Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shrine. The shrine contains the remains of, among others, convicted World War II war criminals, including Tojo. Under Tojo Japan occupied South Korea, Taiwan and much of China. Japanese war criminals committed beyond-the-pale atrocities against South Korean and Chinese civilians, forcing some to be "comfort women" for Japanese troops and raping Nanking. Japan has never made a full-throated apology to China and South Korea for its World War II crimes. Japan and China are involved in a territorial dispute over some islands. Japan, South Korea and the United States, which protects the other two, are involved in an air defense zone dispute with China over the rocks. Nationalist sentiment is heightened in all three Asian countries. China and South Korea are furious over Abe's visit and the U.S. is displeased. Abe made this visit, the first by a Japanese Prime Minister in seven years, on the day China celebrates the birthday of Mao Zedong who enabled China finally to "stand up" to foreign domination. Nice move, Shinzo Abe.