3 female ministers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women's empowerment, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2014, on the occasion of its autumn festival. Two other female Cabinet ministers also visited the shrine, a move that will likely draw criticism from China and South Korea.

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