日本內閣部長參拜靖國神社

Two Japanese cabinet ministers have visited a war shrine seen by many as a symbol of Tokyo's imperialist past, in a move likely to anger China and South Korea.

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National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jin Matsubara and Land Minister Yuichiro Hata on Wednesday paid homage at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.

The visit, which comes on the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, is the first by a cabinet minister since the Democratic Party came to power in 2009, pledging improved relations with Tokyo's Asian neighbors.

Though economic ties between Seoul and Tokyo are strong, anti-Japan sentiment is widespread in South Korea. Japan imposed harsh colonial rule on South Korea and parts of China during much of the first half of last century.兩名日本內閣部長參拜靖國神社，這一舉動可能激怒中國和韓國。很多人將靖國神社視爲以往日本軍國主義的象徵。

星期三，日本國家安全委員長松原仁和國土交通大臣羽田雄一郎參拜了位於東京的靖國神社。

松原仁和羽田雄一郎是在第二次世界大戰日本投降67週年之際參拜靖國神社的。自從日本民主黨2009年開始執政以來，這是日本內閣部長級官員首次參拜靖國神社。日本民主黨保證與亞洲鄰國改善關係。

雖然韓國與日本的經濟關係密切，但韓國民衆中普遍存在反日情緒。在20世紀上半葉，日本曾對韓國和中國部分地區實行嚴酷的殖民統治。