THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 15, 2020 at 16:34 JST
Education minister Koichi Hagiuda visits Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. (Shinnosuke Ito)
Four Cabinet ministers visited Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, in a move that is bound to raise heckles in China and South Korea. [Read More]
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