They have a Shinto shrine in Tokyo dedicated to the perpetrator of the rape of
Nanking.

I've never heard about this, and I've paid a lot of attention to
Nanjing and Japanese memory. Most likely you're thinking of Yasukuni
Jinja http://www.warbirdforum.com/yasukuni.htm which is neither in
Tokyo nor dedicated to the Nanjing perps.

If there's such a shrine as you describe, I'd appreciate a pointer to
it.

Yasukuni Jinja does indeed enshrine convicted war criminals from WWII.
This is the English translation of the intepretation available at the
shrine:

"Moreover, there were those who gave up their lives after the end of
the Great East Asian War, taking upon themselves the responsibility
for the war. There were also 1,068 "Martyrs of Showa" who were cruelly
and unjustly tried as war criminals by a sham-like tribunal of the
Allied forces (United States, England, the Netherlands, China and
others). These martyrs are also the Kami of Yasukuni Jinja."




all the best -- Dan Ford
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