Prime minister and emperor take a more low-key approach to mark 76th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat

Laura Zhou
Laura Zhou in Beijing

Updated: 8:00pm, 15 Aug, 2021

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People visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to pay tribute to the country’s war dead on Sunday, the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photo: EPA-EFE
People visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to pay tribute to the country’s war dead on Sunday, the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photo: EPA-EFE
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