Japan's Abe Visits Controversial War Shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made a controversial visit to a war shrine that many of Japan's neighbors see as a symbol of its militaristic past.Mr. Abe said his early Thursday visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine was not meant to hurt the feelings of Japan's neighbors, but is a pledge that Tokyo will not go to war again.But the move is likely to prompt outrage in China and South Korea, which were among the main victims of Japan's imperialist era and see such visits as...

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