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Japan lawmakers' group visits Yasukuni shrine for war dead

TOKYO, Apr 21 (Reuters)Dozens of Japanese lawmakers, including one cabinet minister, visited a shrine to Japan's war dead today, in a move that could spark protests elsewhere in Asia where the shrine is regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine spring festival, which takes place as Japan seeks greater cooperation with China and South Korea in the face of rising tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes.
Asian neighbours have been outraged in the past by Japanese politicians visiting the shrine in downtown Tokyo as it honours 14 Japanese leaders convicted by an Allied tribunal as war criminals, along with the other war dead.
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