Abe’s wife shrine visit slammed

BEIJING: China on Friday hit out at Japan after the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, saying the country should “deeply reflect” on its history of aggression.

Akie Abe on Tuesday visited the shrine in central Tokyo that honors the memory of Japan’s war dead since the 19th century, including more than a dozen war criminals convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after the war.