# China says Japanese officials' Yasukuni visit violates historical justice

https://mins.news/en/item/24722

- CGTN, 2026-08-15 11:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-15/China-Japanese-officials-Yasukuni-visit-violates-historical-justice-1PDahbYYR1K/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> China's Defense Ministry spokesperson Jiang Bin condemned Japanese officials' donation and visit to Yasukuni Shrine as a blatant violation of historical justice. He accused Japan's right-wing forces of denying wartime aggression and seeking to revive militarism, urging Tokyo to confront its history and abandon neo-militarism.

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