Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) is a famous national daily newspaper in Germany, which was founded on November 1, 1949 in the city of Frankfurt and is one of the largest newspapers in Germany. In the German-speaking society is quite influential, and its main holder is the FAZIT Foundation. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is also the most internationally known of the German serious newspapers, with a conservative viewpoint. On January 14, 2014, Schmieder's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published an article entitled "Japan's serious damage to peace", strongly condemning Japanese Prime Minister Abe's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a wrongful act that blatantly challenges the post-war international order.