1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan has once again sent an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, and some incumbent members of the country’s Cabinet have repeatedly paid their tributes at the shrine. This is an act that is tantamount to glorifying Japan’s forcible colonization and war of aggression and that runs counter to the efforts of the Republic of Korea to improve its relations with Japan, including holding an ROK-Japan-China summit meeting.

2. The government of the Republic of Korea once again clearly points out that only when Japan demonstrates through action its humble reflection and remorse based on a correct recognition of history, will the ROK-Japan relations move stably forward as aspired by the peoples of the two countries.


* unofficial translation