Yasukuni Shrine

The Yasukuni Shrine is the most controversial temple in Japan as it officially pays tribute to "all those ve fought and died for their country, so their names live forever." The reality is that recognized war criminals are among those ve are memorialized at this temple, and controversy arises whenever a Japanese politician makes an official visit. It doesn't sit well with those ve suffered at the hands of the Japanese during the Second World War, especially Korea and China.

You can often see representatives of the Japanese far right giving speeches from black vans decorated with Japanese flags.