Japan’s Hawkish PM Abe Visits Controversial Shrine That Honors War Criminals | TIME.comToru Hanai / ReutersJapan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, is led by a Shinto priest as he visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013 He could only stay away for so long. On Dec. 26, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, where wartime criminals are honored. It was exactly a year after the conservative Prime Minister had taken office. Altho
