Abe praised Class-A war criminals for being 'foundation' of Japan's prosperity
August 27, 2014
THE ASAHI SHIMBUNPrime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a written message in April to an annual memorial ceremony honoring Class-A and other war criminals, hailing those executed by the Allied powers as "the foundation of their nation," The Asahi Shimbun has learned.
In the message sent as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Abe said, "(the war criminals) staked their souls to become the foundation of their nation."
The ceremony held in April was before a memorial statue that describes the war crime tribunals conducted by the Allied powers as "retaliatory" and calls all Japanese war criminals executed as "Showa Era (1926-1989) martyrs." http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201408270054
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