KATHMANDU: Japan’s prime minister has marked the 75th anniversary of his country’s surrender in World War Two on Saturday.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the occasion by sending an offering to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, but did not attend in person.
“We will never repeat the tragedy of war and continue to remain committed to this resolute pledge,” he said on Saturday.
However, four ministers did visit the Yasukuni Shrine, in a move that is likely to anger China and South Korea.
It is the first time in four years such senior politicians have attended the shrine, which pays homage to a number of senior figures convicted of war crimes, as well as the country’s war dead.
“I paid respects… to the souls of those who nobly sacrificed themselves during the war,” Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda explained to reporters.
(With inputs from Agencies )
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