The Showa emperor never visited Yasukuni shrine again after the decision to honor Class A war criminals there was made. It was something people liked to avoid talking about... not unlike the fact that the current emperor has not visited the shrine since he assumed the throne.
People had held out that it was potentially a matter of complicating public obligations and private beliefs into one another... but the papers say otherwise. He disliked the Class A war criminals being enshrined there and did not want to honor them with his visit.
Why do the current ruling party leaders want to?
It's interesting watching a real election issue heat up that isn't just about believing one person's hypothetical economic model versus another, but a real american-style morality issue. Japan, say hello to an (even more) ineffectual, bickering era of government!
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