2020年9月30日
Frank Ching
EJ Insight
How Japan's longest serving prime minister dealt with China
Less than two weeks after becoming prime minister on 26 September 2006, Shinzo Abe was on a plane bound for Beijing, breaking the tradition of Japanese leaders visiting Washington on their first overseas trip.
The reason: To mend relations that had badly deteriorated during the five-year tenure of his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, who was detested by China for his annual visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, where Japan's war dead, including those classified as Class A war criminals, were honored.
China welcomed Abe with open arms. The Japanese leader met with the country's top three leaders - President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao. ...
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