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Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine; 4 ministers visit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday - the 75th anniversary of Japan's… Read
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