Abe shrugs off foreign opinions about visit to Yasukuni

Abe shrugs off foreign opinions about visit to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in response to media questions at his office on Aug. 7. He said that criticism from other countries will not affect his decision whether to visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. ''I don't think I should say whether I will visit or not just based on what a foreign country says,'' Abe said.

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