The president and the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and dozens of other ultra-right politicians flocked to the shrine, openly disclosing their ambition to revive militarism.

This is a reckless action to make the history of crime repeat itself as it indicates that the Japanese reactionaries remain unchanged in their militarist disposition and ambition even though 65 years have passed since the defeat of the Japanese imperialists.

The visit to Yasukuni Shrine indicates Japan's view on its past history of aggression.

It is also a serious political issue showing in the eyes of the world which way Japan will go in the future.

The above-said group visit to the shrine is a farce for praying for the departed souls of top class war criminals who committed all sorts of atrocities, getting hell-bent on aggression and plunder of Asian countries during World War II. It is designed to imbue the Japanese people with the idea of defending Japan's past history of aggression, not feeling guilty of the history, militarize the Japanese society and stoke social atmosphere of reinvasion.

Through visits to the shrine the Japanese reactionaries seek to praise war criminals, who invaded Korea and other areas of Asia-Pacific and committed plunder, murder and arson in a bid to become "leader" of Asia in the past, as "national heroes", advertise the brutality displayed by them in every battlefield for aggression and stoke chauvinism in the Japanese society and thus create an atmosphere of overseas expansion.

Their aim is to hurl the young and other Japanese imbued with the militarist idea into overseas aggression when an opportunity presents itself.

A visit to the shrine is not a simple issue of paying "respect" and a matter related to "customs" as claimed by them but is closely associated with the militarist overseas expansion. Herein lies the danger of their visits to the shrine.

Japan, the only country that has not redeemed its crime-woven past even though 65 years have passed since its defeat, is again emerging a country capable of fighting a war, a fascist state and dangerous aggressor forces posing a serious threat to peace and security in Asia and the rest of the world.

It had already suffered a bitter defeat while pursuing the policy of militarist overseas expansion.

Japan is now rushing headlong into militarization and overseas expansion, oblivious of this. It is as reckless an act as digging its own grave.