TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new internal affairs minister said on Friday she intends to visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine although she did not address concern that her new position is likely to exacerbate neighbours' anger over what they see as a symbol of militarism.
The Yasukuni shrine honours Japan's war dead, including 14 leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal.
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