Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Sanae Takaichi (front), policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visits Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine in Tokyo, with other members of a nonpartisan group of Japanese lawmakers on Aug. 15, 2013, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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