Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a conservative politician who died Friday at the age of 101, is recognized in China as a leader who, in the 1980s, helped usher in a so-called honeymoon-like period in bilateral relations.In 1985, however, he made an official visit as Japanese prime minister to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, where convicted Class-A war criminals are enshrined along with the war dead, sparking controversy between the two nations.Nakasone, who served as prime minister of Japan from November 1982 to November 1987, is known for building a solid relatio…READ FULL ARTICLE
