日本靖國神社發生爆炸事件 Explosive goes off Japans Yasukuni shrine

Police closed a large section of Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Monday and began a manhunt for a figure captured on security camera after a suspected explosive device detonated in a public lavatory.

週一，一個疑似爆炸裝置在日本備受爭議的靖國神社(Yasukuni Shrine)的一個公廁被引爆，日本警方隨即關閉了靖國神社的大塊區域，開始搜捕安防攝像頭拍攝到的一個人。

No injuries were reported from the blast, which police at the scene told reporters had burned walls and left a hole in the roof.

據報道，此次爆炸沒有造成人員傷亡。現場警察告訴記者，爆炸導致牆壁被燒，房頂被炸出一個洞。

Initial findings suggested that the explosion was non-accidental and had been caused by a timed device. Police were reported by Japanese media as saying that plastic tubing, batteries, wires and four iron bars had been found at the scene.

初步調查結果顯示，此次爆炸不是事故造成的，而是由一個定時裝置引發。日本媒體援引警方的話報道稱，現場發現了塑料管、電池、電線和4根鐵棍。

Police are investigating footage from a security camera that appeared to show a man with a paper bag near the public lavatory a few minutes before the blast.

警方正在調查一個安防攝像頭拍攝到的畫面，畫面似乎顯示，一名男子在爆炸幾分鐘前拿着一個紙袋出現在該公廁附近。

Japanese media also reported police speculation that the blast may have been a “copycat incident” inspired by recent extremist violence in Europe.

日本媒體還報道稱，警方猜測，此次爆炸可能是受歐洲最近極端暴力事件啓發的“效仿事件”。

The war shrine has, in the past, been a focus of both nationalist and left-wing Japanese activism. It is also a flashpoint in regional relations: China and Korea view Yasukuni as a symbol of Japan’s failure to adequately acknowledge and apologise for historic atrocities inflicted on its neighbours.

過去，靖國神社一直是民族主義者和日本左翼行動主義者的關注焦點。它還是地區緊張關係的一個導火索：中國和韓國認爲，靖國神社象徵着日本未能充分承認歷史上對鄰國施加的暴行並就此道歉。

As dozens of police and bomb specialists conducted their investigation on Monday, hundreds of visitors continued to enter and leave the sprawling Yasukuni compound to pay their respects at the main shrine, where 14 Class A war criminals are included among the 2.5m Japanese war dead commemorated here.

週一，在大量警察和炸彈專家展開調查的同時，數百名參觀者繼續在面積龐大的靖國神社進進出出表達敬意，這裏供奉着包括14名甲級戰犯在內的250萬名日本戰死者。

The shrine was busier than normal because Monday is a public holiday in Japan and Yasukuni was hosting the annual “First Fruit Festival”. As a precaution, the shrine authorities said that they had cancelled events involving children.

今日參拜靖國神社的遊客多於往常，因爲本週一是日本的公共假日，靖國神社原本在舉辦一年一度的“新嘗祭”(First Fruit Festival)。作爲防範措施，靖國神社管理當局表示，他們已取消有兒童參加的活動。