Politics | Aug 15

Japanese residents and ministers visit controversial WWII Shrine

Aug 15 (WION) - In Japan, several politicians and thousands of residents visited Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine on the occasion of 77th anniversary of Japan's surrender which ended the 2nd World War.

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