Aso sees problem with current system of honoring Japan's war dead

Aso sees problem with current system of honoring Japan's war dead

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Taro Aso speaks in a presentation at the Kyodo News head office in Tokyo on May 16. He said he sees problems in the current method of honoring Japan's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, suggesting revising the system of having a single religious corporation be in charge of honoring the spirits of the war dead.

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