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After Pearl Harbor trip, Japan Defense Minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

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Japan’s defence minister visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo Thursday, the day after accompanying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a highly symbolic visit to Pearl Harbour.  “I put Defense Minister Tomomi Inada in the visitor’s log as my name,” the minister told reporters after her visit.…

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Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe hail reconciliation at Pearl Harbor

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In a historic pilgrimage, the leaders of Japan and the United States took to the hallowed waters of Pearl Harbor on Tuesday to prove that even the bitterest enemies can become allies. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not apologize, but conceded Japan ‘‘must never repeat the horrors of war again.’’ Obama called…

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