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Japanese ministers visit controversial Shrine

Updated: 2012-10-18 10:40
( Xinhua)

TOKYO - Japanese transport minister Yuichiro Hata and postal minister Mikio Shimoji on Thursday morning visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including 14 leading WWII war criminals, Kyodo news reported.

The shrine is seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its Asian neighbors including China and South Korea.

Japanese ministers visit controversial Shrine 

Japanese lawmakers, including transport minister Yuichiro Hata (2nd L), are led by a Shinto priest as they visit the Yasukuni Shrine, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 18, 2012.  [Photo/Agencies]

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