Япония: Националисти отдават почит на загиналите в Хирошима

A group of Japanese nationalists and militarists paid their respects to the victims of the Hiroshima bombing ahead of the 70th anniversary ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Wednesday. The group arrived along with a convoy of dozens of personalised vans and buses, carrying at least 3,000 Japanese nationalists to the South Japanese city. Non-governmental nationalist organisations have grown more prominent since Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rose to power, appealing to the more conservative wing of the prime minister's cabinet. The conservative supporters want to see the nation steer back towards a traditional ethos - mixing Shinto myth, patriotism and pride in an ancient imperial history. The movements support Abe's change in Japan's constitution, allowing it to engage in "collective self-defence" and military action to aid an ally, breaking the pacifism of the post-WWII order.