But Sherman’s criticism could also be leveled against Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has rarely missed an opportunity to provoke Japan’s Korean critics, whether by visiting Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine, where the “souls” of 14 Class A war criminals are interred, or embracing revisionist critiques of previous official apologies for Japanese aggression.
但谢尔曼的批评也可以是针对日本的。日本首相安倍晋三从不错过挑衅日本的韩国批评者的机会——要么拜访供奉14名甲级战犯“灵位”的东京靖国神社，要么对此前日本对侵略行为做出的官方道歉进行修正主义批评。