South Korean and Chinese officials voice their anger over the visit of Japanese defence minister Tomomi Inada to the Yasukuni war shrine. A South Korean official describes it as ‘beyond deplorable’. Yasukuni enshrines the souls of almost 2.5 million Japanese soldiers, but controversially includes more than 1,000 war criminals. Inada says regardless of historical view we should be able to show ‘respect for those who sacrificed their lives for their country’

