Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s carefully crafted words and gestures at recent events marking the culmination of World War II have raised eyebrows both at home and abroad.?
From her ambiguous commitment to Â鶹´«Ã½ nonnuclear principles to offering unconventional prayers from afar for the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine and altering key language in a war remembrance speech, the subtle moves were seen as an attempt at signaling to her domestic supporters and neighboring countries.
At Saturday¡¯s national memorial ceremony marking the end of the conflict, Takaichi declared: ¡°We will never allow the ravages of war to be repeated.¡± Rather than pledging that Japan would never repeat the mistakes of war, her wording left it unsaid who had caused those horrors.
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