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Japan PM Abe to visit Yasukuni WW2 shrine
Source: BBC
26 December 2013 Last updated at 02:15 GMT
Japan PM Abe to visit Yasukuni WW2 shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to visit a controversial shrine to World War Two dead, local media report.
The visit later in the day to Tokyo's Yasukuni memorial comes one year after Mr Abe took office.
The move is likely to further inflame already tense relations with neighbouring China and South Korea.
The shrine honours several convicted Japanese war criminals. Beijing and Seoul see it as a symbol of Tokyo's war-time aggression.
Japan PM Abe to visit Yasukuni WW2 shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to visit a controversial shrine to World War Two dead, local media report.
The visit later in the day to Tokyo's Yasukuni memorial comes one year after Mr Abe took office.
The move is likely to further inflame already tense relations with neighbouring China and South Korea.
The shrine honours several convicted Japanese war criminals. Beijing and Seoul see it as a symbol of Tokyo's war-time aggression.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25517205
