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Japan cabinet minister visits Yasukuni shrine for war dead - Kyodo

FILE PHOTO: People carry umbrellas as they visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan August 15, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Japan's industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday became the first member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine for war dead in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported.

"I resolved to do my utmost for the peace and development of Japan, while thinking of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe," Abe told reporters, according to Kyodo.

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