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70 years since the end of the war Yoshiko Sakurai visits Yasukuni Shrine
Journalist Yoshiko Sakurai leaves the Yasukuni Shrine on the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on August 15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including Shinjiro Koizumi, Haruko Arimura, and Sanae Takaichi were among those who visited the Shrine, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not visit the controversial symbol and instead sent an offering. A day before the anniversary Abe made a statement expressing "utmost grief" but also said that future generations need not apologise for Japan's war record. The Shrine holds the spirits of war criminals as well as war dead and as such represents a bad symbol for neighbors China and Korea that suffered from Japan's militarist past. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)
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