Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed "scrub" during the Tokyo ceremony due to the actions of his country during planet War II. "We should never repeat the demolition of war. We will never, always make a mistake in choosing the path" - declared Ishiba in Nippon Budokan Hall. "The contritions and conclusions of this war should be profoundly etched again in our hearts" - he added.
Also Emperor Naruhito expressed "deep repentance," stressing that war should never happen again. Around 3.4 1000 families of planet War II victims attended the ceremonies. A minute of silence was preserved at the very noon of local time, which is erstwhile 80 years ago Emperor Hirohito declared surrender.
A fresh Generation at Celebrations
More than 3 million nipponese died were commemorated, including those killed during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. For the first time, more than half of the participants of the ceremony were born after the war - the Kyodo agency pointed out.
Prime Minister Ishiba did not make a peculiar message this year, unlike his predecessors, who published specified papers on the occasion of the "round" anniversary. Their content has always been carefully analysed in Asian countries that have been victims of nipponese aggression.
Controversy around Yasukuni Temple
Ishiba, like his predecessors, did not personally visit the controversial Shintoistic Yasukuni temple. Instead, he sent gifts there in honor of the gods. Over 2 million nipponese dead are commemorated in Yasukuni, including 14 politicians and representatives of the imperial nipponese army, who have been declared war criminals by an global tribunal.
Visits by nipponese politicians in Yasukuni have long been the origin of diplomatic friction between Japan and China and South Korea. These countries consider visits to be a manifestation of nipponese militarism.
Nevertheless, this year the Minister of Agriculture Shinjiro Koizumi went there. The politician emphasized that the visit was intended to commemorate those who "lost their lives for the nation" and to remind them of "a commitment (Japan) to never wage war again." Koizumi, considered a possible future leader of the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party, visited this place besides in erstwhile years.
Anniversary of surrender
On 15 August 1945, the nipponese government declared the adoption of surrender conditions, which meant a ceasefire in East Asia and the end of military action during planet War II. A formal act of surrender was signed on September 2 aboard an American battleship USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay.
Sources used: "PAP" Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
