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Visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japa nese politicians are always controversial for Chinese and

Koreans who suffered at the hands of Japan’s military aggression. The shrine commemorates

those who died in the ser vice of the Empire of Japan, including those convicted of war crimes

at Nanking during World War II.

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