TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his cabinet were expected to stay away from a war shrine that has been the focus of past diplomatic strife on Wednesday, the anniversary of the nation's surrender in World War Two.
Abe has refused to say if he will visit Yasukuni Shrine while in office, but media reports say he and his cabinet ministers will stay away, at least on the anniversary. Public broadcaster NHK said it would be the first time in at least 22 years that the entire cabinet had stayed away on the war anniversary.
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