Veteran lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

Veteran lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawmakers, including former farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (C) and former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Makoto Koga (2nd from L), who heads the Japan War-Bereaved Association, visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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