Internal affairs minister Takaichi visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Internal affairs minister Takaichi visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi visits Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on April 21, 2017, at the start of its annual spring festival. The shrine is a symbol of Japan's 20th century militarism in neighboring countries such as China and South Korea, which suffered from Japanese wartime brutality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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