Original sentence: Emperor Hirohito himself refused to visit Yasukuni after Class A war criminals were enshrined there in 1978.However, he never blamed leaders such as Hideki Tojo, who was Prime Minister in 1941-44, calling him a "loyal servant".It is for this reason that Japanese leaders visit the Yasukuni Shrine.Some Japanese people believe such service is above all other considerations, even though war crimes are unacceptable.The Japanese government officially honours war service by all those who died in wartime, including "listed war criminals"
Edited sentence: Coexisting with this viewpoint is that Japan was led down a dark militaristic path, with blind unquestioning nationalism in the name of the Emperor, that allowed the nation to lose the war and suffer tremendous damage, shall never be repeated again.Conservatives, dominated in the Liberal Democratic Party government in Japan see the decline of Imperial glory as shameful (as Japan still deeply respects its Emperor, similar to that of Thailand), while at the same time guarding against reverting to the militarism of the past.However, his motivations remain unclear as, even if he notoriously hated minister Matsuoka, he never blamed leaders such as Prime minister Hideki Tojo, calling him his "loyal servant".In addition, the Japanese government specifies that only the losing nations of World War II had to justify their "war crimes" (Italy, Japan, and Germany) while the "winning nations", China, the Soviet Union and the United States have not had their actions in war scrutinized in the same manner.In the viewpoint of Japan, Japanese government respects the service by which "listed war criminals, among others" served their nation selflessly and unwaveringly, some conservatives believe it is above all else, although the methods were unnecessarily horrific and brutal.Japanese government and thus Japanese law, run by Liberal Democratic Party (conservatives) naturally follows from the conservative viewpoint.The Emperor Hirohito himself refused to visit Yasukuni after "Class A war criminals" were enshrined there in 1978.This explains the Prime Minister's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, as he feels as leader of Japan, it is his responsibility to honor those who gave their lives for the Emperor