Japan is a country that is known for sweeping its problems ‘under the rug’ and giving the false impression that it is untroubled. This is not the case for one of the biggest controversies still to this day, the Yasukuni Shrine. The Yasukuni Shrine enshrines the spirits of the 2.5 million people who gave their lives under Emperor Meiji, who believed these spirits would be honored for their services, but 14 of these spirits are not welcomed. The war criminals heralded at Yasukuni followed State Shinto, and they are presented as heroes by the Japanese rightists, who support the shrine. This is the tatemae. The Japanese left present the honne, which disrupts wa, and presents a conflict that must be faced in a country that would rather sweep problems
