Japanese cabinet shun controversial Yasukuni shrine
Ministers in Japan's new centre-left government have stayed away from a controversial shrine on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.
It is the first time an entire cabinet has not attended ceremonies at the Yasukuni shrine in at least 25 years.
Government ministers paying respects at the Tokyo shrine, which honours Japan's war dead, including war criminals, have in the past angered Japan's neighbours.
The new DPJ-led government had promised to be more considerate.
Other lawmakers, including opposition leaders, did attend ceremonies at the Yasukuni shrine....
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It is the first time an entire cabinet has not attended ceremonies at the Yasukuni shrine in at least 25 years.
Government ministers paying respects at the Tokyo shrine, which honours Japan's war dead, including war criminals, have in the past angered Japan's neighbours.
The new DPJ-led government had promised to be more considerate.
Other lawmakers, including opposition leaders, did attend ceremonies at the Yasukuni shrine....