<Ul> <Li> An exhibit at the Yasukuni Shrine Museum (Yūshūkan) asserts that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a trick by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and denies that Japan committed any atrocities . </Li> <Li> In 2006, Henry Hyde, chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert on April 26 to show concern about Junichiro Koizumi visits to Yasukuni Shrine . He pointed out that this Shrine honors Hideki Tōjō and other convicted Class - A war criminals who were involved in the Pearl Harbor attack . </Li> <Li> In May 2007, the Japan Ministry of Education distributed an animated DVD Hokori (Pride) which was created by Junior Chamber International Japan (JC). Japanese Communist Party Diet member Yuko Ishii introduced and criticized it to the House of Representatives of Japan in May 17, and revealed that its contents glamorized Class - A war criminals and had the main character Yuta tell his girlfriend Kokoro that the battle was a "self - defense attack" and "Asian colonial liberation" against American imperialism . </Li> <Li> On October 31, 2008, Toshio Tamogami, former chief of staff of Japan's Air Self - Defense Force, published an essay which argued that Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had allegedly been manipulated by the Comintern, drew Japan into the attack on Pearl Harbor . Following the essay's publication, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada removed Tamogami from his post and ordered him to retire, since the essay's viewpoint contradicted the government position . Tamogami, on November 3, 2008, confirmed that the essay accurately expressed his views on the war and Japan's role in it . </Li> </Ul> <Li> An exhibit at the Yasukuni Shrine Museum (Yūshūkan) asserts that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a trick by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and denies that Japan committed any atrocities . </Li> <Li> In 2006, Henry Hyde, chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert on April 26 to show concern about Junichiro Koizumi visits to Yasukuni Shrine . He pointed out that this Shrine honors Hideki Tōjō and other convicted Class - A war criminals who were involved in the Pearl Harbor attack . </Li> <Li> In May 2007, the Japan Ministry of Education distributed an animated DVD Hokori (Pride) which was created by Junior Chamber International Japan (JC). Japanese Communist Party Diet member Yuko Ishii introduced and criticized it to the House of Representatives of Japan in May 17, and revealed that its contents glamorized Class - A war criminals and had the main character Yuta tell his girlfriend Kokoro that the battle was a "self - defense attack" and "Asian colonial liberation" against American imperialism . </Li>

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