Justin Bieber mistakenly honors war criminals; apologizes
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Did Justin Bieber just honor the memory of some of Japan’s worst war criminals during his recent trip to Tokyo? You better belieb it!
According to the international pop sensation’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, Bieber dropped by the notorious Yasukuni Shrine this week, where he paid his respects to Japan’s war dead, including former military leaders from the country’s imperial army who committed mass atrocities across Asia and the Pacific during World War II.
“Thank you for your blessings,” tweeted Bieber, which garnered more than 666,000 likes on Instagram and tens of thousands of retweets before the singer suddenly removed the image from his account.
While hundreds of thousands gave Bieber’s shout-out the thumbs-up, his Chinese fans were less than impressed.
While in Japan I asked my driver to pull over for which I saw a beautiful shrine. I was mislead to think the Shrines were only a place of prayer. To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry. I love you China and I love you Japan
It's an honest mistake and he apologized. No harm done. He's a tourist there so he depends on his guide/driver to inform him about the locations he's visiting. People exaggerate so much