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	Yasukuni Shrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yasukuni Shrine was originally constructed in June 1869 by order of the Meiji Emperor to commemorate the victims of the Boshin War.
		Yasukuni Shrine also operates a museum on the history of Japan (the Yūshūkan, 遊就館) which outside observers have criticized as presenting a revisionist interpretation.
		They represented nine tribes from Taiwan whose ancestors are enshrined at Yasukuni and their intention was to peacefully request the removal of their relatives from the shrine, and to pray for the return of their ancestors' souls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine (4158 words)

	Yasukuni Shrine by Mike Rogers
		Yasukuni Shrine (which literally translates into "peaceful nation shrine") was constructed in June 1869 to commemorate all victims of the Boshin war — as well as those who died in earlier wars since 1853.
		Yasukuni Shrine, of course, stayed with being known as a religious institution that is privately funded.
		The point that must be remembered is that Yasukuni Shrine is not a shrine glorifying Japanese militarism, it is a shrine to pray for the forgiveness and rest of the souls who died in war.
	www.lewrockwell.com /rogers/rogers188.html (2089 words)

	USF Center for the Pacific Rim :: Yasukuni Film Narration
		Yasukuni shrine was established in 1869 to house the spirits of soldiers who died during the civil wars that had given birth to the new nation of Japan.
		Yasukuni's priests consider themselves to be guardians of the nation's heroic spirits.
		Yasukuni shrine provides a gathering place for their ear-splitting sound trucks as they champion patriotism, the emperor, or any cause made to resonate with their nationalistic agendas.
	www.pacificrim.usfca.edu /research/yasukuni_narrative.html (2179 words)

	Talk:Yasukuni Shrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yasukuni Shrine is part of WikiProject Japan, a project to improve all Japan-related articles.
		Yasukuni is not a traditional Japanese shrine; it was established as part of State Shinto and its original purpose was inextricably tied to that of State Shinto, i.e., Emperor worship (the Emperor as a god) and its whole apparatus.
		It is true (of course) that the Yasukuni Shrine is controversial because of its implied support for Japan's actions in previous wars, but the article already covers this controversy well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Yasukuni_Shrine (4497 words)

	A Moratorium on Yasukuni Visits -- June 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Yasukuni is a Shinto shrine that honors almost 2.5 million war dead, including 14 Class A war criminals convicted after World War II by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
		Its response to Yasukuni is conditioned by the fact that it underwent a century of humiliation from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century, subject to encroachment by European colonial powers and ruthless aggression by Japan.
		Yasukuni’s complexity today is the result of a decision taken in the wake of World War II by the General Head Quarters of the U.S. occupation forces, the government of Japan, and Yasukuni.
	www.feer.com /articles1/2006/0606/free/p005.html (4803 words)

	YASUKUNI JINJA
		In fact, Yasukuni was originally established not just as a religious place to pay homage to the dead, but also as a symbol of the newly united nation.
		It was in 1879 that the Shrine was named Yasukuni, which means “the Shrine for establishing the peace in the empire.” The Satsuma rebellion had occurred just two years earlier and after victory the Emperor’s officials wanted some symbol to reunite the country.
		According to Tsubouchi Yuzo, author of Yasukuni, the Shrine was “a symbol of eradication of all local color under one national identity.” The Emperor and his officials used this Shrine not only as a symbol of the reunification, but also as a symbol of the Emperor’s legitimacy as ruler of the nation.
	www.geocities.com /gatoesmuchogor (1424 words)

	ZNet \|Japan \| Yasukuni Shrine
		The pilgrim to Yasukuni passes under the first torii at the bottom of Kudan hill, through the wooden gate and under the second and third torii to confront the Worship hall.
		In this and any discussion of Yasukuni, it is important to acknowledge that the shrine is first and foremost a ritual site and that it is also, for this very reason, a keeper of complex and conflicting memories.
		Yasukuni rites preserve the memory of a war in which all deaths were selfless acts of bravery on behalf of the imperial institution; of a war which was only ever noble and glorious.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=7970 (2750 words)

	Yasukuni Shrine: A Problem With No Single Solution (angrychineseblogger.blog-city.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Yasukuni Shrine; the site of Japan's national war memorial, is probably not only one of the greatest bumps on the road to peaceful Sino-Japanese co-existence, but also one of the most controversial shrine in the modern age, but, if the latest developments in Tokyo bear fruit, its days might finally be number.
		Among those named in Yasukuni are several hundred female students who volunteered to remain behind on Okinawa when it was overrun by the US and several hundred grade school students who died when their evacuation ship was torpedoed by the allies.
		Prime Minister Koizumi can’t go to Yasukuni in any official stance, this is forbidden by article 20 of the constitution (church and state clause), when he goes he goes to pay homage and to mourn on behalf of himself and not the nation.
	angrychineseblogger.blog-city.com /yasakuni_shrine_a_problem_with_no_solution.htm (6246 words)

