'Killer Weapons' as Souvenirs? Outrage Over Bizarre Merchandise

Human torpedoes turned into merchandise.

Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, is facing backlash for selling souvenirs shaped after human torpedoes used during the Pacific War.

The shrine is selling lapel pins modeled after the Kaiten, a suicide attack torpedo used by the Japanese military during the Pacific War, priced at about 6,000 won.

The Kaiten was a self-destructing underwater weapon built by the Japanese Navy during the war, designed to carry a human pilot who would crash directly into a target to sink enemy fleets.

In addition to the Kaiten, other items are being sold, including the battleship Yamato, which sank due to a U.S. military attack in 1945 while heading to Okinawa, and the Hayabusa, a representative fighter plane of the Japanese army.

Criticism is growing over the indiscriminate sale of various military equipment used in the killing of people under the guise of merchandise.

(Source: Yasukuni Shrine website, News Source: NoCuts News)
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