Russia Urges Japan to Abandon Accelerated Remilitarization

TREE NEWS update: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a routine press briefing on November 11 that Japan should learn from history, abandon its accelerated remilitarization and stop trying to whitewash the crimes of Japanese militarism during World War II. Zakharova said the postwar international order is facing a severe test and that Japanese officials’ repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Class-A war criminals, openly challenge the Tokyo Trial verdicts. She said Russia will continue to publish evidence of Japanese militarist war crimes and push for accountability.