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theeastisred
He sent his soul.
smithinjapan
To assuage his 'guilt' at not visiting the war criminals, whom he does not think were criminals, along with the rest of the souls of the dead. When he makes this donation, especially when it comes on the heels of him announcing to the world he won't visit, it really makes the former ring hollow.
Just a user
mind reading again?
oldman_13
Their country, their choice to visit or not.
B.l. Sharma
Be bold , cast off all fear of criticism from any country.All Japanese should visit YASUKUNI as and when they desire to offer prayers.The more you bother about others , the more they will come on your nerves. So ignore them completely on this issue.
mtuffizi
oldman_13 & B.I.Sharma - totally agreed. finally some people talked sense.
slowguy2
Just a user: mind reading again?
What, it isn't obvious to you? Then you're one of a TINY, willfully blind minority. Or one of the bigger weeaboo minority that will excuse anything Japan does, just because it's Japan.
MrBum
Is that what he's calling his wife these days?
Harry_Gatto
Just curious but what would be a typical ritual offering?
Goodlucktoyou
Separate the graves. It is often done here for real estate reasons. Then put the CCTV cameras on the people who visit war criminals. People dying for their country deserve some form of respect, but imagine if it was Adof Hitlers grave? Could you visit his memorial and sieg hiel?
cleo
There are no graves, no bodies.
The shrine authorities say that once a spirit is enshrined, it cannot be removed ; it would be like trying to remove a single, specific drop of water from a lake.
lucabrasi
@Harry
A sprig of the sacred masakaki (真榊) tree.
some14some
Cash offering of Yen 30,000 (less than US$300) i guess, this is what former PM Koizumi used to offer.
Fred Wallace
So why does the US et al let this slide but frown if someone did the same thing in Germany for some nazi 'souls'?
The hypocrisy is rancid!!
BertieWooster
Without going there himself.
Interesting!
The "war dead" of course includes Abe's grandfather who managed to worm out of punishment after WWII with some nefarious and secret deal with the US.
Thomas Crane
Sir Yasukuni shrine is no ones business ;but japans, it is a shrine to the fallen and its is vacuos to complain about the shrine;;;the war is long over !!!! m