Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013. Abe sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine the same day, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, but avoided visiting Yasukuni.

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