People observe silent prayer at Chidorigafuchi

TOKYO, Japan - People observe a silent prayer at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo around noon on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. While Japanese lawmakers' visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine have drawn criticism from China and South Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry offered flowers at Chidorigafuchi, rather than Yasukuni, when they visited Japan last October.

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