Japanese girl group AKB48 rumoured to have visited Yasukuni

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This circles in political issues, which is unpleasant but it's always there. Nothing much we can do about it.

Though yeah, this will gain the girls (and the group) some potential international nationalist hater @_@; Since the Japanese are known to purposely "ignore" this part of history, as some would call it all just a rumour and a story. History is all opinionated and from different point of views.

But people need to understand that future generations should NOT have to hold responsibility for what the older generations did.

Though I'm personally iffy about the shrine myself...as it houses A-class criminals, though only to the non-Japanese.

 

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I personally couldn't give more of a damn about who is housed in that shrine considering it doesn't concern me in anyway (the past is the past, learn from it and move on, thats it)

And really, as much as the Japanese army were, I admit, complete jerks in the past, I don't really see what is so wrong about this shrine, just paying respects to the fallen who served the country, nothing much to be so butthurt about

That said, remind me to visit it when I go to Japan next time if possible...should be interesting to see how its like

 

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^ Agreed, I can care less. It's like every little thing AKB does, the news just blows it all up.

 

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Well... there's no headline news lately so AsiaOne decided to put this on!

 

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lol that's true, AKB news will make more readers..

 

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But... Domomi... WTF
I thought it was Domo-kun....

And Asiaone is from my country

 

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Yeah, Domochin and Simajaki...

 

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the shrine is just like the church, a place majorly for prayer...
they went there on the very first day of the new year, clearly the intention being new year prayer...

nobody would go to mourn the war criminals on new year day, not to say the troublesome procedure required before entering the particular chamber for criminals.

 

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So freaking over all this racial shit being brought up over dumbshit like rocks and shrine visits. Go find real problems like bank lenders secretly giving you subsidiary mortgages with higher interest rates or losing your kid over some dipshit with a gun trying to play hero and the law won't do anything about it.

 

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Yeah I agree too...making a big deal out of something like this is pretty stupid, but don't forget...not everyone is a fan of AKB like we are...especially not people with a bit too much nationalism, so they look at this situation differently than we do [shock]

I just hope they realize how BS this whole thing is and just move on, unless they're purposely causing trouble

 

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Cheap news. They're just trying to find excuse to bring up old political issues. Besides, they were born in 90's, they live in the present. They've nothing to do with the war. I'm sure they didn't have any intention to go there to make Chinese and Korean angry.
Domomi and Simajaki just wanted to celebrate New Year's eve in a shrine. Why is that wrong? [wonder]

 

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^Yeah, I mean Domomi should just pose in front of the shrine. That'll appease their anger. So cute (Especially the new name )

 

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They are public personalities, so this was a stupid move, because this visit, coming from public personalities, has meaning.
But I'm quite certain the girls had no idea about what they were doing, and even if ignorance can't be an excuse, it still means this should not be given too much importance.

 

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What does the V-sign mean to them? V for Victory or V for Peace? Important issue.

 

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^^ AKB have actually performed in that Shrine in the past: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5j3xIymfsY

So I guess we can call all AKB girls stupid including management.

 

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^ Yes, that's the kind of move that could easily backfire ... So it can be called stupid I think.

 

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According to Wikipedia, V-sign here mean peace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#V_sign_in_photographs_of_Japanese. So no offence intended

Nah, from some Japanese I know, it is not really ignorance. Yasukuni is not a place to commemorate war criminals. It is wrong to think like that. Yasukuni is a war memorial for all Japanese soldiers died in wars. There are millions soldiers there but only fewer than 10 war criminals. And a shrine in Japan is like a church, mosque or pagoda, it is not only a place to remember the dead but also a place for praying for good luck. In this case, the girls most likely go there for praying so their only meaning is that they wish good luck in the new year

 

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^ AKB is trying to internationalize itself since some years back. It wasn't true when they did the concert, but it was true when Itano and Haruka visited. They should think about how their actions are perceived.
And sorry but, even among Japanese population, when politician visit this shrine, it's not neutral.

 

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^ I totally agree, from a PR point of view, their action was a bit careless. With the news in a mainstream media like AsiaOne, the management probably advises the girls against doing that in future. After all, AKB is an entertainment group and PR is very important. However, as fans, I guess we need to "let the music heal our soul"