‘War criminals shrine’: China’s replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan

[ety]

And China doesn't provoke Philippines by provoking?

Any dumbass can see who is constantly provoking whom in SCS if he is not biased or not turning blind eyes on the matter.

 

[retaxis]

China and Vietnam have good and strategic relation now, there is no problem. Filipino navy constantly provokes and attacks Chinese Coast Guards in SCS and China exercised lots retraint, not China threatening or attacking Filipin, lol. We know which country is behind Filipin. Dont twist things around.

The first country Vietnam president visited was China and spent 4 days there talking about strategic partner, historic relations and communist brotherhood lol. Somehow the West can spin that into animosity is hilarious.

 

[retaxis]

China is seen as a mediator and strategic partner by ASEAN. China mediates conflicts between thailand and cambodia. Mediates religious conflicts and ethnic issues across Burma. Invest vast sums of money in places like Laos and is on friendly terms with malaysia, indonesia and singapore.

Only US vassal state phillipines try to antagonise China and somehow China is the big bully of the region? Everyone should do actual research on a topic before forming an opinion.

 

[ety]

Isn't it funny that under duterte there were no issues between China and the filos. But soon as pro america marcos gets into power, the USA orders them to antagonise china and china responds in the most peaceful way they can.

US military and strategy experts regularly and publicly threatening to go to war with China esp on Taiwan and SCS matters even with nuke attacks. Now talk of how peace loving and rightful they are in the world, lol.

 

[ety]

China is seen as a mediator and strategic partner by ASEAN. China mediates conflicts between thailand and cambodia. Mediates religious conflicts and ethnic issues across Burma. Invest vast sums of money in places like Laos and is on friendly terms with malaysia, indonesia and singapore.

Only US vassal state phillipines try to antagonise China and somehow China is the big bully of the region? Everyone should do actual research on a topic before forming an opinion.

They just want to stir up conflicts in East Asia involving China, lol.

 

[retaxis]

They just want to stir up conflicts in East Asia involving China, lol.

Its just part of their yearly billions dollar propaganda campaign to brainwash their own people to hate china. Its kinda sad that people refuse to do their own research and blindly believe whatever they are told by their media which is likely controlled by the CIA.

 

[Beijingwalker]

South Korea condemns PM Takaichi's Yasukuni offering, urges historical reflection​

By Byun Ji-hee
Published 2026.10.17. 14:45

The government expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's offering of a ritual donation to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gives a joint press statement with President Lee Jae-myung at a hotel in Andong, North Gyeongsang, on May 19. /Courtesy of Yonhap News Agency

On the 17th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a Spokesperson's commentary, "We once again express deep disappointment and regret that responsible, senior figures in Japan have yet again offered ritual donations to, or paid respects at, the Yasukuni Shrine, which glorifies Japan's past wars of aggression and enshrines war criminals."

It added, "We urge Japan's responsible leaders to face history squarely and to demonstrate through actions a humble introspection and genuine remorse over past history."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs added, "We reiterate that this is an important foundation for building a future-oriented Korea-Japan relationship based on trust between states and between people."

Earlier, on this day, Prime Minister Takaichi offered a ritual donation called "masakaki" under the name "Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi" to mark the start of the autumn grand festival (Reitaisai) at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

Yasukuni Shrine is a facility that commemorates the spirits of about 2,466,000 people who died in civil wars around the Meiji Restoration and in the wars started by Japan. Of these, about 2,133,000 are deaths related to the Pacific War.

In particular, 14 individuals, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who were convicted as Class-A war criminals at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Trials), are enshrined there, leading to friction with neighboring countries such as Korea and China over visits by Japanese politicians or the offering of ritual donations.

South Korea condemns PM Takaichi’s Yasukuni offering, urges historical reflection

South Korea condemns PM Takaichis Yasukuni offering, urges historical reflection

biz.chosun.com

 

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Message for South-east Asia​

Japan is consistently voted as the most trusted partner in South-east Asia, according to an annual survey by the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. It retained the top spot in 2026’s poll, followed by the European Union, and then the United States and China.

