Final Appeal Hearing on Yasukuni Enshrinement Cancellation... Bereaved Families "Will Not Stop the Lawsuit"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwak Min-jae] Lee Hee-ja, co-representative of the Pacific War Victims Compensation Promotion Council, attended the 'Yasukuni Shrine Korean Enshrinement Cancellation Lawsuit' report meeting held at Toranomon Hall in Tokyo and stated that they will not stop the lawsuit.

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On the 17th (local time), the final hearing of the appeal trial for the 'Yasukuni Shrine Korean Peninsula-born Soldiers and Military Employees Enshrinement Cancellation Lawsuit,' filed by 27 Korean bereaved families in October 2013, was held at the Tokyo High Court.

Previously, the first trial court, Tokyo District Court, on May 28, 2019, ruled against the plaintiffs' claim that the enshrinement at Yasukuni Shrine damaged the deceased's honor, stating, "Since the fact of enshrinement is not publicly announced, there is no possibility that an unspecified majority will know about the enshrinement."

Later, it was revealed that Koreans were enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine without the consent of the bereaved families, and all enshrinement cancellation lawsuits filed by Koreans in 2001 and 2007 were dismissed by the Supreme Court.

At Yasukuni Shrine, 14 Class A war criminals from the Pacific War, including former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who was executed following the Far East International Military Tribunal (Tokyo Trial), are also enshrined.

The Tokyo High Court has scheduled the verdict for May 26.

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