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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has annoyed both China, South Korea and the U.S. a little

  • by making an official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, which houses the remains of war criminals,

  • as well as a bunch of other people who died in battle.

  • Now, if youre not up on your history, you should know that a lot of folks in China and

  • Korea are still mad as hell about the nasty things the Japanese did in those countries

  • before the end of World War II. So they see it as a slap in the face that Abe went to

  • pay his respects to these war criminals

  • Also, Abe visited the shine on Mao Zedong’s 120th birthday, and the Chinese don’t think

  • that was a coincidence.

  • However, the visit is believed to be a move by Abe to gain support from conservatives

  • in Japan, and what’s more, China loves a reason to get mad at someone, so they can

  • distract the masses from issues that matter. At the end of the day, it could be a win-win

  • for both parties.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has annoyed both China, South Korea and the U.S. a little

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