MSDF officers making annual visits to war shrine

MSDF officers making annual visits to war shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an article with accompanying image in Yasukuni, a newsletter of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, reporting on a visit to the war-related shrine by senior Maritime Self-Defense Force officers in uniform. More than 100 senior MSDF officers have been making annual visits to Yasukuni, according to the shrine's publications.

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