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  • Japan picks defense chief with revisionist wartime views

    08/03/2016 1:50:01 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 44 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Aug 3, 2016 4:04 AM EDT | Mari Yamaguchi
    A woman with revisionist views of World War II history was named Japan’s defense minister in a Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, a move that could unsettle relations with Asian neighbors with bitter memories of wartime atrocities. Tomomi Inada, who had served as reform minister and most recently held one of the top posts in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will replace Gen Nakatani as defense minister. She’s the second female to fill the post. […] Inada, a lawyer-turned-lawmaker and one of Abe’s favorite cronies, is a regular at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors war dead including convicted war criminals, a...