Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has returned to work this week after romping home to victory in the general election, promising to fix the nation’s huge economy. Mr Abe has so far said less about his political obsession: whitewashing the past. For evidence, take the 19 members of his cabinet: 14 belong to a parliamentary league that supports worshipping at Yasukuni, the controversial Tokyo war memorial that enshrines Japan’s Second World War leaders. Questioned this week about whether he intends to visit Yasukuni on 15…
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new term could open old wounds by rewriting country’s post-war remorse
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