Cosmetic surgeon Dr Katsuya Takasu offered a reward of 5 million yen to detain a suspect who defaced Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. Takasu doubled the reward to 10 million yen the next day, even offering to send the money abroad if the suspect is captured in another country. The suspect, identified as “Iron Head,” vented about Japan’s treated water release from Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The shrine, controversial for its historical ties, has attracted international criticism. With honors for convicted war criminals, it symbolizes Japan’s past military aggression.
Professor James Brown highlighted China’s focus on the shrine in education and media, shaping public opinion to the present. The shrine also draws personal connections, like Tokyo businessman Ken Kato, whose grandfather fought in the Philippines during WWII.
The incident, like past assaults on the shrine by foreign nationals, stirred online outrage and debate, with some calling for border closures. Japanese police are investigating the vandalism as an act of vandalism, with the perpetrator having left Japan by Monday morning.
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