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Japanese economic revitalization minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan's Asian neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism as it honors the souls of Japan's more than 2.4 million war dead as well as the country's wartime leaders convicted as war criminals, on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, as the Shinto shrine's three-day spring festival begins.

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yoshitaka Shindo meets the press after visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, as the Shinto shrine's three-day spring festival begins.

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Yasukuni shrine

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023, as the Shinto shrine's autumn festival begins.

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Yasukuni shrine

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023, as the Shinto shrine's autumn festival begins.

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Japan economic revitalization minister Shindo

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan economic revitalization minister Shindo

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

Yoshitaka Shindo (R), new Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) reshuffled his Cabinet. (Pool photo)

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Meeting on National Strategic Special Zone in Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (from L) give a press conference in Osaka on June 23, 2014, after a meeting on establishing a National Strategic Special Zone covering Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, western Japan, as a base for medical innovation.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Japan minister at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 22, 2014.

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Japan minister at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 22, 2014.

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Japan, Myanmar exchange MOU on help for postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (L) exchanges a memorandum of understanding with U Win Than, Myanmar's deputy minister for communications, posts and telegraphs, in Tokyo on April 21, 2014. Japan has agreed to assist Myanmar in introducing a Japanese-style postal service system.

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Japan minister visits Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindo answers reporters' questions after visiting Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Shinto shrine on Dec. 26, 2013, sparking sharp criticism from Japan's Asian neighbors and disappointing the United States.

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Japan minister visits Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Shinto shrine on Dec. 26, 2013, sparking sharp criticism from Japan's Asian neighbors and disappointing the United States.

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Internal affairs minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (front) leaves the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2013, after offering prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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Internal affairs minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2013, to offer prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Myanmar communications minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar Communications and Information Technology Minister Myat Hein (R) and Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo shake hands in Tokyo on May 22, 2013.

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Year's 1st Cabinet meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attend the first Cabinet meeting of the year at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2013. Reporters were permitted to photograph the meeting, only at the outset, the second such time after the completion of the building of the Japanese premier's new office in 2002. (Pool photo)

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named internal affairs minister by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama hold a press conference in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama (C) return to the port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan with two other fellow LDP lawmakers from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R, front) Tomomi Inada, Yoshitaka Shindo and Masahisa Sato, lawmakers of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speak with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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Japanese lawmakers refused entry into S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group protest against the planned entry of Japanese Diet members at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011, holding coffins bearing the lawmakers' photos. Yoshitaka Shindo and other two parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport the same day.

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LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Masahisa Sato, Yoshitaka Shindo and Tomomi Inada, lawmakers of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, are surrounded by reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 1, 2011. They left for Seoul despite South Korea's decision to ban their entry for planning to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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Japan lawmaker angry over S. Korea's entry ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, a lawmaker of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on July 30, 2011. He expressed angry over South Korea's decision to slap an entry ban on him and three colleagues planning to visit Ulleungdo, a South Korean island that serves as the administrative and military base for a pair of contested islets in the Sea of Japan.

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S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan with two other fellow LDP lawmakers from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R, front) Tomomi Inada, Yoshitaka Shindo and Masahisa Sato, lawmakers of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speak with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets. (Kyodo)

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Japanese lawmakers refused entry into S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group protest against the planned entry of Japanese Diet members at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011, holding coffins bearing the lawmakers' photos. Yoshitaka Shindo and other two parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport the same day. (Kyodo)

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LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Masahisa Sato, Yoshitaka Shindo and Tomomi Inada, lawmakers of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, are surrounded by reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 1, 2011. They left for Seoul despite South Korea's decision to ban their entry for planning to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets. (Kyodo)

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Japan lawmaker angry over S. Korea's entry ban

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, a lawmaker of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on July 30, 2011. He expressed angry over South Korea's decision to slap an entry ban on him and three colleagues planning to visit Ulleungdo, a South Korean island that serves as the administrative and military base for a pair of contested islets in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Meeting on National Strategic Special Zone in Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (from L) give a press conference in Osaka on June 23, 2014, after a meeting on establishing a National Strategic Special Zone covering Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, western Japan, as a base for medical innovation. (Kyodo)

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama (C) return to the port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama hold a press conference in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day. (Kyodo)