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Lawmakers Visit Yasukuni After Takaichi’s Offering, Drawing Protests From China and South Korea

The actions keep a long-running dispute over the shrine at the center of regional politics.

Tomiichi Murayama, Former Japan PM Who Issued 1995 War Apology, Dies at 101