Justin Bieber’s Japan Photo On Twitter Causes Outrage Online; Selena Gomez’s On Again Beau Issues Apology For Capturing War Shrine

Justin Bieber's Japan photo blunder on Twitter Japan triggered online outrage over his seeming ignorance of what it symbolizes for both China and South Korea of the Japanese atrocities in World War II. Selena Gomez's beau was then forced to issue an apology hours after the controversial photo was taken down.

The apology after Justin Bieber's Japan war shrine visit read: "While in Japan I asked my driver to pull over for which I saw a beautiful shrine. I was mislead to think the Shrines were only a place of prayer. To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry. I love you China and I love you Japan."

What Justin Bieber's Twitter photo left out was that the Yasukuni war shrine honors the 2.5 million dead Japanese during the Second World War, but it is seen by both China and South Korea as an affront to its own citizens who died and were raped at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation.

Justin Bieber's Japan blunder seems very real enough that it warranted a comment from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, according to the Wall Street Journal China.

Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang told a press briefing Wednesday that he didn't know the political leanings of "the so-called Canadian famous singer" and the circumstances behind Justin Bieber's Japan shrine visit.

"But China's position on the Yasukuni shrine is clear-cut. We are firmly opposed to the Japanese leaders' visit to the Yasukuni shrine, where World War II second-class criminals are honored," he said.

Justin Bieber's Twitter photo wasn't the first time that Selena Gomez's beau's unawareness of history has caused him a backlash, said Australia Network News.

Last year, when Justin Bieber visited Anne Frank museum, he wrote on the guest book: "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."

Of course, critics didn't like reducing Anne Frank's place in Jewish history into a "belieber," which refers to his fans of teenage girls.