{"id":27687,"date":"2026-10-17T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27687"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:41:27","slug":"south-korea-urges-japanese-leaders-to-reflect-on-wartime-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27687","title":{"rendered":"<strong>South Korea Urges Japanese Leaders to Reflect on Wartime History<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Korea on Saturday expressed regret over offerings and visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by senior Japanese officials.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, South Korea\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was deeply disappointed that Japanese leaders had repeatedly made offerings or visited the shrine, which Seoul says glorifies Japan\u2019s wars of aggression and honours convicted war criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul urged Japanese leaders to confront history and demonstrate sincere remorse for Japan\u2019s past actions. Such reflection, the ministry said, would help build a forward-looking relationship based on mutual trust between the two countries and their peoples.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, Takaichi sent a ritual offering, a potted tree known as \u201cmasakaki,\u201d to mark the shrine\u2019s autumn festival. Some Japanese politicians and lawmakers also visited the shrine and made offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Yasukuni honours about 2.46 million Japanese war dead, including 14 convicted Class-A war criminals from the Second World War, among them wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27687\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk South Korea on Saturday expressed regret over offerings and visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by senior Japanese officials. 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