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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A superpartisan group of 81 lawmakers visits the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 20, 2012, ahead of the spring festival starting the following day.

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400 female lawmakers open summit in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - About 400 female national and local lawmakers, including Takako Doi, leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), open a two-day summit in Nagano on Oct. 29 to boost the number of their comrades in local and national chambers. Doi and former House of Representatives member Tenkoko Sonoda, 81, were among those who spoke about the need for more female lawmakers before an audience of about 1,200 people in the central Japan city.

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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A superpartisan group of 81 lawmakers visits the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 20, 2012, ahead of the spring festival starting the following day. (Kyodo)

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400 female lawmakers open summit in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - About 400 female national and local lawmakers, including Takako Doi, leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), open a two-day summit in Nagano on Oct. 29 to boost the number of their comrades in local and national chambers. Doi and former House of Representatives member Tenkoko Sonoda, 81, were among those who spoke about the need for more female lawmakers before an audience of about 1,200 people in the central Japan city.