	Q&A
		Later, also enshrined were those who had gave up their lives for the country in the 15 year period of the troubled times starting with the coming of Commodore Perry and his four warships to Uraga in 1853 to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
		Among the Kami of Yasukuni Jinja are military nurses who in their red cross insignia uniforms worked gallantly in the face of air raids on the homeland to save the wounded.
		The Kami of Yasukuni Jinja offered up their lives in battle with prayers for the eternal independence and peace of Japan, and the sincere wish that wonderful history and traditions of Japan, left to us by our ancestors, will continue to be conveyed to future generations.
	www.yasukuni.or.jp /english/qanda.html (1326 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Japan News and Japanese Business and Economy
		The Yasukuni advocates say it's absolute nonsense to claim that Japan hasn't apologized to the people of Asia and is not thoroughly repentant for its past acts of aggression.
		On each occasion Koizumi has visited the Yasukuni Shrine, he has made it absolutely clear that his intention is to pray for peace and show respect for the war dead, as would any elected prime minister or president in a democratic country.
		The Yasukuni camp believes that like the leader of any other democratic country, Koizumi should continue to pay his respects in a traditional manner to the war dead at the national monument dedicated to them.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/GG22Dh02.html (2404 words)

	Yasukuni Jinja Yushukan
		The Yasukuni Jinja, founded as a Shinto shrine in 1869 for the worship of the divine spirits of those persons who sacrificed themselves for their country, operates the Yushukan museum.
		Yasukuni Jinja continues to be the center of controversy between Japan and its Asian neighbors such as China and Korea.
		Yasukuni Jinja's museum presents a slanted view of Japan's military history, with highlights of heroic moments but no mention of negative incidents such as foreign comfort women and Unit 731 in Manchuria.
	wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu /kamikaze/museums/yushukan (1267 words)

	ZNet \|Japan \| Arlington National Cemetery and Yasukuni Jinja:
		The formal title of "Yasukuni Jinja (The Shrine of the Peaceful Land) was bestowed in 1879 to proclaim that Japan was at peace because of the sacrifice of its war dead.
		Yasukuni Jinja today is controversial because of its close association with the monarchy, and particularly with the wars fought in the name of the emperor.
		Yasukuni Jinja is a memorial to over 2,400,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and a small numbers of civilians, not a military graveyard.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=8491 (2345 words)

	CNN.com - Where war criminals are venerated - Jan. 14, 2003
		The Yasukuni Shrine is dedicated to about 2.5 million people who have died in Japan's conflicts between 1853 and 1945.
		About eight million people a year visit Yasukuni, according to the shrine's website, many to pay respects to their ancestors' "mitama," or souls remaining on earth to watch over their descendants.
		The shrine, situated in central Tokyo just outside the moat to the Imperial Palace, was established in 1869 as the Tokyo Shokonsha, or Shrine for Inviting the Spirits, during the reign of Emperor Meiji.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/13/japan.shrine (431 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan's controversial shrine
		Yasukuni Shrine - the name means 'peaceful country' - was founded in 1869 on the orders of Emperor Meiji.
		Surrounded by war banners and military regalia, the Yasukuni kami are venerated by hundreds of thousands of visitors who attend the shrine each year.
		Compared with most Shinto shrines, which were founded hundreds of years ago, the dedication of the Yasukuni shrine was a relatively recent affair.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1330223.stm (495 words)

	Political pitfalls of a Japanese war shrine \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Koizumi went to Yasukuni, a shrine in Tokyo dedicated to Japan's war dead, stirring a political controversy that has bubbled throughout his four-year term.
		Yasukuni is controversial because it honors not only civilian victims and regular soldiers from wars dating back to the 19th century, but also more than 1,000 convicted war criminals from World War II, including executed wartime Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo and 13 other class-A war criminals.
		"Yasukuni is where all the dead are waiting, no matter what kind of monument they built in another place, the dead wouldn't be there," says Hiromi Kawasaki, who was a mini-sub operator during World War II.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/1231/p06s02-woap.html (889 words)

	Japundit » Yasukuni
		Kyodo News is reporting that Yasukuni Shrine has started to distribute brochures in Korean and Chinese in an attempt to allow the people in those countries to better understand their positions.
		U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer has declared that the Yasukuni issue is a Japanese domestic issue, and that it is up to Japan deal with the problems that it causes.
		Last month, the Osaka High Court handed down a ruling that Koizumi’s visits to Yasukuni were “official” and constituted “religious activities” in violation of the separation of state and religion as defined in the nation’s constitution.
	japundit.com /archives/category/yasukuni (10601 words)

	Yasukuni Jinja - a Shrine to Japan's War Dead
		Yasukuni Jinjya - Yasukuni means "peaceful country" and Jinjya is Japanese for "shrine" (place of worship for the Shinto faith).
		As we approached in a cab on a late July midday, rising sun adorned flyers hung on the streetsigns and trees.
		The Yasukuni museum had a human torpedo casing outside.
	www.links.net /vita/trip/japan/spirit/yasukuni (1558 words)

