Korea Deplores Japanese Officials' Visits to Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese politicians' Yasukuni Shrine visits draw opposition in Japan, South Korea

Japanese peace advocates and South Korean lawmakers expressed strong opposition and regret on Saturday over a monetary offering and visits by Japanese politicians to Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression, on the 81st anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II.

Korea deplores Japanese officials' visits to Yasukuni Shrine

Korea denounced visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese officials and politicians Saturday, urging Japan's leaders to squarely face history and show remorse in order to develop bilateral relations based on mutual trust. The foreign ministry issued a statement after Japanese ministers and lawmakers visited or sent ritual offerings to the controversial shrine, a symbol of Japan's militaristic past, on the anniversary of Japan's 1945 surrender in…