Chen Hongbin

On the morning of September 19, Japan's step -down Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tweeted that in order to report to Yingling that he had stepped down, he worshiped the Yasukuni Shrine on the morning, and previously signed in the Cabinet Prime Minister.Judging from the drawn pictures, Abe is wearing a dovetail, which is the formal dress of visiting the Yasukuni Shrine.It has been nearly seven years since Abe's last time as Prime Minister.

In the year after taking office in 2006, Abe did not visit the Yasukuni Shrine, because his former Koizumi Koi Chunichiro worshiped six times during his term, which caused severe deterioration of Japan -China and Japan and South Korea.Abe has been considered by improving the relationship with these two neighboring countries. He visited China and South Korea in less than two weeks after taking office and announced that it had a strategic mutual benefit relationship with China, so he was temporarily put on the worship plan.

After his resignation, he made it clear that he was extremely regretful, so after a year of return, he resumed the actions of serving as Prime Minister to worship the Yasukuni Shrine.This move not only triggers strong opposition from neighboring countries such as China and South Korea. At that time, the US President Obama administration also stimulated the contradiction between Japan, China and South Korea, and expressed disappointment through the Japanese Embassy.

It is reported that at that time, the then vice president Biden was instructed.For Abe, who attaches great importance to Japan and the United States, he cannot ignore this important signal, so he has endured his willingness to worship.

Even so, Abe will worship the sacrifice in the annual routine spring and autumn Yasukuni Shrine sacrifice activities. On the defeat (that is, August 15), he will pay for the incense fee for the incense.Although he did not go, his cabinet members went to worship for many years.On this year's defeat, the four members of the Cabinet, including the Minister of Environment, worshiped the Yasukuni Shrine, and the last time the cabinet members visited the Yasukuni Shrine four years ago.

Abe's historical view is well known.He repeatedly stated that he repeatedly stated that the definition of the word aggression in the international community, especially the academic community, did not form a consensus. He always refused to make a formal apology on the grounds of this.

Including August 2015, Abe's speech on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the defeat in Japan only reiterated several apology made by the previous government on the war. It only acknowledged that Japan's innocent people in various countries did bring inestimable damage andIt is painful, but it has not made a formal apology from the international community. It also claims that we must not allow our next generation and future offspring. Those who are not related to this war will bear the fate of continuing to thank each other.The New York Times commented on this: Abe did not make a formal apology.

At the ceremony of mourning soldiers in Japan this year's defeat day, Abe also did not mention the responsibility to the harm of Asian neighbors in his speech. This was different from the retrospective of Emperor Deren's speech, which was deeply different from the tone.Abe also said that to promote positive peaceism, this expression is actually the different saying of the farewell system that has always been pursued.In such a solemn ceremony, Abe's old dialect reminded him. What wishes do you want to express?

According to the newspaper news news recently, Abe always believes that the Yasukuni Shrine in Japanese territory is because foreign countries say that they cannot go, and the Prime Minister cannot go to worship. Isn't this a strange thing?Praying for the death of the soldiers is the responsibility of the leader, and it is also the belief of Abe's consistent persistence.When Koizumi was the Prime Minister, he worshiped the Yasukuni Shrine, and Abe, then the director of the Liberal Democratic Party, had a fierce debate with the then Chinese ambassador Wang Yi.

Although Abe unloaded his position, he did not withdraw from politics and was not a politician.He is still a member of the Republic of China, and he is the actual spiritual leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, and it still has a huge impact on the Liberal Democratic Party and even the Japanese politics.After three days of steps, Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine again, and it was undoubtedly a great encouragement and spur on the right -wing forces in Japan.

According to statistics, as many as 40 million signs who have regained their reputation for the war criminals in Japan in Japan, it has accounted for about one -third of the national population.From the perspective of those people, the Far East International Military Tribunal after World War II was completely a farce on Japan's trial.

Japanese right -wing forces not only strongly urged his on -the -job Prime Minister to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, but even hoped that the stars and the moon looked forward to the emperor's worship.From the current point of view, this is their wishful thinking.

Without his political politics, Abe has stepped down, and of course it should not affect the relevant policy trend of the new government.However, Abe couldn't wait to go to worship, and could not even wait for the routine sacrifice next month, obviously it was obviously considered, that is, putting pressure on the government of the new Prime Minister Sugawa.EssenceIn the nearly eight years of the secretary -general of the cabinet, Tan Yiwei did not visit the Yasukuni Shrine. Of course, it was impossible for the prime minister to have this move during his term.

However, Abe's worship will obviously encourage more members of the new cabinet and parliamentarians to go to worship during the routine sacrifice.It is self -evident that this impact on the relationship between Japan and China and South Korea will have.

At the Candidate Corporate Candidate Candidate before taking office, Tan Yiwei had clearly stated that he opposed the Asian version of NATO and more clearly opposed to siege in China, and the latter did his best to promote it during his job.The historical concept and the relationship between neighboring countries have an inherent logic. Abe obviously still hopes that the government of the Supreme Yiyi government will continue to push its many years of policies for China.

South Korea has expressed anxiety and regrets about this.According to this, the South Korean news agency also analyzed that Abe obviously wanted to use this to appease the right -wing forces that have been supporting him for many years, and Abe didn't even have the possibility of listening to politics.Although Chinese officials have not yet made a formal response, it is clear that China is paying close attention to the follow -up development of this situation.

The author is a retired scholar in Shanghai, China