▲▲▲ ISEAS?... That's from Singapore.....
Let's take a look at the Japanese government's own poll instead.












▼▼▼ This is the ASEAN poll released by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs this year....


◉ Most important future partners: China ranked 1st, Japan 2nd (down 1 place).

◉ Most trusted country or organization: China ranked 1st, ASEAN 2nd, and Japan 3rd (down 1 place).

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The 11 ASEAN member states: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and Timor-Leste (which joined ASEAN in October 2025 and was not included in the poll).












【アセアン】今後重要な国、東南アで中国が首位浮上＝外務省調査
【ASEAN】China Rises to First Place as a Future Key Partner in Southeast Asia, According to Japanese Foreign Ministry Survey

https://www.wisebk.com/asean_news/365103/

日本の外務省は13日、東南アジア諸国連合（ASEAN）や米国などの各地域で実施した「海外対日世論調査」の2025年度版の結果を発表し、ASEANでは「今後重要なパートナーとなる国・機関」（複数回答）に中国を選ぶ回答者が最多だったことを明らかにした。中国は前回調査の2位から順位を上げ、前回調査で最多だった日本は2位に後退した。

On the 13th, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the 2025 results of its annual “Public Opinion Survey on Japan Abroad,” conducted in various regions, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States. The survey revealed that, in ASEAN, China was the most frequently selected answer to the question of which countries or organizations would become important partners in the future (multiple answers allowed). China rose from 2nd place in the previous survey, while Japan, which had ranked first, fell to 2nd place.

調査は2025年10～11月にインターネットで実施。ASEANでは仏調査会社イプソスに委託し、加盟10カ国で300人ずつ計3000人を対象とした。前回調査は23年に行った。

The survey was conducted online from October to November 2025. The survey was conducted by the French polling company Ipsos, commissioned by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, covering 3,000 people, with 300 respondents from each of the 10 member states. The previous survey was conducted in 2023.

域内では、今後重要なパートナーとなる国・機関に中国を選ぶ回答者が52％に上り、前回から10ポイント上昇。日本は45％に2ポイント上昇したものの、中国に抜かれた。3位はASEANの43％、4位は米国の40％で、順位に変動はなかった。

Across the region, 52% of respondents selected China as a future key partner, an increase of 10 percentage points from the previous survey. Japan’s figure also rose by 2 percentage points to 45%, but it was overtaken by China. ASEAN ranked 3rd at 43%, followed by the United States in 4th place at 40%, with no change in their rankings.

█ タイのみ日本が54％の首位
█ Japan Ranked First Only in Thailand, at 54%

国別では10カ国のうち7カ国で中国が首位だった。タイのみ日本が54％の首位で、中国は46％の2位。

By country, China ranked first in 7 of the 10 countries. Thailand was the only country where Japan ranked first, at 54%, while China ranked 2nd at 46%.

また、南シナ海で中国と領有権を争うベトナムとフィリピンは米国が首位で、それぞれ61％、65％だった。ベトナムでは中国と日本が53％で同率2位となり、フィリピンは日本が57％の2位、中国が27％の8位だった。

Meanwhile, the United States ranked first in Vietnam and the Philippines, both of which have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea, with 61% and 65%, respectively. In Vietnam, China and Japan tied for 2nd place at 53% each. In the Philippines, Japan ranked 2nd at 57%, while China ranked 8th at 27%.

域内全体で「最も信頼できる国・機関」は中国が22％、ASEANが20％、日本が17％の順。中国は8ポイント上げて前回の3位から浮上し、前回と同率だったASEAN、日本を上回った。

Across the region as a whole, China ranked first as the “most trusted country or organization” at 22%, followed by ASEAN at 20% and Japan at 17%. China rose 8 percentage points, moving up from 3rd place in the previous survey and surpassing both ASEAN and Japan, whose results remained unchanged from the previous survey.