	USATODAY.com - Tokyo shrine a focus of fury around Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		At the Yasukuni Shrine, couples take romantic walks beneath cherry trees, schoolchildren feed fish in a pond and aging war veterans remember fallen friends.
		To many Japanese, the Yasukuni Shrine is no different from Arlington National Cemetery in the USA: a place to honor their war dead.
		Yasukuni, which means "peaceful nation," is supposed to be a place to reflect on the sorrow of war.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-06-22-tokyo-shrine_x.htm (960 words)

	(DV) Petersen: The Morbid Symbolism of the Yasukuni Shrine
		I do strongly suspect that the governments of China and the two Koreas are using Yasukuni Shrine as a method to whip up nationalism.” Quite possibly, in a broader sense, Rogers’ suspicion about the average person on the street in China or Korea is correct.
		[4] Yasukuni Shrine is also criticized for glorifying Japanese militarism; for example, a 52 Zero fighter is on display in the entrance hall of the Yasukuni Museum.
		Yasukuni Shrine is a cynosure for this nationalist movement.
	www.dissidentvoice.org /Dec05/Petersen1212.htm (1808 words)

	Philippines Today - Online Edition
		According to literature, the word "Shokonsha" or "Shokonjo" means "the shrine to which the divine spirits who have made great sacrifice are invited." Emperor Meiji changed the name to "Yasukuni Jinja" in 1879 to honor the efforts of the ancestors who are credited for the peace and security that the country enjoyed then.
		Today, 2.5 million names are "worshipped" as "deities" in the shrine, complete with records of their native places as well as the date and localities of their death in battle.
		While a few came to protest, the vast majority was there for simple reasons: to honor their relatives, fathers, grandfathers, former comrades-at-arms and most importantly, to pray for peace.
	www.philippinestoday.net /September2001/yasukuni.htm (923 words)

	Correspondents Report - Yasukuni Shrine
		The sort of symbolic meaning of the Yasukuni Shrine and the Prime Minister paying a visit to that Shrine is very important and the political meaning of this should not be ignored.
		YOICHI KIBATA: To those people who I mentioned just now, the Yasukuni shrine is the symbol of the unity of the Japanese people and those people tended to justify if not glorify the war which Japan waged.
		YOICHI KIBATA: Although the Yasukuni shrine is a religious institution it has a very militaristic connotation and in the presence of the Yasukuni shrine we have a museum dedicated to the memory of war.
	www.abc.net.au /correspondents/s349009.htm (935 words)

	Yasukuni Shrine \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Tokyo \| Frommers.com
		During times of war, soldiers were told that if they died fighting for their country, their spirits would find glory here; even today, it's believed that the spirits of some 2.5 million Japanese war dead are at home here, where they are worshipped as deities.
		In stark contrast to the somberness of the museum, temporary exhibits of beautiful ikebana (Japanese flower arrangements) and bonsai are often held on the shrine grounds in rows of glass cases.
		Yasukuni Shrine is also famous for its cherry blossoms.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/tokyo/A23464.html (450 words)

	In Defence of Yasukuni Jinja - the HERETIC
		What most of these criticisms ignore is that the Yasukuni Jinja is a commemoration of those who had died in all the wars and conflicts from the Meiji Restoration onward and cannot necessarily, nor specifically, be of those particular wars and atrocities in question.
		The Yasukuni Jinja housing the deities of those who had died at the behest of the state is thus twice deified.
		For instance, in Chinese culture, the exhumation of bodies for posthumous punishment is not unheard of whilst the Judaeo-'Christian' tradition views the soul as a carrier of the sins and virtues of their mortal past and which determines their internment in either a 'hell' or a 'heaven'.
	the-heretic.blogspot.com /2005/05/in-defence-of-yasukuni-jinja.html (2791 words)

	The Old Revolution » Yasukuni and the Emperor System: Japan’s Falklands War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Prime Minister Koizumi’s diplomatic posturing, backed up by right-wing elements who continue to protect Yasukuni (see right-wingers planning to march FOR Yasukuni, in Japanese only) and support the rewriting of history textbooks, seem to me a way to compensate for Japan’s declining status in the world.
		So to return to Hall: Yasukuni, Tokdo, the history textbook, and even Japan’s decision to send its armed forces to Iraq, all appear to me as part of Japan’s Falklands War.
		It is a lie which Yasukuni and the right wing see to replace the truths about the Japanese imperial atrocities.
	theoldrevolution.net /2005/06/16/yasukuni-and-the-emperor-system-japans-falklands-war (2304 words)

	The American Thinker
		Like millions across the continent, many of my university students here in Shanghai have a strong dislike for the Japanese leader because of his repeated visits to the shrine and inability to “sincerely” apologize for the country’s wartime past.
		Reaching a boiling point in late April, thousands of young Chinese hit the streets of major cities to express their anger at Japan, a key trading partner and source of billions of dollars in foreign aid in the past three decades.
		But on Friday, an Osaka High Court found that Koizumi’s worshipping at Yasukuni was a public act and therefore violated Article 20 of the constitution.
	www.americanthinker.com /comments.php?comments_id=3245 (366 words)

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