Group of nonpartisan lawmakers visits Yasukuni Shrine

Group of nonpartisan lawmakers visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers of a nonpartisan group visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012, on the occasion of its fall festival. Two Cabinet ministers were among the visitors to the Shinto shrine dedicated to the war-dead.

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