Economic security minister Takaichi visits war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Japan's economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine, seen by some of Tokyo's Asian neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, raising concerns about potential backlash from China and South Korea.

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