Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tweeted Saturday that he had visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression
Abe's visit comes days after his resignation, and was his first in nearly seven years.
Abe said on Twitter that he visited the Yasukuni Shrine ''and reported to the souls of the war dead'' that he'd resigned as prime minister.
The shrine is controversial with Japan's neighbors because it contains the remains of convicted war criminals [added in the 70s] among the millions of other Japanese who died in World War II.
The visit will likely be harshly criticized in both South Korea and China