LDP's Hatoyama releases dove at Yasukuni

LDP's Hatoyama releases dove at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Former internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama of Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party releases a white dove after a ceremony at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II. Hatoyama blasted Aso for announcing that he will refrain from visiting the war-linked shrine.

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