Yasukuni Shrine – August 15th 2011 – Right wing fun in the sun

2011.08.17

***UPDATE*** There have been some unpleasant insinuations and comments about my morals and political views concerning the content of this post.
Please be sure to read my replies to the commenters.

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Yasukuni 2010 – Just when I thought it couldn’t get any weirder

2010.08.18
An unidentified man(?) poses with Shinichi Kamijo, Leader of Gishin Gokoku-kai
(Photo by Brett Bull , editor in chief of “The Tokyo Reporter“)

Anyone who lives in Japan knows that  August 15th marks the anniversary of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. Every year thousands of people flock to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine to pay their respects to the war dead interred there, including 14 class A war criminals.

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No local suffrage for foreigners in japan- Shibuya protest

2010.01.24

Protestor holding shocking photoshoped poster comparing Mr Ozawa and Mr Hatoyama to Hitler and the Nazis

(Protestor holding a banner with Ichiro Ozawa(secretary-general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan) and Yukio Hatoyama’s (Current Prime minister of Japan) faces added to Nazi propaganda poster declaring that- “My rights and rule are foremost” , “What is government rule, corruption?” ,”Mama can I have some more child allowance”)

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