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Japan PM to avoid war shrine on WW2 anniversary

2008/08/15 00:52:09 @Reuters: International News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of its surrender in World War Two on Friday, but Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was expected to avoid visiting a shrine for war dead seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Tokyo's past militarism.
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