Aso's war cemetery visit shows right-leaning tendency (2)

Yuan Yang, a researcher of Academy of Military Sciences, thinks that, as former Japanese prime minister concurrent vice prime minister, Aso's visit is of much overtones.

It is widely perceived that there is a more and more apparent trend of rightists in the Japanese politics since Abe came to power. Not long ago, Abe said he would make a new announcement, a correction statement for the "Murayama talks" delivered in 1995 by the then Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama on the confession of the crimes committed by the Japanese criminals during the WWII.

At his sensitive moment, Aso's visit to the cemetery of Japanese armies in Myanmar where they had committed numerous crimes during the WWII made the public concerned about whether the announcement Abe is going to make will cause "retrogression" of Japan' stance. Also, Japan cannot distance itself from the doubt of the public about its good faith in peace making.

"We need to keep on high alert. On the one hand, we hold firm opposition to Japan’s crimes committed in WWII, which has deeply hurt the feelings of many countries; on the other, we take a wait-and-see attitude towards Abe cabinet's behaviors, hearing what he may say and watch what he may do," Yuan Yang said.

Read the Chinese version:麻生“拜鬼”传递右倾信号; source: Jie Fang Daily; author: Luo Zhaowen

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