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.JPG "The truck carries the slogan \"One man, one murder\", a slogan that was used by Japanese terrorists in the 1930s. Every member of right-wing associations was supposed to kill one \"evil politician\" or \"evil advisor\" of the Emperor, even he himself would lose his life as a consequence of the assasination. In the long run, the strategy was supposed to free the country of selfish and evil politicians. Whether the slogan, which calls for assassinations, is appropriate in public today, seems doubtful. However, the Japanese police obviously does not see any reason to act."){kind=small}
| Every year on 11 February, (National Foundation Day), 15 August (Memorial Day for the End of the War in East Asia) and other occasions, right-wing associations gather in the vicinity of Yasukuni Shrine for political demonstrations. Politicians, including the Prime Ministers in the past, also pay visits to the Yasukuni Shrine on those days to "honor the war dead" of Japan's wars, particularly those of the 1930s and 1940s, who are in the center of worship in the Yasukuni Shrine. The worshipped "gods" of Yasukuni also include war criminals. |
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