Bipartisan lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including its chief Hidehisa Otsuji, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Three Cabinet ministers also visited there, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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