一方、対日関係については、93％が「友好関係にある」と回答。また、日本は「信頼できる」との回答が94％に達した。

Meanwhile, regarding relations with Japan, 93% of respondents said that relations were friendly. In addition, 94% said that Japan was trustworthy.

 

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Message for South-east Asia​

For Beijing, the historical memory may also be a regional instrument, as it competes with Japan for strategic influence among its Asian neighhours.

Henrick Tsjeng, associate research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, said China has sought to appeal to South-east Asians through “common historical memories” of Japanese imperialism.

“By invoking shared memories of victimhood under Japanese imperialism in World War II, Beijing has been attempting to impress upon South-east Asians its view that Tokyo is reviving its militaristic past, and that South-east Asia should, therefore, join China in censuring and isolating Japan,” he said.

China’s latest campaign to censure Japan may find some resonance among the public in some South-east Asian countries.

However, apart from Myanmar, “it has not made much impact on the positions of South-east Asian governments regarding ties with Japan”, Tseng said. That is in part due to the goodwill that Japan has fostered in the region for decades, and also in part due to the preference of South-east Asian countries not to choose sides, he noted.

▲▲▲ Message for Double-Standard, Japanophile American: Stop consuming so much anti-China media. You’re being misled...

▼▼▼ All the following information comes from countries or regions that suffered Japanese military aggression during WW2 (except mainland China).










█ Remarks on Taiwanese comfort women by former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, who is both pro-US and pro-Japan:
(The issue of Taiwanese comfort women victims has remained unresolved to this day)



December 30, 2015
慰安婦求償 蔡英文：政府應馬上做
Comfort Women Compensation Claims: Tsai Ing-wen Says the Government Should Act Immediately
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/201512300461.aspx

民主進步黨總統候選人蔡英文今天表示，慰安婦問題是歷史悲劇。
她支持要求政府應拿出行動替上個世代的長輩求公平，讓所受委屈與傷痕能撫平並獲得賠償，這是政府應該馬上做的。
Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen said today that the comfort women issue is a historical tragedy.

她支持要求政府應拿出行動替上個世代的長輩求公平，讓所受委屈與傷痕能撫平並獲得賠償，這是政府應該馬上做的。
She supports demanding that the government take action to seek justice for the elders of the previous generation, so that the wrongs and scars they suffered can be healed and they can receive compensation, which is something the government should do immediately.

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30 December 2015
小桃阿嬤走了　蔡英文：若當選積極向日提慰安婦道歉
Grandma Xiaotao Has Passed Away; Tsai Ing-wen: If Elected, She Will Actively Press Japan for a Comfort Women Apology
https://www.ettoday.net/news/20160115/631202.htm

台籍原慰安婦受害者小桃阿嬤不幸離世，民進黨總統候選人蔡英文15日表示，阿嬤們年紀也都大了，向日本提出慰安婦求償道歉之事應加速處理，若她當選，也會積極來做，希望不要讓上個世代的阿嬤失望。
Grandma Xiaotao, a Taiwanese former comfort woman victim, has sadly passed away. On the 15th, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen said that the grandmothers are also getting old, and the matter of demanding compensation and an apology from Japan over the comfort women issue should be handled more quickly. If she is elected, she will also pursue it actively, and she hopes not to let down the grandmothers of the previous generation.



















█ In June this year, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s remarks on the South Korea-Japan Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA):



June 8, 2026
【SBS News】이 대통령 "일본 총리에 군수지원협정 받아들이기 어렵다 얘기"
【SBS News】 President Lee: “I told the Japanese prime minister that it is difficult to accept the military logistics support agreement”
https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1008599717

이재명 대통령이 한일 상호군수지원협정(ACSA)에 대해 "(다카이치 일본 총리에게) 국민 정서상 이것을 받아들이기가 현재는 어렵다고 얘기했다"고 밝혔습니다.
President Lee Jae-myung said regarding the South Korea-Japan Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA), “(To Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi) I said that, given public sentiment, it is difficult to accept this at present.”

