War bereaved families study separate enshrinement at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Koga, president of the Japan War-Bereaved Association, is surrounded by reporters after the association held its first meeting in Tokyo on May 8 to study the proposed separation of Class-A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. Koga, a former Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, has expressed support for the idea of separating the 14 Class-A war criminals from other souls enshrined at the shrine, mostly comprising the Japanese war dead.

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