Japan/Yasukuni/Asahi newspaper

Representative Henry Hyde, chairman of the U.S. House International Relations Committee, sent a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert in April asking that Koizumi promise to stop visiting Yasukuni Shrine if he is to address a joint session of Congress, the Asahi newspaper reported yesterday, citing a copy of the letter. Koizumi is scheduled to visit the U.S. in late June

朝日新聞はこんなことばっかやっているね。自分の新聞社の主張をするのはいいけど、中国や米国の力を借りてやるやりかたはいかがなものか？内政問題を自国で解決できなくてどうするのか！！！

Koizumi has said he doesn't understand criticism of his trips to Yasukuni, which memorializes 14 war criminals among the more than 2 million war dead honored there. He has visited the shrine five times since becoming Prime Minister in 2001, damaging relations with China and South Korea, which argue the memorial glorifies Japan's invasion of Asia during World War II.bloomberg

これは多少靖国に関して中立的な書き方をしている。
もっとも朝日と組んでいると言われる共同は相変わらずだが、一応安倍氏のコメントを載せている。

"We will work to clear up misunderstandings, if there are any, of the purpose of the visits. But I believe that most Congressmen respect the freedom of religion and such criticism is rather rare," Abe told a news conference.

kyodo

まあ、そうだろう。靖国問題を外交の全面に押し出せば、日米歴史論争になること必至。
朝日は米国のブッシュ大統領の原爆正当発言をも取り上げるつもりなのか？
歴史は多角的に評価される必要はある、しかし、ある特定の歴史観、宗教観を他国に押しつける権利がどこのに国にあるというのか？