State minister Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine

State minister Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Sanae Takaichi emerges from Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15 after praying at the Shinto shrine on the 62nd anniversary of the end of World War II. Takaichi, state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, was the sole Cabinet member to make an appearance at the shrine on the end-of-war day.

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