China criticises Japan after Shinzo Abe honours war criminals as martyrs

Japanese prime ministers message of tribute prompts Beijing to call for clean break with second world war militarism China has urged Japan to make a clean break with militarism and build trust with its neighbours after it emerged that the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, had honoured more than 1,000 convicted war criminals as martyrs who laid the foundations for modern Japan. Reports of the tribute, made in April in a message Abe sent to an annual ceremony honouring war criminals at a Buddhist temple...