Fight against ‘Shrine to Praise Invasion’ for East Asian Peace Korea Committee on Joint Action against TWS
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who retired on September 16, 2020, visited TWS on September 19 and said, "I told the spirits that I left the cabinet." A month later, on October 19, he visited TWS once again. During his tenure, Abe was obsessed with regressive historical awareness, such as denying the invasion war and forcedness of ‘Sexual Slavery Victims’ with historical negativity. The scene in which he ran to TWS, a shrine that praises invasion, shortly after his retirement, tells what the ideological foundation of the current Liberal Democratic Party regime is. In other words, their base is in the 'Yasukuni-centered distorted view of the history', which denies the invasion war and does not reflect on colonial rule at all. He visited TWS in December 2013 when he was prime minister. At that time, the international community fiercely criticized him and expressed concern even in the United States. Then he had to abandon his visitation and end up offering tributes. Perhaps he was very frustrated with the situation.
Kim Young-hwan, Secretary General of the Korea Committee on Joint Action Against TWS