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Sure, Justin Bieber is not without his long list of controversies but now Chinese and South Korean beliebers (Justin Beiber hardcore fans that believes in him no matter whatever he does) are angry over Bieber's recent visitation to a particular Japanese shrine that honors WWI war criminals.Going back in history (briefly), Japan was not always the peaceful nation that it is today, in fact it was ruthless, tyrant and pretty bad like Nazi Germany. This is the dark side of Japan that I wish to get with others to collaborate on an extensive series highlighting the dark side of Japan, because it is an important truth that cannot be ignored. Basically Japan is guilty of many war crimes and at the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) they honor over a thousand WWII war criminals, including 14 Class-A war criminals. This shrine upsets both China and South Korean since it honors war criminals rather than apologizing for the crimes which were committed at the time. This is certainly a lengthy subject matter and it would be inappropriate to discuss this without a proper explanation, but basically Justin Bieber visited the Yasukuni Shrine and posted pictures on instagram and documented his visit there which ended up upsetting a lot of "beliebers".Since then, Bieber has removed the content but the controversies continue. This isn't exactly the best time to be increasing tension between Japan vs South Korea vs China, or maybe this was a stroke of genius that will have interesting political effects in the coming weeks? Bieber has apologies but will Japan be upset as a result? Well, hardly anyone cares so in the most likely case, and I'm not an expert in this field but
nothing of value will change or be lost as a consequence.
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