China Outraged as Japanese Lawmakers Visit WWII Shrine

A Japanese minister and more than 100 other lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Friday, prompting China to accuse Japan of undermining ties and trying to overturn the post-World War Two order.   China summoned Tokyo's ambassador in Beijing to express its anger and South Korea also criticized the lawmakers' action.   The visits, marking an autumn festival, came a day after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his third ritual offering to the shrine since ...

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