이 대통령은 "분명히 주먹질해서 내가 맞았는데 (중략) 친하게는 지내지만 진짜로 완전 협력을 할 수 있겠나"라며 "본질적으로 깨끗이 정리된 상황이 아니기 때문에 그렇다. 그래야(정리돼야) 진정한 한일관계가 이뤄진다"고 강조했다.
President Lee emphasized, “Clearly, punches were thrown and I was the one who got hit (omitted). We can be on friendly terms, but can we really cooperate fully?” and “It is so because, in essence, the situation has not been cleanly settled. Only when it is settled will a genuine South Korea-Japan relationship be achieved.”

그러면서 이 대통령은 "대한민국이 돈이 부족해서 '치료비 내놔' 하지 않는다. (일본 측이) '때려서 진짜 미안해'를 진심으로 해야 한다"며 "언젠가 그렇게 될 거라고 본다"고 기대했다.
He went on to say, “It is not that the Republic of Korea is short of money and says, ‘Hand over the medical bills.’ (The Japanese side) must sincerely say, ‘I’m truly sorry that I hit you,’” and expressed hope, saying, “I believe it will come to that someday.”

이 대통령의 이런 언급은 국민 정서를 고려했을 때 협력은 지속 추진하되 본격적인 군사협력은 과거사 문제가 완전히 해결된 뒤에야 가능하다는 취지로 풀이된다.
President Lee’s remarks are interpreted to mean that, considering public sentiment, cooperation will continue to be pursued, but full-fledged military cooperation will be possible only after historical issues are completely resolved.

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June 8, 2026
“먼저 때렸는데 미안하다고 사과?”, 한일 관계 답변에 日 기자 '침묵'
“You Hit First, So Why Not Apologize?” Japanese Reporter Falls Silent After Answer on South Korea-Japan Relations














█ This year, South Korea is reactivating the 「Pro-Japanese Collaborators’ Property Investigation Committee」 to recover assets belonging to Korean collaborators who aided the Japanese Empire during its colonial rule (traitors to Korea).


May 4, 2026
與 "친일파 재산 1원까지 몰수 한다!"..16년만에 '친일재산환수법' 국회 법사1소위 극적 통과
Ruling party: “We will confiscate pro-Japanese collaborators’ property down to the last 1 won!”.. After 16 years, the “Pro-Japanese Property Recovery Act” dramatically passes the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee 1st Subcommittee
https://www.amn.kr/57903

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August 15, 2026
[속보] 李대통령 "친일로 부당 축적한 재산 환수"…광복절에 "역사적 책임 반드시 묻겠다"
[Breaking] President Lee: “We will recover property unjustly accumulated through pro-Japanese acts”… On Liberation Day: “We will surely hold [them] accountable for historical responsibility”


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August 16, 2026
친일재산조사위 16년 만에 재가동…정성호 “최소 325억 이상 환수”
Pro-Japanese Property Investigation Committee Restarts After 16 Years… Jung Sung-ho: “At least 32.5 billion won or more to be recovered”
https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/1273116.html

친일반민족재산조사위원회가 오는 12월 재구성돼 최대 5년간 친일 재산 환수에 나선다. 전신인 친일반민족행위자재산조사위원회가 노무현 정부 시절인 2006년 설치돼 4년 간 활동하다가 2010년 이명박 정부에서 해산한지 16년 만이다.
The Pro-Japanese Anti-National Property Investigation Committee will be reconstituted this coming December and will set out to recover pro-Japanese property for up to 5 years. It has been 16 years since its predecessor, the Pro-Japanese Anti-National Collaborators’ Property Investigation Committee, was established in 2006 under the Roh Moo-hyun administration, operated for 4 years, and was dissolved in 2010 under the Lee Myung-bak administration.
















