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Japan's ruling LDP visit war shrine

(AP )
Updated: 2006-04-28 11:59

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, led by a Shinto priest, right, visit Yasukuni war shrine Friday, April 28, 2006 in Tokyo, defying protests by China and South Korea and other Asian countries against such visits. The shrine honors Japanese who died in wars in the 19th and 20th centuries, including men executed for war crimes after Japan's World War II defeat. [AP Photo]