The United States said Thursday it was "disappointed" by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, saying the move would "exacerbate tensions with Japan's neighbors."
South Korea said on Thursday Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead was a deplorable and anachronistic act that damaged ties between the two countries.
A number of Japanese political parties criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine Thursday, with some expressing strong opposition.
Major officials with the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Chinese ambassador in Japan will respectively make solemn representations to the Japanese ambassador in China and Japan's foreign ministry, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine despite strong opposition from neighboring countries.
Since he took the helm in Japan for a second time on Dec 26, 2012, hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been paving the way for Japan to "escape from the postwar regime".
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has demonstrated New Year's diplomatic resolution with plans to visit at least six nations in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Hawkish Japanese PM Shinzo Abe celebrated the first anniversary of his second premiership by insulting Japan's neighbors and the rest of the world.
Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Tuesday called on Japan to take actions to mend bilateral ties.
Chinese military on Friday accused Japan of using the pretext of safeguarding its own national security and regional peace for military expansion.
China on Tuesday urged Japan to respect regional countries' security concerns after the latter approved a defense policy package to expand its military might.
Pentagon officials said Tuesday that two U.S. B-52 bombers have flown over the area of the Diaoyu Islands, which is included in China's newly established Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea.
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