█ In October 2025, Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi visited the Japanese Cemetery in Malaysia, which sparked dissatisfaction among Malaysian netizens as well as netizens from other countries. They protested one after another under Sanae Takaichi’s X account.


ctober 26, 2025


本日、クアラルンプール日本人墓地を訪問し、慰霊碑に献花しました。マレーシアで命を落とした先人を慰霊することができ、感慨深く思います。
これに続けて、二度の大戦やマレーシアの独立闘争で亡くなられた兵士と市民の霊を慰める国家記念碑も訪問し、マレーシアの歴史に思いを馳せました。

Today, I visited the Japanese Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur and laid flowers at the memorial monument. I am deeply moved to have been able to pay my respects to the predecessors who lost their lives in Malaysia.
Following this, I also visited the National Monument, which honors the souls of the soldiers and civilians who died in the two world wars and in Malaysia’s struggle for independence, and reflected on the history of Malaysia.

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Bitcoin Malaya 　@bitcoinmalaya 　


Our Sejarah textbooks severely downplay the dark realities of the Japanese occupation in Malaya
Every young Malaysian should take the time to learn the real history for themselves

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Malaysian IGOT7 　@MyPhoenixes
https://x.com/MyPhoenixes/status/1982582477710672272

Have you, as a country, ever publicly apologized for the invasion and occupation of Malaya, while inflicting sufferings and trauma to the people which some still carry/experience to this very day? HAVE YOU?

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Malaya_Singapore 　@MalayaSingapore
https://x.com/MalayaSingapore/status/1982780247524389220

Not a good move by the newly elected Japanese prime minister

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Natalie @NatalieAng_99
https://x.com/NatalieAng_99/status/1982665377873305813

How dare you come to Malaysia and disregard the horrors the Japanese did to our people, specifically the Chinese, and claim to that those who perished here were noble?


The audacity to “pay respects” to those who taunt, raped, tortured, and killed so many Malaysians. Kys.

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Lucas 　@TheBlackWallaby
https://x.com/TheBlackWallaby/status/1982681277271777482

Visiting Kuala Lumpur to honour Japanese soldiers without acknowledging the atrocities they committed in Malaya is profoundly offensive.

Australians, Malaysians, Chinese, Indians, Indonesians and many others were tortured, executed, and starved under that occupation.

Paying respects to the aggressors while ignoring their victims disrespects history itself.

Takaichi Sanae should apologise - not for remembering the dead, but for forgetting what they did.















█ These are special reports on Unit 731 produced by Singaporean media in June this year. I have already posted about this before.

https://defencepk.com/forums/thread...n-2027-global-gdp-rankings.34649/post-1432915 (#38)











█ The BBC has criticized Japan for never having fully confronted or acknowledged the atrocities it committed across Asia during World War II.

How does Japan remember the end of WW2?
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c2djj1ygpkko

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BBC's Tokyo correspondent Shaimaa Khalil explains why in Japan the 15 August is a mourning occasion known as the "Memorial Day for the End of the War".

World War Two in Europe ended in May 1945 but the Allies, including the UK, US and Commonwealth forces, were fighting against Japan in east Asia.

About 71,000 soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth died in the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity.

The Allies had told Japan to surrender in July 1945, but the deadline passed.

The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in that year, one on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and another in Nagasaki three days later. About 214,000 people were killed in the blasts.

The USSR joined the war on Japan. And on 15 August 1945, Japan surrendered.

▼ 00:30

But the country (Japan) has never fully confronted or acknowledged the atrocities committed by its imperial army in China, in Korea, and across Asia.
It's a stark contrast to Germany's reckoning with its Nazi past.











█ There is a mountain of Unit 731 videos on YouTube made by internet users from various countries, and none of them were made by Chinese people.

Atrocidades de la Ciencia: El Escuadrón 731

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