Pokémon cancels event at controversial Japan shrine following backlash

Meanwhile, the state-run Global Times praised “China’s young net­izens” for criticising the event, adding: “Any enter­tain­ment or leis­ure activ­it­ies held at such a site con­sti­tute an open affront to his­tor­ical truth, and sta­ging events aimed at children there is even more egre­gious.”