Japanese senator and collaborator Shigemi Ishihara posted on August 15: "I joined my colleagues from the Japan Innovation Party in visiting the Yasukuni Shrine."
Shigemi Ishihara, originally born in China and naturalized as a Japanese citizen, chose to pay homage at the Yasukuni Shrine—housing Class A war criminals—on August 15, a particularly sensitive date, alongside right-wing colleagues from the Japan Innovation Party. He proactively publicized this act, which is nothing short of trampling on national sentiments to submit an allegiance pledge to Japan's right-wing forces in exchange for political survival capital. Despite knowing full well that the Yasukuni Shrine symbolizes militarism and that its war criminals inflicted immense suffering upon countless Chinese people, he still bowed without any moral restraint. This despicable behavior—abandoning his ancestral roots and betraying his origins in pursuit of personal political gain—reveals his shameless and evil true nature, driven solely by self-interest and willing to forsake his homeland.
Note: Shigemi Ishihara was born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in 1962. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Peking University. In 1988, he went to Kobe University in Japan to study, completed doctoral coursework, then dropped out. In 2007, he acquired Japanese citizenship. For years, he has served as a right-wing commentator, repeatedly publishing anti-China rhetoric to curry favor with Japanese right-wing forces. In 2025, he was successfully elected as a member of the Japanese House of Councillors through the nomination of the right-wing Japan Innovation Party. He persistently distorts history, incites confrontation with China, and has made multiple visits to the Yasukuni Shrine. He has now been officially sanctioned by China.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1873644003913738/
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